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76-432: (Redirected from Adam Carolla Show ) The Adam Carolla Show is a talk show led by comedian and television/radio personality Adam Carolla, and may refer to: The Adam Carolla Show (radio program) , a show that ran in radio syndication between January 2006 and February 2009 The Adam Carolla Show (podcast) , a later version of the show that began on February 23, 2009, and

152-512: A Top 40 (CHR) format. The show would continue to be made available via Westwood One in a 'best-of' format. The Adam Carolla Show was heard on the following stations, and broadcast weekdays from 5–10:00a.m. PT (with the 5a.m. hour a "best of" compilation of the previous morning's broadcast), for around a month CBS Radio will provide a "best of format" to give time for the affiliates to fill their morning slot: Podcast and live internet stream are popular among listeners in markets where show

228-509: A brand, with a large dose of opinion and personality." In January 2001, Mike Barnicle 's MSNBC show started, but it was canceled in June 2001 because of high production costs. In June, Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said that he would not have started MSNBC had he foreseen the difficulty of attracting viewers. After the September 11, 2001 attacks , NBC used MSNBC as an outlet for

304-583: A desire to move on. On December 12, 2007, it was announced on the air that Adam had come down with an illness and would not be coming to host the show. Danny and Teresa continued the show with Bryan taking a more active role as an on-air talent. On-air talent remarked many times that this was an unusual situation and that Adam has attended work while sick many times before and that he would have to be very sick in order to stay home. KLSX Program Director Jack Silver stated, "I have to take Adam’s word. When an employee says he's sick, short of going to his house with

380-421: A doctor, I have to take him on his word." That afternoon, Adam phoned into Dr. Drew's radio show and re-stated that he was sick, but would see how he would feel the next day before making a decision on whether to go into work or not. Adam proceeded to stay on the phone for over an hour. Adam's absence continued throughout the end of the week, including missing the 2007 Ace Awards and the live remote broadcast of

456-412: A leap to satellite radio ) with Carolla's new show in several western United States markets. On January 3, 2006 The Adam Carolla Show debuted in twelve of the 27 markets in which Stern had been broadcast, including Los Angeles , Las Vegas , San Francisco , San Diego , Phoenix and Portland, Oregon . Former MuchMusic and VH1 video jockey Rachel Perry served as the original news reader on

532-440: A long-term lease of the former MSNBC building to become the home studios of MLB Network , which launched from the facility on January 1, 2009. From mid-2007 to mid-2008, MSNBC enjoyed a large increase in its Nielsen ratings . Primetime viewings increased by 61 percent. In May 2008, NBC News president Steve Capus said, "It used to be people didn't have to worry about MSNBC because it was an also-ran cable channel.... That's not

608-709: A new logo, news ticker, and graphics package. MSNBC Live had at least eight hours of programming each day, barring any breaking news that could extend its time. Daytime news coverage was led primarily by Brian Williams, Stephanie Ruhle , Jose Diaz-Balart, Andrea Mitchell, Craig Melvin, Thomas Roberts, and Kate Snow, in addition to "beat leaders" stationed throughout the newsroom. These included chief legal correspondent Ari Melber , primary political reporter Steve Kornacki , business and finance correspondent Olivia Sterns, and senior editor Cal Perry . Morning and primetime programming did not change and remained filled mostly by opinionated personalities. In April 2016, MSNBC launched

684-595: A program in the 6 pm EST hour entitled For the Record with Greta , hosted by former Fox News Channel anchor Greta Van Susteren . The program aired for six months before being cancelled in late June 2017. The network promoted Ari Melber, the network's chief legal correspondent, to host The Beat with Ari Melber at 6pm. In March 2017, MSNBC began to increase its use of the NBC News branding during daytime news programming, as part of an effort to emphasize MSNBC's relationship with

760-489: A promotional ad campaign with the theme, "in order to know beyond, you have to go beyond." The campaign portrayed MSNBC's reporting and perspectives as "in depth" and an alternative to "talking points" coverage on other cable news outlets. A new tagline "This is who we are" appeared on MSNBC in June 2016. Promotional campaigns including the slogan were aired in March 2017. In July 2016, the network debuted Dateline Extra , which

