The far left cable network MSNBC has matched CNN for ratings once in a while but has never been anywhere near FOX News for viewership. Now, the struggling network has cancelled three shows.
Politico reports:
MSNBC cancels three shows amid transition
MSNBC has formally decided to cancel three programs — “The Cycle,” “Now with Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show” — as part of a larger effort to shift its daytime lineup away from opinion programming, network sources told the On Media blog on Thursday.
Alex Wagner and Ari Melber, a “Cycle” co-host and MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent, will remain with the network. Ed Schultz, the host of “The Ed Show,” will leave the network, as will “Cycle” co-hosts Abby Huntsman, Krystal Ball and Toure. MSNBC President Phil Griffin announced the news in a memo sent shortly after the initial version of this item was published.
The cancellations, which have been expected for some time, come as NBC News chief Andrew Lack moves to refashion the liberal cable channel as a straight-forward news and politics offering, at least in daytime.
Some of the reactions on Twitter were pretty funny:
Breaking: MSNBC has canceled @thecyclemsnbc.
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) July 30, 2015
At least Cecil the Lion never had to know https://t.co/OHeURy7jWL
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 30, 2015
#Breaking: MSNBC has decided to cancel “The Cycle,” “Now with Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show”
http://t.co/79euJgHb0p
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 30, 2015
@DylanByers @MichelleFields that's going to devastate 3 fans.
— Joseph Incalcaterra (@jpinkster) July 30, 2015
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No surprise here.
They can’t get rid of Sharpton, he would cry racism and MSNBC would fold like a tent…
Plus, he needs the money to pay off his $3 million tax debt.
conservatism is a mental illness that needs to be eradicated.
Looks like the ratings hospital called and hauled away 3 mentally and rating challenged shows on MSNBC…
Chris Kyle and Andrew breitbart are GOOD conservatives. Know why?
Thats a good start. At least they have that luminary wordsmith , al “the tick” sharpton to fall back on.
America needs to boycott NBC/Universal/Comcast. Boycott them and their advertisers and see what happens.
The ratings are so bad at MSNBC, they could fold.
I got rid of Comcast for precisely that reason and told them so when I cancelled.
May your loved ones die of terminal cancer.
Bye, bye, Cuz
What is this MSNBC of which you speak anyway?
The “Bend Over” network has finally bent.