Reports emerged this week that cable news network MS NOW had gone off the air for an hour. good morning joeHost Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski They were reportedly “humiliated”.
According to “Reporter” report on Friday, March 20 Rob ShuteNaughty But Nice Substack’s revamp of MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) “wasn’t their idea,” an insider says.
“They didn’t ask for it – they were told,” the source added.
Earlier this week, reports emerged that the network had made changes to its programming schedule, including moving anchors Stephanie Rule and Alicia Menendez Go into daylight and adjust good morning joe Hour.
The morning news talk show, which currently airs Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET, will change its program length from four hours to three hours.
Although the AP reports MS NOW said the cuts were the show’s choice, a source told Schuette that Scarborough, 62, and Brzezinski, 58, “think this is the beginning of the end. A slow phase-out.”
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According to a Naughty But Nice source, “A new generation is coming. And the message is clear – now it’s their turn.”
“There was a lot of discussion about who was being promoted and why,” the source said. “And it’s not subtle.”
Scarborough and Brzezinski, who married on Nov. 24, 2018 and have been staples of the news show for years, are reportedly hurt by the shakeup.
“After they built everything, this is how it happened?” one source questioned.
While a staff member pointed out to Shute that the pair’s hours were “reduced but the pay was the same,” they explained, “It’s not a job you want. They live for every minute they’re on the air. That’s the currency.”
“They won’t go quietly,” one source said. “But they knew exactly what was going on.”
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