New MSNBC chief Dan Abrams made his first big changes to the news channel, shuffling its prime-time schedule and adding two hours of documentaries Mondays through Fridays.
Its core of "Hardball," "Countdown" and "Scarborough Country" will remain intact. Going off the air will be "Rita Cosby: Live & Direct," which had been in the 10 p.m. slot Mondays through Thursdays. Tucker Carlson, who joined MSNBC last year after a career at CNN, will move from 11 p.m. to airings at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. where "The Abrams Report" used to be.
Abrams said that there wouldn't be any other major changes in the near future, though there will be some changes to both "The Situation With Tucker Carlson" and "Scarborough Country."
Bummer. Throaty, breathless Rita is gone. What will we do?
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Wonder what poor Rita will do now? She really screwed up by leaving Fox News. She was barely holding on in that market, which is a helluva lot larger than PMSNBC. Wonder whatever made her think that her lack of audience was the network's fault? Must be a blonde thing....