836-492: A revamp of its weekend programming, ending Mehdi Hasan ’s 9 p.m. ET show on Sundays and introducing an ensemble show, The Weekend , hosted by Alicia Menendez , Symone Sanders-Townsend , and Michael Steele from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The revamp would also end Yasmin Vossoughian Reports , Symone , and American Voices and move The Sunday/Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart into

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912-578: A sale would incur taxes (the spin-off is being structured to be tax-free), and that divesting the channel might not be seen as being in the best interest of shareholders. In September 2018, approximately 87 million households in the United States were receiving MSNBC, amounting to 90.7 percent of pay television subscribers. Nielsen ratings showed that MSNBC ranked second among basic cable networks, averaging 1.8 million viewers in 2019, behind rival Fox News . In 2022, average weekday primetime viewership

988-471: A separate joint venture between Microsoft and NBC for another seven years.) NBC later exercised its option to purchase Microsoft's remaining 18 percent interest in MSNBC. In late 2005, MSNBC began attracting liberal and progressive viewers as Keith Olbermann began critiquing and satirizing conservative media commentators during his Countdown With Keith Olbermann program. He especially focused his attention on

1064-403: Is active, it is positive, it is about making tomorrow better than today, a discussion about politics and the actions and passions of our time." The new campaign embraces the network's politically progressive identity. The two-year advertising campaign would cost $ 2 million and consist of internet, television, and print advertising. The new positioning has created brand image issues for msnbc.com,

1140-512: Is an American news -based television channel and website headquartered in New York City. It is owned by NBCUniversal — a subsidiary of Comcast — and provides news coverage and political commentary. The network produces live broadcasts for its channel from studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan , New York City, and aggregates its coverage and commentary on its website, msnbc.com. In

1216-777: Is composed of the NBC News , CNBC and MSNBC units. During 2014, MSNBC's total ratings in the 25–54 demographic declined 20 percent, falling to third place behind CNN. Nevertheless, MSNBC retained its lead among the Hispanic and African-American demographics. In 2015, to help revive the struggling network, Griffin announced he was transitioning MSNBC from left-leaning, opinionated programming to hard news programming. Nearly all daytime opinionated news programs were replaced with more generic news programs. Ronan Farrow , Joy Reid , Krystal Ball , Touré , Abby Huntsman , Alex Wagner , and Ed Schultz lost their shows. Al Sharpton 's PoliticsNation

1292-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Adam Carolla Show (radio program) The show featured Adam Carolla and Teresa Strasser . The supporting cast included sound effects guy Bryan Bishop , producer Angie Fitzsimmons, writer Mike Lynch, announcer/technical producer Mike Dawson, technical production assistant Mike Cioffi, production assistant David D. Keller and board operator Bill Mahoney. Jimmy Kimmel served as creative consultant in

1368-539: Is hosted by the former White House press secretary. Between February and September of 2023, the Monday edition of All In with Chris Hayes also featured rotating guest hosts, with Chris Hayes only hosting from Tuesdays to Fridays in order to accommodate Hayes' other projects. On September 7, 2023, it was announced that the program would be replaced by a new, second Monday-night edition of Inside with Jen Psaki beginning September 25. On January 13, 2024, MSNBC implemented

1444-501: Is not broadcasting, which was mentioned on air numerous times. Listeners have called from Midwest, East coast, Hawaii, Canada, Japan, Spain and England among other areas. Most of the show was available for download via podcast through Free FM . The format varies depending on the station providing the RSS feed. Carolla remained under contract to CBS Radio until December 2009, and was bound against hosting another radio broadcast program until

1520-506: Is released each weekday in podcast format Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Adam Carolla Show . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Adam_Carolla_Show&oldid=1232607986 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1596-565: The Fox News Channel and Bill O'Reilly , its principal primetime commentator. On June 7, 2006, Rick Kaplan resigned as president of MSNBC after holding the post for two years. Five days later, Dan Abrams , a nine-year veteran of MSNBC and NBC News, was named general manager of MSNBC with immediate effect. NBC News senior vice president Phil Griffin would oversee MSNBC while continuing to oversee NBC News' Today program, with Abrams reporting to Griffin. On June 29, 2006, Abrams announced

