Chris Christie apparently isn’t all that interested in discussing former president Donald Trump while on the campaign trail. And to MSNBC’s Alex Wagner, that’s a bit hilarious, considering the “whole point” of Christie’s candidacy is to challenge Trump.
Wagner’s amusement came on Tuesday night’s episode of her show, in which she chuckled at an irritated quote Christie gave Mark Leibovich in a recent profile for The Atlantic: “You guys drive me crazy. All you want to do is talk about Trump. I’m sorry, I don’t think he’s the only topic to talk about in politics. And I’m not going to waste my hour with you this morning…on just continuing talking, asking, and answering the Donald Trump question from 18 different angles.”
“Does Chris Christie not realize that is the whole point of Chris Christie as a presidential candidate?” Wagner said.
Wagner’s amusement came on Tuesday night’s episode of her show, in which she chuckled at an irritated quote Christie gave Mark Leibovich in a recent profile for The Atlantic: “You guys drive me crazy. All you want to do is talk about Trump. I’m sorry, I don’t think he’s the only topic to talk about in politics. And I’m not going to waste my hour with you this morning…on just continuing talking, asking, and answering the Donald Trump question from 18 different angles.”
“Does Chris Christie not realize that is the whole point of Chris Christie as a presidential candidate?” Wagner said.
- 6/7/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Alex Wagner’s primetime debut on MSNBC scored 2 million total viewers on Tuesday night, which blew CNN’s 9 p.m. hour out of the water but wasn’t enough to surpass Sean Hannity on Fox News.
The show — which featured guests Mark Leibovich, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) and Joyce Vance — managed about 183,000 viewers in the key cable news 25-54 demographic. That’s compared to “CNN Tonight,” which drew a total audience of about 866,000 and 176,000 in the key demo, according to Nielsen.
It should come as no surprise that Fox News Channel continues to dominate during primetime. In the 9 p.m. slot, “Hannity” scored about 3.1 million total viewers. Of those, 404,000 were in the demo.
“Hannity” beat MSNBC and CNN combined in both total viewers and demo viewers.
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The show — which featured guests Mark Leibovich, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) and Joyce Vance — managed about 183,000 viewers in the key cable news 25-54 demographic. That’s compared to “CNN Tonight,” which drew a total audience of about 866,000 and 176,000 in the key demo, according to Nielsen.
It should come as no surprise that Fox News Channel continues to dominate during primetime. In the 9 p.m. slot, “Hannity” scored about 3.1 million total viewers. Of those, 404,000 were in the demo.
“Hannity” beat MSNBC and CNN combined in both total viewers and demo viewers.
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- 8/17/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Alex Wagner’s debut as MSNBC’s Tuesday to Friday successor to Rachel Maddow drew an estimated 2 million viewers.
That was a solid number for the network, and its most watched show on Tuesday. It topped CNN Tonight, which had 866,000.
Fox News’ Hannity still handily won the timeslot with 3.1 million, a figure that was more than its two cable news rivals combined.
Wagner’s debut audience was a 27 dropoff from the 2.75 million for The Rachel Maddow Show on Monday. But that is not as big of an audience decline from MSNBC’s previous Tuesday to Friday occupant, MSNBC Prime, which featured a rotating series of hosts. Maddow has been MSNBC’s top rated show, and is the only non-Fox News show to have made it to the top five cable news shows last month.
Maddow announced in the spring that she was cutting back her schedule to one night a week,...
That was a solid number for the network, and its most watched show on Tuesday. It topped CNN Tonight, which had 866,000.
Fox News’ Hannity still handily won the timeslot with 3.1 million, a figure that was more than its two cable news rivals combined.
Wagner’s debut audience was a 27 dropoff from the 2.75 million for The Rachel Maddow Show on Monday. But that is not as big of an audience decline from MSNBC’s previous Tuesday to Friday occupant, MSNBC Prime, which featured a rotating series of hosts. Maddow has been MSNBC’s top rated show, and is the only non-Fox News show to have made it to the top five cable news shows last month.
Maddow announced in the spring that she was cutting back her schedule to one night a week,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
I met Mark Leibovich on a Friday in June in exactly the sort of place I’d expect to find him: At Blt Steak, a power lunch spot three blocks from the White House in the heart of downtown D.C. The honeyed wood paneling, sienna leather, and 34 wagyu steak salad screamed “This Town,” shorthand for the circle jerk of Washington lobbyists, lawmakers, and lackeys who ostensibly run our global superpower. Leibovich had chronicled this milieu of Washington in a 2013 bestseller by the same name, and when Donald Trump steamrolled...
