MSNBC cancels Ronan Farrow show. Well its' about damn time!

Courtesy of The Wrap:  

MSNBC’s daytime changes continued Thursday with the cancellation of “Ronan Farrow Daily,” an MSNBC spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap. 

Farrow’s program was mired with poor ratings since its premiere one year ago. His show’s axing comes on the same day the program which follows him—”The Reid Report” hosted by Joy Reid—was also canceled.

Okay well I feel badly for Reid who I thought did a reasonable job, but I am ecstatic that Farrow is off the air.

Full disclosure even though MSNBC is my go to news source most of the time, there are a few hosts that I can only take in small portions.

One is Joe Scarborough who I rarely see because his show is over by 5 AM Alaska time. So I only see a portion of his show if something particularly newsworthy happened.

Which is rare these days.

I also can only handle Chris Matthews and Al Sharpton in small doses.

Matthews because he is an arrogant windbag, that seems sometimes to be leaning a little to Libertarian for my tastes, and Sharpton because he has a god awful time reading from the teleprompter, and it drives me nuts.

But only Farrow will force me to change the channel to literally anything else.

That has sometimes included changing the channel to Fox News, so you KNOW he must really bother me.

I cannot even put my finger on what it is exactly. But something about him repels me in a way that few television talking heads ever have.

Hell I would rather sit through Sean Hannity talking shit about the President, then watch Ronan Farrow report on how Obamacare is improving health care in this country.

I am also pleased with who will replace Farrow and Reid: 

The network will move “Way Too Early” host Thomas Roberts to the 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. timeslot, where he’ll host a news show. 

Now see I really like Roberts and thought his talents were wasted as part of the Morning Joe fraternity.

The guy is smart, quick witted, and always very professional.

So I look forward to the debut of his new show.

The article goes on to say that Farrow will host a series of interview specials, but I can assure you I will not watch one of them. Not one.

Ronan Farrow may lose his new MSNBC show because, well because Ronan Farrow should never have HAD an MSNBC show.

Courtesy of Mediaite:  

The New York Daily News‘ Confidenti@l blog reported on Monday morning that, according to insider sources, Ronan Farrow‘s brand-new MSNBC talk show is already on the fritz reportedly because of disappointing ratings and a lackluster on-air presence. 

“He sort of stinks on TV,” the anonymous network source told the newspaper. “He hasn’t turned out to be the superstar they were hoping for.” 

According to the paper, MSNBC’s strategy was to bring Farrow onto the network in the hopes that his younger, social media-based audience would follow suit. “But that hasn’t happened,” the source declared. “Just because someone is a boy genius-turned-Twitter star doesn’t mean they deserve their own TV show.” Farrow’s show debuted with lackluster numbers in the key 25-54 demo.

I know that some of you got a little testy with me when I revealed yesterday, that Farrow's show was the only program that actually made me turn to Fox News, but now you see that I am far from alone in my disapproval. 

Now look I am actually a big fan of the younger crop of hosts that MSNBC has these days. Crystal Ball, Alex Wagner, Chris Hayes, Steve Kornacki, and Ari Melber are all on my must watch list.

However Farrow always comes off as a high school kid who won a "Be a Newscaster for a Day" contest, and is struggling to sound like he knows what to do while delivering painful segues and stumbling through interviews with his much more polished interviewees.

To be honest along with AL Sharpton and Ed Schultz I have also had trouble listening to Andrea Mitchell, who has a hesitant, uncertain, manner in delivering her lines that I find maddening.

But at least Andrea gives a good interview, and she really knows her topic.

I am not sure that with more time on the job Farrow will improve or not, but I just know that IF his program survives, I will continue to channel surf away from it in the future.

The other day I actually found myself watching Rachael Ray. Fricking Rachael Ray!

This madness must stop!