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Fox News has hired Abby Huntsman as a general assignment reporter, the network confirmed to Deadline this evening. Huntsman previously worked at MSNBC as a co-host on The Cycle. One of the network’s few conservatives, she left MSNBC after The Cycle was cancelled at the end of July. Before joining MSNBC in 2013, she worked at HuffPost Live. In addition, she recently served as a host on SiriusXM satellite radio. Huntsman also worked at ABC News where she appeared as a…...

After more than six months in exile, Brian Williams is set to return to MSNBC on Sept. 22, according to the network. He'll anchor live breaking news that day, which is expected to include coverage of the U.S. visit of Pope Francis. Williams' return comes as MSNBC president Phil Griffin already has made some adjustments to the daytime lineup. Last July, Griffin canceled three afternoon programs — The Cycle, Now With Alex Wagner and The Ed Show — while announcing that Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd would return to MSNBC to host a 5 p.m. show. It's unclear if

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In the fall of 2011, MSNBC was riding high. Occupy Wall Street had ignited a sleeping giant, bringing disenchanted Americans of all ages to Zucotti Park and cities across the country to rail against corporate greed and capitalism gone wild. The movement, mixed with the buildup to a pivotal presidential election, led to record ratings for MSNBC, which had firmly become the media megaphone for progressiveness. Also Read: MSNBC Daytime Overhaul: Alex Wagner, Ed Schultz, 'The Cycle' Canceled; Chuck Todd Returns I would know–I was there. As a booking producer from 2011-2012, I saw firsthand the excitement swirling...

MSNBC president Phil Griffin on Friday informed staffers that he is cancelling three afternoon programs: roundtable discussion show The Cycle as well as Now With Alex Wagner and The Ed Show, hosted by Ed Schultz. Friday, July 31, will be the final show for all three. Schultz and Cycle hosts Krystal Ball, Abby Huntsman and Toure will leave the network, while Wagner will stay on to cover the 2016 presidential election. Meanwhile, Chuck Todd, who earlier this year was made host of Meet the Press, will host a daily program at 5 p.m. Major changes have been expected across MSNBC's dayside

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MSNBC chief Phil Griffin finally confirmed Chuck Todd is returning to the network to host a 5 Pm series while continuing to host NBC broadcast network’s Sunday Beltway show. Griffin also confirmed, in a Change Can Be Hard memo to staff, that its 3-6 Pm lineup is toast: The Cycle, Now with Alex Wagner and The Ed Show. This is as everyone has been speculating. Griffin apologized to staff on that, saying, “I know you read press reports last week speculating about these…...

MSNBC canceled three daytime programs Thursday in the first of several moves that hopes to put a jolt into its flailing ratings. “The Cycle,” co-hosted by Ari Melber, Toure, Abby Huntsman and Krystal Ball was canceled at 3 p.m.Et; “Now” with Alex Wagner is out at 4 p.m. Et; and “The Ed Show” with Ed Schultz is gone at 5 p.m. Et. It’s not clear who will host at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. but Todd is expected to anchor a 5 p.m. program similar to his former program “The Daily Rundown.” Alex Wagner and Ari Melber are expected to stay with.

MSNBC has cancelled its 3 p.m. Et roundtable show “The Cycle,” an insider familiar with the network told TheWrap. We’re also told co-hosts Krystal Ball and Abby Huntsman will not remain with the network. Ari Melber will remain with the network as its chief legal correspondent and substitute host. The status of Toure is not known at this time. It is also not clear what will replace the program. MSNBC president Phil Griffin is currently speaking with staff. Also Read: Inside NBC News Turmoil: Deborah Turness Sidelined, Brian Williams Eyed as MSNBC's 'Face of Daytime' (Exclusive) The Cycle was an attempt by MSNBC.

Ari Melber has been named MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent. Melber will remain co-host of the network’s afternoon show The Cycle while reporting on legal policy and law enforcement issues for all of the network’s platforms; NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete Williams will continue to appear on MSNBC. Melber’s appointment comes while the network is in the midst of a shakeup of its daytime schedule at least, under Andy Lack, who has returned to the company as Chairman, NBC…...

During a discussion about a New York grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who killed Eric Garner with a chokehold on MSNBC Wednesday afternoon, The Cycle co-host Ari Melber found himself unexpectedly agreeing with at least one thing Fox News' Bill O'Reilly has said over the last week in regards to protests that followed a similar decision in Ferguson, Missouri.

On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...

In its continuing coverage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was downed Thursday, MSNBC accidentally gave airtime to a prankster. “Please tell us what you saw there on the ground in Ukraine,” asked Krystal Ball of “The Cycle,” who thought she'd lined up an eye-witness phone interview with U.S. Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd. “I saw a projectile flying through the sky,” the man responded. “And it would appear the plane was shot down by a blast of wind from Howard Stern's ass.” Also read: Jason Biggs’ Malaysia Airlines Joke Sparks Social Media Backlash It's unclear Ball even noticed his...

