dagblog - Comments for "Phil Griffin, MSNBC, are you nuts?"

I just caught this line.

Richard Day — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:57:56 +0000

In reply to I feel sad that for whatever

I just caught this line.

JUMP IN

I just played this recently. But damn, the emotional reaction I feel.

We need emotional reactions sometimes that have little to do with hate and anger....

Thanks, Moat. Great summary

Oxy Mora — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:46:42 +0000

In reply to Phil Griffin, MSNBC, are you nuts?

Thanks, Moat. Great summary comment I wish I had thought of at the time.

Sounds like an identity

barefooted — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 22:09:00 +0000

In reply to Unfortunately, the Lockup

Sounds like an identity crisis to me, and the evil twin is winning.

Unfortunately, the Lockup

MrSmith1 — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:47:35 +0000

In reply to It wouldn't hurt if MSNBC

Unfortunately, the Lockup series and Caught on Camera are two of the highest rated shows, if not the highest, on MSNBC. It's those ratings that have kept them above CNN for all these years. Maddow's joke at the end of her show every week always makes me laugh, as it is an acknowledgement that the News division is signing off and the reality/docu-drama division is taking over.

It wouldn't hurt if MSNBC

barefooted — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:30:00 +0000

In reply to Phil Griffin, MSNBC, are you nuts?

It wouldn't hurt if MSNBC stopped bombarding viewers with "Caught on Camera" and "Lock Up". If people are looking for news on the weekends after early afternoon they've learned to forget that network. Honestly, when your most popular anchor makes a joke about the audience going to prison every Friday night you should get a clue.

Good one.

Oxy Mora — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 18:41:58 +0000

In reply to I feel sad that for whatever

Good one.

"Jump into the news"

Would it be projection to say that it's a blue network?

I feel sad that for whatever

MrSmith1 — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 18:13:44 +0000

In reply to Certainly, based on the

I feel sad that for whatever reason, they now seem willing to become blander and less interesting, thinking that will revive their ratings. It won't.

My suggestion for a new motto for MSNBC:
"Don't Just Lean Forward, Jump In!"

Certainly, based on the

Oxy Mora — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 17:51:00 +0000

In reply to Phil Griffin, MSNBC, are you nuts?

Certainly, based on the comments here, MSNBC has in large part lost this slice of its audience. And I have a certain disappointment that the network is "circling the drain".

I added to my original post (above). summarizing some ideas which came to mind as you all so generously contributed.

MrSmith1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:59:56 +0000

In reply to Then all the "great ratings"

I don't think Morning Joe gets that great a rating. They also do a little trick, which is that they repeat the first hour of Morning Joe during the third hour of the show and just add fresh news updates at the top and bottom of the hour.

Then all the "great ratings"

barefooted — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:38:55 +0000

In reply to It's been 30 years since I

Then all the "great ratings" Morning Joe supposedly gets must be from Eastern and Central time zones. Like Kyle suggests, viewership can't be too high at 3AM! Even watching O'Donnell at 7:00 would seem odd to me, but I'm an east coast gal.