OK, but who gets Steve Kornacki in the MSNBC and NBC News divorce?

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Before I get started: just as I was about to publish this, news broke that Matt Gaetz is removing himself for consideration as Attorney General, LOLZ. I will have more about this tomorrow, but for now: DELICIOUS.

So now that MSNBC is being separated from Comcast and shuttled into a spinoff company, SpinCo, along with E!, CNBC, Golf Channel, Oxygen, and Syfy, the staff of the cable news network are FREAKING OUT. Will they still have a relationship with NBC News? Will they stay in 30 Rock? Will they still be called “MSNBC”? WHO KEEPS STEVE KORNACKI? NO ONE KNOWS.

Related to this story is a lot of hand-wringing over the fact that MSNBC has lost 50% of its viewership since Vice President Harris lost the election. However, as an MSNBC viewer myself, I know from my own experience that a lot of us needed a break from the news after such a body blow of a defeat. Viewers will return, it just might take a minute.

Well, they might not be returning to Morning Joe anytime soon — I know I won’t be — but that’s their own fault. AND NOW THEY ARE TRIPLING DOWN? My God.

John Landgraf, the head of FX and one of the most interesting voices in the discussion of the TV industry, has noticed something crazy: people like traditional TV programming — TV shows from back in the day when writers would stay with one show over multiple seasons, and weren’t treated like garbage.

“I look at the data. I know what people are watching, and they’re watching a lot of the output of this industry back from an era when we had a profit participation model and we had people incentivized to keep working on one television show year after year after year and to make hundreds and hundreds of episodes,” Landgraf said. “It’s a challenge figuring out how to rebuild that model inside a new entire ecosystem right now. But I think the audiences tell us that that’s television. That’s something they really want from television. I don’t think we’re very good at giving it to them right now.”

Whoa, Jussie Smollett’s conviction for his alleged role in a hate crime hoax has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. Long story short: his original charges were dropped in March 2019, but then a special prosecutor reinstated them and he was convicted in 2021. The Supreme Court determined that reinstating the charges violated Smollett’s rights.

These dipshits’ masculinity is so fragile, they can’t wish each other “happy birthday.” Pathetic.

Dr. Pimple Popper is real mad at Joy Behar for an easy joke.

First Cher drops an F-bomb to Hoda Kotb, and now Richard Gere is flipping off Savannah Guthrie. The celebrities are just going wild over on The Today Show this week.

The time Will Ferrell interrupted Sean “Diddy” Combs’ closed-set rehearsal at Saturday Night Live, and pissed Diddy off.

HBO is not backing away from J.K. Rowling.

Ellen DeGeneres is outta here, suckers.

Robin Williams was a mensch.

Congratulations to Blake Horstmann and Giannina Gibelli on their reality show cross-pollination love story.

Oh no, Sean Hayes, take care of yourself!

Renewals

  • Moving has been renewed for a second season on Hulu.

Cancellations

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

The CW has released their mid-season premiere dates:

  • January 23: Police 24/7
  • January 23: Crime Nation
  • January 24: Penn & Teller: Fool Us
  • January 24: Masters of Illusion
  • February 3: All American
  • February 5: Wild Cards
  • February 19: Good Cop/Bad Cop

 

  • Dream Productions debuts on Disney+ on December 11.
  • Pop Culture Jeopardy! premieres on Prime Video on December 4.
  • The Pitt will debut on Max in January.
  • Laid premieres on Peacock on December 19.
  • LEGO Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular returns on Fox on December 10.
  • Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story debuts on Peacock on December 3.
  • Black Doves debuts on Netflix on December 5.
  • The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and The FBI will premiere on Paramount+ on December 6.
  • Anthony Jeselnik: Bones and All debuts on Netflix on November 26.
  • The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular premieres on ABC on December 1.
  • 30 for 30: The New York Sack Exchange will premiere on ESPN on December 11.
  • Wonder Pets: In the City premieres on Apple TV+ on December 13.
  • The Flipping El Moussas premieres on HGTV on December 26.

R.I.P.

Toian Matchinga, Actress who appeared in many shows including The Wild Wild West, Death Valley Days, I Dream of Jeannie and The Odd Couple

Richard D. James, Emmy-winning production designer who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager as well as a number of films

WATCH THIS

A Man on the Inside: Ted Danson stars in this new Mike Schur series as a retiree who discovers a new lease on life when he is recruited to be a mole in a secret mission. Series premiere. Netflix

Cruel Intentions: A new adaptation of the adaptation of the adaptation of the adaptation of the 18th century French epistolary novel. Series premiere. Prime Video

Alien: Romulus: Streaming premiere. Hulu

Based on a True Story: Season two of the Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina series that can’t decide if it wants to be a comedy or a thriller. Season premiere. Peacock

Human vs. Hamster: The most important question of our time will be answered on this new competition series: “Which species is superior, humans or hamsters?” Series premiere. Max

The Sex Lives of College Girls: Season three premiere. Max

Law & Order: A narcotics officer is shot in the fall season finale. 7 p.m., NBC

9-1-1: A massive pipe explosion makes things messy. Fall season finale. 7 p.m., ABC

Doctor Odyssey: Quackers week — not Quakers week, that would be very different. Fall season finale.  8 p.m., ABC

Grey’s Anatomy: The team deals with a wave of patients thanks to a deadly heat wave in the fall season finale. 9 p.m., ABC

Nugget is Dead? A Christmas Story: A warm Christmas story involving a dying dog, or something. Sounds festive. Premiere. 7 p.m., CBS

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Gwyneth Paltrow; DJ Khaled; TV On The Radio
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers: Rachel Zegler
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffrey Wright
  • After Midnight: Justine Lupe, Jackie Tohn, Timothy Simons
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jim Gaffigan; Jason Kelce
  • The Daily Show: Brittany Howard, host Desi Lydic
  • Watch What Happens Live: Kristin Chenoweth, Kiernan Shipka
THUR 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC 9-1-1
(new)		 Doctor Odyssey
(new)		 Grey’s Anatomy
(new)
CBS Nugget is Dead? A Christmas Story
(new)		 Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage
(repeat)		 Ghosts
(repeat)
CW Scrabble
(new)		 Trivial Pursuit
(new)		 News/Local
FOX Hell’s Kitchen
(new)		 Crime Scene Kitchen
(new)		 News/Local
NBC Law & Order
(new)		 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(new)		 Found
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2 thoughts on “OK, but who gets Steve Kornacki in the MSNBC and NBC News divorce?”

  1. Like any other divorce, NBC and MSNBC will share joint custody of Steve Kornacki, it’s just the details that need to be resolved. Alternate weeks? MWF here, TTS there? One gets him for the presidentials and the other for the midterms?

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  2. I’m so torn about Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. On the one hand, it was very well done and I loved it. On the other hand, it was very well done and I’m kinda glad they are just leaving well enough alone.

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