During coverage of the crashed Malaysia airlines jet on MSNBC's The Cycle, a caller who referenced Howard Stern made it on the air and said several crude remarks before being cut off. MSNBC host Krystal Ball was on the phone with a witness who was described to be a military expert — but turned out to be a prank caller. The caller, who presumably used a false identity of Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd, was asked what he saw from the crash site. "Well, I was looking out the window and I saw a projectile flying through the sky, and it

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The Netflix series House of Cards is officially a thing, and with season two underway (or complete, depending on your level of obsessiveness), you can expect to see bits of the show's signature storytelling vernacular continually turning up in our culture. Case in point: The Cycle's Touré, who delivered his commentary on season two of the DC-set phenomenon in the aside-driven style of the show's main character, Frank Underwood.

Today isn't just Valentine's Day, it's also the halfway mark in Black History Month, the shortest of all History Months. In honor of the occasion, The Cycle co-host Touré delivered a commentary that attempted to explain one of the enduring mysteries of Black History Month, and which included a modest proposal to give white people some way of gaining an advantage from their race.

In an interview with The New Yorker, President Barack Obama said that his job approval ratings are sagging in recent months partially because there are some Americans who “don’t like the idea of a black president.” Appearing on The Cycle on Monday, MSNBC on-air analyst Perry Bacon said that the comments indicate to him that Obama knows he is not going to “unify the country” as he intended.

When Alex Wagner moves to 4 Pm Et on MSNBC, replacing potty-mouthed Martin Bashir, a rotating lineup of on-air talent will replace Wagner at noon. They include Joy Reid, who has been filling in at 4 since Bashir’s exit last month, as well as Ari Melber, who’d previously replaced Steve Kornacki as host of MSNBC’s The Cycle in April. Related: Will MSNBC’s Host Apology Streak End As Mitt Romney Accepts Latest Mea Culpa? MSNBC is expected to eventually pick one of its host rotators to get the gig on a permanent basis, reports TV Newser. At least, as permanent as hosts are on MSNBC these days. Most recently, Bashir resigned after the drumbeat failed to die down when he apologized for having suggested, on air, that someone might defecate in Sarah Palin’s mouth, after she likened the country’s debt to China to slavery — because an infamous...

The host of The Cycle on Wednesday expressed deep concern with the rising level of poverty and the inequality of incomes which they said perpetuates that indigence. Circling back to the 1960s when Lyndon Johnson initiated the War on Poverty, host Ari Melber observed that this is a dated term and that few politicians would or should be comfortable using the term “war” in a positive fashion.

Amid a humorous monologue on Monday, The Cycle host Touré took on the claim made by those on the right of the political spectrum that the Affordable Care Act’s coverage requirements, including things like mandatory maternity care even for men, is discriminatory. Touré asserted that female health care consumers have been discriminated against for years, and that “they can’t get pregnant alone.”...

MSNBC host Touré dismissed the concerns of his fellow hosts of The Cycle on Thursday when he insisted that the red state Democrats supporting proposals to scale back the Affordable Care Act represent a broader shift in the party away from supporting the Aca. He also insisted that the Senate was not in play in 2014, a conviction that his fellow panelists did not share.

NBC is breaking its silence about Celebrity Apprentice.

The veteran reality series still hasn’t been announced to return in midseason, and we’ve been hearing the show has been casting for a rather long time. Now NBC has released this statement from its reality chief Paul Telegdy: “We are on track to produce The Celebrity Apprentice as always planned, coordinating among New York City weather conditions, sponsor needs, and celebrities’ schedules.”

Perhaps your brow furrowed slightly while reading that too. Sponsor needs? Weather conditions? What is NBC trying to tell us, exactly? Just announce the pickup already!

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Pots and kettles. On Thursday, the hosts of The Cycle on MSNBC had a bit of fun at the Republican Party’s, and specifically Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-tx), expense. Following the end of the ill-fated government shutdown, Time Magazine’s Michael Scherer and MSNBC host Touré mocked the insulated “bubble” that Republicans live in and the “fake news” they consume.

NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd told the hosts of MSNBC’s The Cycle on Monday that a midterm election in which Democrats retake the House in 2014 is more likely than many political analysts anticipate. He said that a “wave” in which Democrats take the 17 seats they need for a majority is entirely possible as a result of the government shutdown.

On Thursday night's episode of The Rachel Maddow Show, famously nice host Rachel Maddow openly mocked former MSNBC The Cycle host-turned-cnn-Crossfire co-host S.E. Cupp for insisting that the President should still bomb Syria, but she did it in the nicest way possible. Or did she? On Twitter Friday afternoon, S.E. responded to Maddow's criticism, and groused a bit with our own Noah Rothman.

Currently in a rebuilding phase after a precipitous slide from its former dominance of the cable-news world, CNN has been adding new on-air talent, such as former ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper, and is also reaching back into its past.

Last week, CNN revived the current-events/debate program "Crossfire," blending a long-running format with a roster of new faces. The daily 30-minute show features two hosts and guests each night, with the co-hosts also appearing across other CNN programming.