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1672-477: The 6 p.m. ET slot and The Katie Phang Show to 12 p.m. ET on Saturdays. Ayman would also expand to two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays, and Alex Witt Reports would take over Yasmin Vossoughian’s vacated two hours, now airing from 1 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays. Alex Witt Reports would then be followed at 4 p.m. ET by The Beat Weekend on Saturdays and MSNBC Prime Weekend on Sundays;

1748-566: The Asian Excellence Awards, to further explain that when he aired the bit, he had no idea that "ching chong" was a racial slur. Mention of the bit was removed from the official show blog. On February 18, 2009 it was confirmed that The Adam Carolla Show had been canceled and the last show would air on February 20, 2009. The cancellation came in effect of a format shift at the Los Angeles flagship station ( KLSX ) from hot talk to

1824-668: The Christmas episode. On December 21, 2007, CBS Radio issued a press release concerning the future of The Adam Carolla Show and creation of Danny Bonaduce's new show: "...contributing show member Danny Bonaduce will relinquish his role on THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW and begin hosting his own program on KLSX. Positioned between the highly rated Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show (10:00AM-2:00PM) and Tom Leykis ' program (3:00-8:00PM), BROADCASTING BONADUCE: THE DANNY BONADUCE SHOW will premiere Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 on-air and online from 2:00-3:00PM, PT. Teresa Strasser will continue to contribute to

1900-431: The MSNBC hub on the service, along with documentaries from MSNBC Films . During the months of October and November and with the 2022 United States elections , Steve Kornacki started hosting The Kornacki Countdown every Friday, temporarily replacing The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell from October 14 to November 8. On March 19, 2023, MSNBC premiered the new Sunday-morning program Inside with Jen Psaki , which

1976-790: The NBC News family originate from the New York studios daily. MSNBC also announced new studios near the Universal Studios lot. MSNBC's master control did not make the move to 30 Rock. It remained in the old Secaucus headquarters until it completed its move to the NBC Universal Network Origination Center located inside the CNBC Global Headquarters building in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey , on December 21, 2007. Shortly thereafter, Major League Baseball firmed up

2052-512: The NBC brand. Following the announcement, reports emerged of unsolicited offers to buy the network from several parties (as well as X owner Elon Musk having joked about doing so). CNN media analyst Brian Stelter believed it was unlikely MSNBC would be sold, as NBCUniversal never declared any intent to divest properties when announcing the spin-off (and, on the contrary, suggested that the spin-off planned to target further investments and acquisitions),

2128-612: The United States (90.7 percent of pay television subscribers) were receiving MSNBC. On March 2, 2020, Chris Matthews abruptly announced his resignation from Hardball effective immediately, after comparing the rise of Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential campaign to the German invasion of France. The 7 p.m. hour was hosted by rotating anchors until July 20, when it was replaced by The ReidOut with Joy Reid. On December 7, 2020, MSNBC announced that Rashida Jones would succeed Griffin as president in 2021. Jones stated goals to increase

2204-581: The aftermath of September 11, MSNBC began calling itself "America's NewsChannel" and hired opinionated hosts like Alan Keyes , Phil Donahue , Pat Buchanan , and Tucker Carlson . This branding makeover, however, was followed by declining ratings. On December 23, 2005, NBCUniversal announced its acquisition of an additional 32 percent share of MSNBC from Microsoft, which solidified its control over television operations and allowed NBC to further consolidate MSNBC's backroom operations with NBC News and its other cable properties. (The news website msnbc.com remained

2280-405: The arrangement could be illegal. After entering into a new contract, FiOS added the channel in New York City and New Jersey on February 2, 2010. In southern Africa, MSNBC is distributed free-to-air on satellite on Free2View TV as MSNBC Africa, a joint venture between Great Media Limited and MSNBC. Free2View airs MSNBC's programming from 4 p.m. to midnight ET in a block that repeats twice (live for

2356-420: The case anymore." Tim Russert 's sudden death in June 2008 removed the person whom The Wall Street Journal called the " rudder for the network" and led to a period of transition. During the 2008 presidential election , MSNBC's coverage was anchored by Olbermann, Chris Matthews , and David Gregory . They were widely viewed as the face of the channel's political coverage. During the first three months of