- 7/11/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
Former Senator, Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, who played a major role in President Obama’s most essential legislative accomplishments, died at age 82 of pancreatic cancer. His death was announced by political reporter Jon Ralston, who called Reid, “probably the most important elected official in Nevada history.”
“Harry Reid was one of the most amazing individuals I’ve ever met,” Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-n.Y.) said in a statement. “He was my leader, my mentor, one of my dearest friends.”
Reid was elected a Senate Democrat in 1998, and to majority leader from 2006-2014 before checking out of politics in 2017. The Senator was one of the few politicians who was unafraid to engage in tense discourse on the Senate floor. This garnered him a reputation of being divisive. Reid named Chuck Schumer as his successor in May of 2017
According to The Hill, Senator Reid recently had an airport renamed in his honor.
“Harry Reid was one of the most amazing individuals I’ve ever met,” Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-n.Y.) said in a statement. “He was my leader, my mentor, one of my dearest friends.”
Reid was elected a Senate Democrat in 1998, and to majority leader from 2006-2014 before checking out of politics in 2017. The Senator was one of the few politicians who was unafraid to engage in tense discourse on the Senate floor. This garnered him a reputation of being divisive. Reid named Chuck Schumer as his successor in May of 2017
According to The Hill, Senator Reid recently had an airport renamed in his honor.
- 12/29/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Update with video Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher tonight that the NBA not only has a more racially diverse – and younger – fan base than the NFL, but encourages its players to “express themselves.”
“I’ll speak for the NBA,” Ballmer said tonight. “We believe our players should express themselves. We are pleased to see our players express themselves. I encourage our players, use your platform. Speak.”
Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and owner since 2014 of L.A.’s basketball franchise, made the NBA-NFL distinction during a panel discussion of conservatism in sports and the NFL’s attempts to keep players from protesting during the national anthem.
Mark Leibovich, New York Times writer and author of The Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times, said football is by far the “most Republican” sport, with a largely Republican fan base.
“I’ll speak for the NBA,” Ballmer said tonight. “We believe our players should express themselves. We are pleased to see our players express themselves. I encourage our players, use your platform. Speak.”
Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and owner since 2014 of L.A.’s basketball franchise, made the NBA-NFL distinction during a panel discussion of conservatism in sports and the NFL’s attempts to keep players from protesting during the national anthem.
Mark Leibovich, New York Times writer and author of The Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times, said football is by far the “most Republican” sport, with a largely Republican fan base.
- 9/15/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
When several players protested police brutality as the national anthem was played prior to the NFL’s first slate of preseason games earlier this month, everyone knew what was coming the following morning: “The NFL players are at it again,” the president of the United States tweeted before going on to suggest that those not standing for the anthem should be “Suspended Without Pay!” For three seasons now, Trump has gleefully dragged America’s most popular sport into mainstream political discourse. The NFL’s response has been confused, to say the least,...
- 9/3/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
One through-line in reviews of “Weiner,” Josh Kriegman and Elyse Sternberg’s documentary about Anthony Weiner’s failed 2013 bid to become Mayor of New York City, was its uncomfortable portrayal of the candidate’s relationship with his wife Huma Abedin. Speaking with Mark Leibovich of the New York Times Magazine, Weiner takes issue with his wife’s inclusion in the film, saying that the filmmakers “violated the agreement not to use her.”
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“They didn’t have a release,” he continues. “She had to grant permission, which she didn’t.” A high-level aide to Hillary Clinton, Abedin currently serves as vice chairwoman of Clinton’s presidential campaign. Lisa Califf, who serves as both spokeswoman and counsel for the film, rejects Weiner’s claim: “As is clear in the film,” she said to Leibovich via email, “the...
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“They didn’t have a release,” he continues. “She had to grant permission, which she didn’t.” A high-level aide to Hillary Clinton, Abedin currently serves as vice chairwoman of Clinton’s presidential campaign. Lisa Califf, who serves as both spokeswoman and counsel for the film, rejects Weiner’s claim: “As is clear in the film,” she said to Leibovich via email, “the...
- 8/23/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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