MSNBC cancels the 12-4 PM EDT newscasts on Saturdays

[Jul]

Starting this weekend, MSNBC will drop its 12-4 PM EDT newscast on Saturdays in favor of taped programming. There was a rumor circulating that was just a test run but that is apparently not the case. I hear it’s long term.

Source: http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/06/29/msnbc-to-drop-saturday-afternoon-newscasts/ I still don't understand why is this channel still on the air. They can't do nothing right to stay competitive with CNN and FNC.

 

[Mainedude2007]

bring on more reruns of To Catch a Predator and more Doc Block!!!

 

[jal41]

Starting this weekend, MSNBC will drop its 12-4 PM EDT newscast on Saturdays in favor of taped programming. There was a rumor circulating that was just a test run but that is apparently not the case. I hear it’s long term.

Source: http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/06/29/msnbc-to-drop-saturday-afternoon-newscasts/ I still don't understand why is this channel still on the air. They can't do nothing right to stay competitive with CNN and FNC.

Actually, the 12-4PM Saturday news block only returned a few months ago. They were carrying documentaries from 12 PM forward for a while before that.

 

[wombat]

msnbc better not go away -- i love most of what they do with the news and personality-type shows. i don't care for all the to catch a predator shows and doc blocks, but i assume others do.

 

[nvrbbh]

Starting this weekend, MSNBC will drop its 12-4 PM EDT newscast on Saturdays in favor of taped programming. There was a rumor circulating that was just a test run but that is apparently not the case. I hear it’s long term.

Source: http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/06/29/msnbc-to-drop-saturday-afternoon-newscasts/ I still don't understand why is this channel still on the air. They can't do nothing right to stay competitive with CNN and FNC.

Actually, the 12-4PM Saturday news block only returned a few months ago. They were carrying documentaries from 12 PM forward for a while before that.

That's not correct. They've aired news in that timeslot since the election period in 2005.

 

[Nate Wesley]

msnbc better not go away -- i love most of what they do with the news and personality-type shows. i don't care for all the to catch a predator shows and doc blocks, but i assume others do.

I'll tolerate the repackaged Dateline reports and documentaries. It certainly beats the constant 'news blather' about news events with little to no new information.

 

[JeeperOne]

Hey Julius....

Next time you direct people to a source of something you post, make sure you refer to a source that doesn't try to EXECUTE SOMETHING on our computers. I say this because I clicked on the URL you posted above and it wanted IE to do something, but all I kept getting was a "server busy" popup dialog box which I couldn't get of without closing the browser.

In other words....USE A TRUSTED SOURCE like Yahoo! News or (Heck) MSNBC's own website. This way we don't get any "surprises".

Cheers