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2432-577: The channel competitive in the program's time slot for the first time in over a decade. In the first quarter of 2010, MSNBC beat CNN in primetime and overall ratings, marking the first time doing so since 2001. The channel also beat CNN in total adult viewers in March, marking the seventh out of the past eight months that MSNBC achieved that result. In addition, the programs Morning Joe , The Ed Show , Hardball with Chris Matthews , Countdown with Keith Olbermann , and The Rachel Maddow Show finished ahead of their time slot competitors at CNN. In

2508-402: The contract expired. However, beginning the following weekday after the final broadcast of The Adam Carolla Show , the host started a new incarnation of the show at carollaradio.com as a free daily podcast. Originally recorded nightly at his home, the podcast eventually moved to be recorded in a studio and features conversations with many of the same guests who appeared on the radio show. In

2584-432: The division. On May 8, 2017, MSNBC introduced a new late-afternoon program, Deadline: White House , hosted by NBC political analyst and former White House communications director Nicolle Wallace . That month, MSNBC became the highest rated American cable news network in primetime for the first time. MSNBC's increasing viewership was accompanied by declining numbers at Fox News Channel. MSNBC's May 15–19 programming topped

2660-401: The eight most commonly named main sources for political and election news by US adults, MSNBC and Fox News have the most partisan audiences. Before 2010, MSNBC was not available to Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse television subscribers in the portions of New York State , northern New Jersey , and Connecticut that overlapped Cablevision 's service area. One of several reasons for this

2736-416: The episode would be the final episode of Countdown . His departure received much media attention. MSNBC issued a statement that it had ended its contract with Olbermann, with no further explanation. Olbermann later revealed that he had taken his show to Current TV . NBCUniversal News Group was created on July 19, 2012, under chairwoman Pat Fili-Krushel. It has been the news division of NBCUniversal. It

2812-471: The first year, and hosted the show on June 7 and June 8, 2006, while Carolla was with his wife for the birth of their twins and April 26, 2007, while Carolla was at New York City for the Tribeca Film Festival to see the premiere of his movie The Hammer . On August 4, 2005, Carolla announced that he would leave Loveline to pursue a position in morning radio. Adam's last night on Loveline

2888-689: The fourth quarter of 2023, MSNBC was the second most-watched cable news network in the U.S., averaging 792,000 total day viewers, behind rival Fox News , which averaged 1.212 million viewers, and ahead of CNN , which averaged 502,000 viewers. In 2023, one of MSNBC's most watched shows, The Beat with Ari Melber , averaged 1.8 million viewers. In 2023, MSNBC's top five highest-rated shows were The Rachel Maddow Show , The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell , Deadline: White House , The Beat with Ari Melber , and All In with Chris Hayes . In November 2023, MSNBC's most watched nightly shows were The Beat with Ari Melber and Deadline: White House ; The Beat

2964-566: The highest among three major cable news networks and ahead of CNN . A 2014 Pew Research Center study found that MSNBC's audience was more moderate than that of BuzzFeed , Politico , The Washington Post , and The New York Times , but slightly more liberal than CNN 's audience. A 2019 Pew Research Center survey showed that among Americans who named MSNBC as their main source for political news, 74% are ages 50 or older, with 44% ages 65 or older. 95% of those who named MSNBC as their main political news source identify as Democrats ; among

3040-428: The inaugural podcast, Carolla stated that if the venture proved to be successful he would move forward with ambitious plans to expand it commercially upon the expiration of his CBS contract. The show quickly garnered a large audience, as the first episode was downloaded over 250,000 times in the first 24 hours of its being made available on the site. Soon after, the show was made available on iTunes and in its first week

3116-533: The internet and is not broadcast. Though Teresa Strasser acted as Carolla's sidekick for a time, she left in August 2010 to join The Peter Tilden Show on KABC (AM) . Bald Bryan still supplies sound effects, though he's not always on the show. The show has returned to its old radio format, bringing back produced segments and regular phone calls. MSNBC MSNBC (originally short for Microsoft NBC )

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3192-457: The joint venture. Microsoft invested $ 221 million for a 50 percent share of the cable channel. MSNBC and Microsoft shared the cost of a $ 200 million newsroom in Secaucus, New Jersey , for msnbc.com . The network took over the channel space of NBC's 2-year-old America's Talking (AT) network, although in most cases cable carriage had to be negotiated with providers who had never carried AT. MSNBC

