Tucker Carlson

A recent episode of 'Race For the White House.'

“MSNBC and NBC are one,” said Phil Griffin. “We’ve said that for over a decade. It actually is true now.”

Mr. Griffin, the senior vice president of NBC News, was speaking on the phone to NYTV on Monday afternoon. He had brought up the unification of the two news operations as a way of explaining the internal politics underpinning the launch of MSNBC’s new prime-time show, Race for the White House, which premiered on March, 17 at 6 p.m., replacing Tucker.  read more »

Today, NBC News officials announced that as of next Monday, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory will be replacing anchor Tucker Carlson at 6 P.M. on MSNBC.

How was Mr. Carlson taking the cancellation of Tucker?

On Monday afternoon, the Media Mob caught up briefly with Mr. Carlson.

"I'm not going to whine about it," said Mr. Carlson. "They've been nice to me."

Mr. Carlson said he was "glad" to stay on with MSNBC as a senior campaign correspondent.  read more »

Tucker Carlson is out. David Gregory is in.

Today, MSNBC officials announced sweeping changes to their primetime lineup.

Most notably: starting Monday, March 17, NBC White House Correspondent (and robo newsman) David Gregory will be anchoring a new show, Race for the White House weekdays at 6 P.M.

The new show, billed as a "a fast-paced daily look at the latest election news" will replace the long struggling Tucker.  read more »

Looks like those rumors you might have heard about Tucker Carlson being on the outs at MSNBC might have been off the mark after all. TV Newser says it's hearing from insiders that the network has no plans to cancel the conservative pundit's show.

Maybe he should thank these guys.

With Tucker Carlson's future at MSNBC apparently in doubt, the bow-tied host's supporters are getting organized.

Rumors have been flying recently that Tucker Carlson could soon be on the way out at MSNBC. In a report that aired this morning on NPR, Phil Griffin, a senior vice president at the cable network, described Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as part of the MSNBC "brand". Asked whether Mr. Carlson was also part of that brand, Mr. Griffin replied: "He is right now."

Not exactly a vote of confidence.  read more »

The Eater: Daniel Gross The Bet: "John Snow will have a replacement, and he may very well come from the corporate world. But if it's an A-list Wall Street CEO, I'll buy a copy of Dow 36,000 and eat the first chapter." The Meal: Paper soaked in balsamic vinaigrette The Video: Daniel Gross Eats a Book, Slate, June 9, 2006. The Eater: Tucker Carlson The Bet: "Carlson, the conservative half of the political talk show, had repeatedly claimed on air that [Hillary Rodham] Clinton's book would never sell that many copies, vowing to eat his shoes if it did." The Meal: Shoe-shaped chocolate cake The Video: Hillary Clinton has sweet revenge, CNN.com, July 9, 2003. The Eater: Werner Herzog The Bet: "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is a short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980 which depicts director Werner Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film Gates of Heaven." [via] The Meal: Shoe boiled with vegetables The Video:Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, 1980.

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