Todd and Guthrie to host 9am MSNBC program…
The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz writes that Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie will be alternating hosts for a new 9am hour program on MSNBC once Dylan Ratigan’s program completes the move to afternoons.
As if they didn’t have enough to do covering the White House, Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie are launching a 9 a.m. program for MSNBC.
“It fits the rhythm of our day,” says Todd, who also blogs, tweets, reports for NBC and serves as its political director. He sees the “Daily Rundown” as “something that has the feel of a signature Washington show for us” heading into 2010. “We’re not going to ignore the water-cooler story of the day, but we’re not going to dwell on it, either.”
We’ll just see about that…
December 14, 2009 at 5:26 am
I think this is great news as both are smart & funny; in a self deprecating way.
When Todd has guest hosted he has been able to get quests that are not the usual subjects and conducts interviews that are intelligent and informative.
I expect there will be an internal battle between the producers and Todd over covering the Tiger Woods type stories. If Todd had his way I’m sure the show would not stray far from political beat.
I Wonder if they will use a dayside host (i.e. Contessa) for non political stories & entertainment like they did on Morning Meeting?
I expect the show to be a little like the TRMS.