3268-494: The last three months of the campaign in the key 25–54 age demographic. In September 2008, the channel hired political analyst and Air America Radio personality Rachel Maddow to host a new political opinion program called The Rachel Maddow Show . The move to create a new program for the channel was widely seen as a well-calculated ratings move, where beforehand, MSNBC lagged behind in coveted primetime ratings. The show regularly outperformed CNN's Larry King Live , and made

3344-500: The network in late 2021 and was succeeded on The 11th Hour by Stephanie Ruhle. Meanwhile, as part of her new contract with NBCUniversal, Rachel Maddow took an extended hiatus from her program in order to focus on other film and podcast projects, with rotating guest hosts filling in for her. Upon Maddow's return, she announced that she would only host the show on Monday nights beginning in May 2022, and continue to feature guest hosts throughout

3420-516: The network's investment into documentary-style programs, and to have viewers "clearly understand" the differences and value of its news-based and analysis-driven programming, as both were "critical to our future success", and "need to exist in a clear and compelling form on every single platform where news consumers go." As part of this remit, Jones named separate senior vice presidents for news programming and "perspective and analysis" programming. In January 2021, MSNBC had its highest-rated week ever in

3496-413: The number-one cable news network in primetime among both African American and Hispanic viewers. On October 11, 2010, MSNBC unveiled a new televised advertising campaign and slogan called "Lean Forward". "We've taken on CNN and we beat them," MSNBC president Phil Griffin told employees at a series of celebratory "town hall" meetings. "Now it's time to take on Fox." Concerning the campaign, Griffin said, "It

3572-416: The object of various criticisms , most centering around accusations of a liberal bias and of other biases. MSNBC was established in 1996 under a strategic partnership between NBC and Microsoft . NBC executive Tom Rogers was instrumental in developing the partnership. James Kinsella , a Microsoft executive, served as president of the online component, MSNBC.com, and represented the technology company in

3648-453: The podcast was downloaded over 1 million times, making it the number one iTunes podcast in the US and Canada. The broadcast is now known as The Adam Carolla Show and has been consistently ranked among the top 15 podcasts on iTunes since its inception on the site. As of June 3, 2010, The Adam Carolla Podcast was renamed The Adam Carolla Show , though it is still only available for download on

3724-399: The presidential campaign, MSNBC's ratings grew by 158 percent. Olbermann and Matthews, however, were criticized for expressing left-leaning opinions on the channel. Both were later removed from their anchor positions. Audience viewership during the 2008 presidential campaign more than doubled from the 2004 presidential election , and the channel topped CNN in ratings for the first time during

3800-527: The press release, MSNBC Investigates promised to "complement MSNBC's existing programming by building on [the channel's] library of award-winning documentaries." The move to taped programming during 10 and 11 p.m. probably resulted from MSNBC's successful Friday "experiment" of replacing all primetime programming with taped specials. On September 24, 2007, Abrams announced that he was leaving his general manager position so he could focus on his 9:00 p.m. ET talk show, Live With Dan Abrams . Oversight of MSNBC

3876-412: The programming of both CNN and Fox News in total viewers and viewers 18–49. On April 16, 2018, MSNBC premiered a new early morning program, Morning Joe First Look , to replace Way Too Early . The same day, MSNBC also retired its on-air news ticker , citing a desire to reduce distractions and "[put] our reporting more front and center". . As of September 2018, approximately 87 million households in

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3952-494: The rest of the week. The guest hosts appeared under the MSNBC Prime banner until August 16, 2022, when Alex Wagner began to host the permanent program Alex Wagner Tonight in that timeslot. On March 10, 2022, MSNBC announced it would offer on-demand episodes of all of its news programming, excluding MSNBC Reports , The Rachel Maddow Show , and Alex Wagner Tonight on Peacock , and The Choice from MSNBC folded into

4028-415: The revamp of MSNBC's early-primetime and primetime schedule. On July 10, Tucker (formerly The Situation with Tucker Carlson ) started airing at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET (taking over Abrams' old timeslot), while Rita Cosby 's Live & Direct was canceled. Cosby was made the primary anchor for MSNBC Investigates at 10 and 11 p.m. ET, a new program that took over Cosby and Carlson's timeslots. According to

