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New Schultz Show Subs for ‘1600 Pennsylvania’ on MSNBC

Apr 1, 2009  •  Post A Comment

MSNBC is dumping David Shuster’s “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” and replacing it with a new hour hosted by left-leaning radio talkshow host Ed Schultz.
Mr. Schultz’s program, dubbed “The Ed Show,” will premiere Monday and will air weekdays from 6 to 7 p.m. EDT. It joins “Hardball With Chris Matthews,” “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” and “The Rachel Maddow Show” as part of MSNBC’s evening lineup of politically progressive hosts.
“Ed’s proven that he can connect with Americans and will be a perfect compliment to Chris, Keith, and Rachel,” said Phil Griffin, MSNBC’s president. “He’s already made his mark on radio and I’m excited to see what he’ll do with the 6 p.m. hour.”
Word of Mr. Schultz’s hiring first leaked out a few weeks ago, when the New York Observer reported he was under consideration for a gig at the network. The report came after Mr. Schultz filled in for Mr. Schuster on “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
There’s also been talk of MSNBC adding a new talkshow host at 10 p.m. ET, currently home to a “Countdown” repeat. For now, however, MSNBC is keeping Mr. Schultz out of primetime.
Mr. Schultz’s new show will do battle with the last hour of CNN’s “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer” and Fox News Channel’s “Special Report With Bret Baier.”
As for Mr. Schuster, he will co-anchor a 3-5 p.m. block of news with Tamron Hall. He’ll also continue to sub for Mr. Olbermann as needed.
The announcement of Mr. Schultz’s hiring was made at the end of Mr. Olbermann’s show Wednesday.

38 Comments

  1. Next stop for Schuster….out the door…..

  2. I was happy to hear of Ed’s new show and even more happy to hear that David Shuster will still continue to air and for 2hrss. LOL Good for MSNBC!PLEASE keep DAVID SHUSTER!!! He adds to the reason I continue to watch MSNBC! Thank You

  3. Although I was very happy to hear that MSNBC is getting a program directed to the working class, I’m quite disappointed to hear that David Schuster is being relegated to the sidelines. His honest reporting is a repreve from the bias that Fox News has popularized and Keith Olbermann has apodted. Don’t get me wrong; I like Kieth Olbermann. The world needs a balance to Fox News’s skewed representation of what they claim to be news. And MSNBC, Olbermann, Maddow, Schultz, and co. are all desperatley needed. Wouldn’t it be a beautiful thing for there to be honest, factual, pertinant news programs that reported news that don’t TELL you how to think? I’ve got my own brain, thank you. And while I have the chance, let’s not forget that MSNBC is owned by GE, which is one of the biggest death merchants (arms manufacturers) in the world. Why no stories on MSNBC about all the death and suffering brought about by GE?

  4. Love Schultz….but also love Schuster….can’t MSNBC have both????

  5. Ed Schultz is THE BEST. He so deserves this.

  6. MSNBC is grasping at straws. David Schuster is better than Ed Schultz, Keith O., Rachel Maddow combined. They will regret this decision!!

  7. Good move NBC. 6 pm is the only hour that I shut off the tv. Shuster is very very annoying. I love countdown and keith and i cant stand when david fills in. I look forward to Ed, and I hope he can become a favorite of mine like Keith and Rachel.

  8. Fox News owns MSNBC.

  9. if MSNBC just leaned to the left that would be fine. However, they can’t compare themselves to FOX. they are more of an entertainment Bush Bashing on a nightly basis. People are tired of that. Also, they have no guest on their shows. You get the Olberman hour of Keith venting and ranting. They very rarely have any a partisan with a brain on to debate the issues. At least Fox tries to have opposing views on each segment.
    MSNBC will try with Schultz to be the opposition to Brett Baier who delivers actual news. Don’t think the guy stands a chance as far as ratings go.
    Do you think MSNBC will report on their own Poll
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29493093/

  10. Sad. I left FoxNews a few years ago because they were two partisan for MSNBC, which seemed to actually try and be fair and balanced. But ratings trumps fairness every time. Keith Olbermann proved to MSNBC that unbalanced and one-sideness sold more tickets. Olbermann’s frequent guest, Rachel Maddow made prime time almost a bastion of liberal infomercials. Now, MSNBC has leaned so far left that from 5 p.m., when Chris Matthews (who pretends to be impartial) through the end of the envening, it is one liberal host after another.
    David Schuster, in my estimation, believes he is impartial, but, he seems to me to favor the left at least 2 to 1 if not more so. Ed Schultz, though, is clearing more pandering to the left. I can’t complain. The network is entitled to chase ratings. But, I long ago stopped watching MSNBC at night for the most part and watch only Morning Joe, which is a unique show aimed at those who like politics but are tired of bickerings (although I think it leans a little more left than Mr. Scarborough believes). Although I would occasionally watch Mr. Schuster with dinner, I will not be tuning into Mr. Schulz.
    Naturally, those MSNBC fans who read this will presume that I am just another conservative. But, I stopped watching Fox for the same reasons. If there isn’t going to be a real presentation of positions, why bother? It’s not anti-left of right – it’s anti-partisan.
    My only refuge has long been C-Span, by far the best thing that has ever happened to TV. Thank you, Brian Lamb.

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  12. Pls give David Schuster slot. He was far way better than David Gregory. He is intelligent, does his research and delivers the FACTS and is not afraid to challenge. I hope this is not a personel vendetta with the big cheeses such as Griffin. I am glad to see Ed Schultz coming aboard but there’s still room for David. I love Chris Mathews but we don’t need a repeat 5/7pm.
    I hope you big cheeses know what you are doing. Obviously, you sent a great journalist D.S. to the sideline.:(

  13. VERY disapointed they gave this blowhard his own show! his commetaries were the only part of 1600 i detested and now he’s got his own show, ugh! BRING BACK SCHUSTER AND 1600 !!

  14. I watched a bit today and won’t tune in as a destination but may surf through now and then. Morning Joe is the only quality product I’ve seen at that network.

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