{"id":978,"date":"2008-07-17T13:19:46","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T20:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=978"},"modified":"2008-07-17T13:19:46","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T20:19:46","slug":"rachel-maddow-at-top-of-list-for-show-on-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Maddow At Top Of List For Show On MSNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times spoke with the newly named president of MSNBC, Phil Griffin, about the prospects for rising star, Rachel Maddow:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color:#0d00d0;\">&#8220;At some point, I don&#8217;t know when, she should have a show. She&#8217;s on the short list. It&#8217;s a very short list. She&#8217;s at the top.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There were reports last year that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=700\" target=\"_blank\">Maddow had made a pilot<\/a> with Bill Wolffe. And there was much speculation surrounding the inevitable departure of the network&#8217;s biggest loser, Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, David Gregory got Carlson&#8217;s spot. It seemed to me at the time that Gregory&#8217;s program, <em>Race for the White House<\/em>, had a built in expiration date. There wouldn&#8217;t be much appeal in such a show after the election. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=826\" target=\"_blank\">I surmised that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color:#0d00d0;\">&#8220;Gregory, as Senior White House Correspondent, knows there will be little happening on that beat for the remainder of the year. So he&#8217;s settling in to cover the campaign and he can return to the White House with the new president. Then maybe Maddow or David Shuster will get another shot at a show.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since then, Shuster has become a featured daytime anchor and Maddow a frequent guest on several network programs. Maddow could be a breakout personality for MSNBC. Especially if they let her express herself with the insight and humor that she has in abundance. MSNBC has an opportunity to produce a compelling and innovative program. Let&#8217;s hope they don&#8217;t blow it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times spoke with the newly named president of MSNBC, Phil Griffin, about the prospects for rising star, Rachel Maddow: &#8220;At some point, I don&#8217;t know when, she should have a show. She&#8217;s on the short list. It&#8217;s a very short list. She&#8217;s at the top.&#8221; There were reports last year that Maddow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,21,120],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-msnbc","tag-phil-griffin","tag-rachel-maddow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-fM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":826,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=826","url_meta":{"origin":978,"position":0},"title":"Tucker Carlson: A True Washington Story","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/10\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"MSNBC is FINALLY taking a needed step, and not a moment too soon. 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