4104-508: The show's poor performance in Los Angeles . Carolla said the show's Arbitron ratings in the city shifted from 1.2 to 3.3 to 0.7, and CBS used this as an excuse to "strip the show". On the January 2nd show, Carolla commented on the firings and confirmed his posting that they were due to low ratings. He said that he had no say in the decision, and while he was upset about the firings he expressed

4180-617: The show's website. Finally, on May 1, Carolla announced that the show had taken the opportunity to use Perry's absence to drop her from the show, as they felt that the chemistry wasn't quite there. On May 8, Strasser was named as Perry's official replacement. In a December 17, 2006 message on the Adam Carolla Show message board, sports broadcaster Dave Dameshek wrote that he and the show's producer Jimmy Brusca had been fired. Dameshek also wrote that Danny Bonaduce would be his replacement. Tad Newcomb , also known as Fat Tad or Big Tad,

4256-451: The show. On March 27, 2006, the show noted that Perry was absent for a few days to work on a TV pilot (a show titled Beyond ). However, a few days stretched into a few weeks, during which the show featured several fill-ins, including Strasser, former MSNBC anchor Claudia DiFolco , and actress Tracy Metro . The show also had guests and a few of their recurring characters fill in. In late April, Perry's pictures and bio were removed from

4332-420: The show. (Danny had already been unpopular with many listeners, which was reflected in a large number of messageboard messages.) The messageboard thread addressing this quickly gained over 1,300 posts, and many people posting were new users who'd never posted a message before. Adam himself (his official screen name) was spotted reading the messageboard several times, but did not post. Carolla's morning show became

4408-490: The spoof, calling it racist and threatened to ask advertisers to withdraw their support from the show if the station did not issue an apology. On February 22, 2006, Carolla without fanfare read a brief apology for the segment, in which he said that his show had regrettably "crossed the line". On April 26, 2006, Carolla invited the head of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Guy Aoki, and Teddy Zee, co-chair of

4484-468: The station's morning drive program with Adam Carolla." On the September 12, 2008 show Carolla confessed that the reason for him missing the last shows in 2007 was because he had come down with "The Red Flu", referring to being sick of working with the red headed Danny Bonaduce. It was also during Adam's weeklong absence that the show's messageboard became flooded with messages calling for Danny's removal from

4560-505: The stories CNN was running. NBC also highlighted their broadcast connections by airing stories directly from NBC's network affiliates, along with breaking news coverage from the same sources. MSNBC gradually increased its emphasis on politics. After completing its seven-year survey of cable channels, the Project for Excellence in Journalism said in 2007 that "MSNBC is moving to make politics

4636-533: The subject of a minor controversy within a few weeks of airing when on January 24, 2006, Carolla played a segment which spoofed the upcoming Asian Excellence Awards . The spoof consisted of what sounded like a typical excerpt from an awards show, except that the dialogue of the actors consisted only of the words "ching" and "chong" , repeated. The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP), The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), and The Center for Asian American Media publicly objected to

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4712-467: The third quarter of 2010, MSNBC continued its solid lead over CNN, beating the network in total day for the first time since the second quarter of 2001 in the key adult demographic. The network also beat CNN for the fourth consecutive quarter, among both primetime and total viewers, as well as becoming the only cable news network to have its key adult demographic viewership grow over the last quarter, increasing by 4 percent. During this time, MSNBC also became

4788-428: The two shows consist of highlighted segments from The Beat and MSNBC's personality-based programs respectively. On November 20, 2024, NBCUniversal announced its intent to spin off most of its cable networks, including MSNBC, as a new publicly-traded company controlled by Comcast shareholders. It is currently unclear how the spin-off will affect MSNBC, including whether it will still be able to use NBC News resources or

4864-543: The umbrella website for the television network. A New York Times article quotes Charlie Tillinghast, president of msnbc.com, a separate company, as saying, "Both strategies are fine, but naming them the same thing is brand insanity." As a result, msnbc.com eventually changed its name to prevent confusion with the television network, MSNBC; it rebranded the more news-driven msnbc.com as NBCNews.com in July 2012. On January 21, 2011, Olbermann announced his departure from MSNBC and

