The Bismarck Tribune is reporting:
Heartland liberal Ed Schultz is losing his prime-time show on MSNBC.
The
cable network says Schultz is being moved to the weekends, to host
two-hour shows Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. EDT.
Union advocate
Schultz, whose nightly show preceded Rachel Maddow, has increasingly
seemed out of place in MSNBC's bookishly liberal lineup.
He should do well in the time slot, Sunday night, 5:00 pm EDT. These are a few of the shows he will be competing with:
- Relieve your foot pain with WalkFit! -- The CW Network
- SpongeBob SquarePants -- Nick
- Pastor Brown -- Lifetime Network
- The Bible -- History Channel
And so it goes.
Ed is working his way down from Fargo talk radio. He hasn't finished his fall.
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I caught his show very, very occasionally; only watched for a few minutes. Haven't seen it in years. I am still amazed he lasted this long.
DeletePeople around here are critical of Ed, but we have to remember, like him or dislike him, he made the big time. And he was pro North Dakota. Not that the last fact mattered, but I would love to have the opportunity to get to his stage, versus never making it. Kent
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about Ed Schultz in Newsweek magazine when he was still in Fargo, before he made the big time. At that point, I remember appreciating his "libertarian" views, or what seemed to me, "libertarian."
DeleteSomewhere along the line he became a one-trick pony and seemed, at least to me, lost his way.
Memories of Chet Huntley (Montana) and Eric Sevareid (North Dakota) bring a bigger smile to my face than memories of Ed Schultz. Even memories of Lawrence Welk (North Dakota) and Myron Floren (South Dakota) bring a bigger smile. Bob Dylan (Minnesota) is an enigma, but a pleasing enigma for me. I think Ed's ego was bigger than the egos of all the others mentioned (at least as portrayed in public).
His ego was big and he was in it for Ed. The fact he was the voice of the common man was bs because that is what sold himself nationally. Most "common Men" don't have million dollar cabins on Detroit Lakes nor pilot their own plane. Again, I didn't watch or listen him, but he did get to the big time. You mentioned Sevaried and others, they were from another time. Lawrence was one of the richest entertainers of his day. California Real Estate. Him and Bob Hope....
ReplyDeleteThank you for your support and comments.
DeleteI know that Lawrence Welk and Bob Hope and Eric Sevareid and all the rest had huge egos, but there's a way to handle oneself in public that is more appealing. Ronald Reagan was certainly such a man.
I can even appreciate Bill Clinton in that regard; he has his issues, and there may be a lot of reasons not to like him, but he just seems a bit more human and fallible.
Maybe it comes down to this: how seriously one takes oneself. If that makes sense.