4940-590: The up-to-the-minute coverage being provided by NBC News as a supplement to the longer stories on broadcast NBC. With little financial news to cover, CNBC and CNBC Europe ran MSNBC for many hours each day following the attacks. The year also boosted the profile of Ashleigh Banfield , who was present during the collapse of Building 7 while covering the World Trade Center on September 11. Her Region In Conflict program capitalized on her newfound celebrity and showcased exclusive interviews from Afghanistan . In

5016-451: The wake of the January 6 United States Capitol attack , exceeding the ratings of Fox News for the first time since 2000. On March 29, 2021, MSNBC introduced a refreshed logo and on-air imaging, including a rebranding of its MSNBC Live rolling news block as MSNBC Reports (in support of Jones' goal of clearer separation between news- and analysis-based programs). Brian Williams departed

5092-684: The yearly "Christmas Carolla" holiday special from the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, CA. During this time, Danny Bonaduce informally appointed himself head of the show until Adam returned, touching off the start of a very long messageboard thread (see below) calling for his removal from the show. On December 17, 2007, the Official Adam Carolla Show message board was removed from the website, including all threads related to Adam's illness. The Adam Carolla Show went on scheduled hiatus following

5168-425: Was "the highest-rated non-Fox News show in the demo" on cable news, AdWeek reported. MSNBC and its website were founded in 1996, under a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric 's NBC unit, hence the network's name. Microsoft divested itself of MSNBC in 2005, and its stake in msnbc.com in 2012. The general news site was rebranded as NBCNews.com , and a new msnbc.com was created. MSNBC has been

5244-436: Was 1.2 million, compared to rival Fox News's 2.3 million, a decline of 21% from the previous year, and with 148,000 viewers in the "key demographic" of viewers aged 25-54. In 2023, Variety reported that The Beat was one of the two "most-watched news programs on cable", alongside The Five on Fox News. During the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention , MSNBC had an average viewership of over 5 million,

5320-404: Was November 3, 2005, to allow him to have time to prepare for his morning debut at the beginning of 2006. He stated that he would love to continue to do Loveline , which seemed to fly by while doing it, but the show would not be a possibility. On October 25, 2005, Infinity Broadcasting officially announced that it would be replacing the popular syndicated Howard Stern Show , (which was making

5396-437: Was a regular on-air contributor to the show, and has also confirmed that he was fired via his MySpace account. CBS Radio released a press release on December 21, 2006 announcing Bonaduce as a featured member of the show starting January 2, 2007, but did not confirm or deny any firings. On December 28, 2006, Carolla posted to the show's message boards and wrote that network executives had wanted to replace Dameshek because of

5472-424: Was an abridged version of Dateline NBC and another step towards aligning MSNBC and NBC News. The new program was hosted by MSNBC Live anchor Tamron Hall . In September 2016, MSNBC launched The 11th Hour with Brian Williams as a nightly wrap-up of the day's news and a preview of the following day's headlines. This was MSNBC's first new primetime program in nearly four years. In January 2017, MSNBC debuted

5548-492: Was an exclusive carriage agreement between MSNBC and Cablevision that prohibited competing wired providers from carrying MSNBC. The terms of the agreement were not publicly known. In 2009, Verizon filed a formal "program-access complaint" with the Federal Communications Commission and petitioned for termination of the deal. In support of Verizon, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal argued that

5624-412: Was launched on July 15, 1996. The first show was anchored by Jodi Applegate and included news, interviews, and commentary . During the day, rolling news coverage continued with The Contributors , a show that featured Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham , as well as interactive programming coordinated by Applegate, John Gibson , and John Seigenthaler . Stories were generally longer and more detailed than

5700-447: Was relegated to the weekend. News programs presented by established NBC News personalities such as Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart , Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd , NBC Nightly News Sunday anchor Kate Snow , Thomas Roberts , and former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams replaced the opinion shows. The revamped on-air presentation debuted in late summer 2015 and included

5776-447: Was shifted to Phil Griffin, a senior vice president at NBC. MSNBC and NBC News began broadcasting from their new studios at NBC's 30 Rockefeller Center complex in New York City on October 22, 2007. The extensive renovations of the associated studios allowed NBC to merge its entire news operation into one building. All MSNBC broadcasts and NBC Nightly News originate from the new studios. More than 12.5 hours of live television across

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