From 1982 until 2005, "Crossfire" was a mainstay of the network's daytime lineup, examining the news from the points of view of a politically liberal and a conservative pundit.

The first pairing was journalist and author Tom Braden ("Eight Is Enough") on the liberal side, and commentator, politician and broadcaster Pat Buchanan, as the conservative.

Later rosters for both the daytime show and a Sunday edition included Robert Novak, John Sununu, Tony Snow,...

On Friday’s The Cycle, the hosts of MSNBC reported on a series of delays that kept Jet Blue customers grounded on a variety of tarmacs for up to 90 minutes. The inconvenience for travelers was reported lightheartedly and the MSNBC hosts colored the segment with a famous scene from the movie Airplane. Host Krystal Ball appeared visibly disturbed by the mock violence depicted in that sequence.

Donald Trump has always fiercely denied that he has declared bankruptcy and lashed out at anyone who would dare accuse him of such. And that’s exactly what he did on Monday night when MSNBC “The Cycle” host Touré linked to an ABC News article about Trump’s finances. Touré tweeted the article’s highlights, such as the fact that Trump’s companies have declared bankruptcy four times. Also read: Cher Calls Donald Trump a ‘Flaming A–hole’ Trump was quick to fire back: @Toure If you weren’t such a dumb racist moron with bad ratings you would know I never filed for bankruptcy,...

On Monday (Sept. 9) at 6:30 p.m. Et (live in all time zones), the daily Right/Left debate program "Crossfire" re-launches on CNN, with four new co-hosts and guests.

Kicking off the show as co-hosts on Monday are lawyer Van Jones, an environmental and civil-rights attorney; and Newt Gingrich, the former Republican Speaker of the House turned author and documentary filmmaker.

The second two co-hosts debut Tuesday: conservative columnist and commentator S.E. Cupp, most recently seen on MSNBC's "The Cycle"; and Stephanie Cutter, deputy manager of President Obama's re-election campaign.

Guests for the first show are Rep. Rand Paul (R-Ken.) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-n.J.) discussing the debate over military intervention in Syria and other events in the news. Viewers can weigh in on the action by voting in real time on the topics discussed on mobile devices, tablets or PCs via Twitter, Facebook or CNN.com/Crossfire.

As part of its retooling plan, CNN has decided to reach into its past and revive "Crossfire," its right/left weekday debate program that originally ran from 1982 to 2005.

The new version, premiering Monday, Sept. 9 (moved up a week from the originally announced date of Sept. 16), features four co-hosts appearing in rotating pairings, along with other guests.

They are, for the liberal side, Van Jones, an environmental and civil-rights activists and attorney, and Stephanie Cutter, a deputy manager of President Obama's re-election campaign.

Representing the conservative viewpoint are columnist and commentator S.E. Cupp (seen most recently on MSNBC's roundtable show "The Cycle"), and former Speaker of the House (during the Clinton administration), author and Gop presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

It was announced today that Gingrich and Cutter will be the hosts for the first episode; with Jones and Cupp the following night.

Speaking on on Tuesday (Sept. 3), Gingrich tells Zap2it,...

On Thursday’s The Cycle, MSNBC guest and former Ambassador to Morocco under President Bill Clinton, Marc Ginsberg, admonished President Barack Obama for putting “the United States’ credibility” on the line by declaring chemical weapons use in Syria represents a “red line.” Ginsberg said that, while he is reticent to support military operations in Syria, the United States is now obligated to act because of the president's rhetorical commitment.

Co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle and daughter of former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, Abby Huntsman, savaged Fox News Channel contributor and RedState.com co-founder Erick Erickson on Wednesday. Speaking with MSNBC’s Martin Bashir, Huntsman said that when Erickson called Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) “abortion Barbie,” he demonstrated that he “doesn’t care about the future of the Republican Party.”...

In what is becoming a disturbing trend, Up With Steve Kornacki host Steve Kornacki and a panel comprised of The Cycle co-host Krystal Ball, Buzzfeed reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro, and WaPo's Nia-Malika Henderson allowed Republican strategist Rick Wilson to repeat an egregious lie about President Obama and the stimulus, which Wilson took as an invitation to say it again. The show needs to either book sharper panelists, or more honest conservatives.

During Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s The Cycle, Newsweek/Daily Beast business reporter Dan Gross took on efforts by Congressional Republicans to halt the implementation of the Affordable Care Act by seeking to defund the program. He said that the “private economy is almost too good” to get the Gop to drop their focus on the Aca and move on to what he considers more important matters.

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Syfy’s upcoming drama Helix (from Battlestar Galatica producer Ronald D. Moore) has picked Billy Campbell for a leading role, according to Deadline. Campbell will play a divorced doctor who is part of a team investigating the outbreak of a deadly disease.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed this means Billy Campbell will finally be on good show.

Pan Am fave Karine Vanasse will appear in a multi-episode arc on Revenge as a woman from Daniel‘s past. If they can find an excuse to get Vanasse to sing “Deutschland Uber Alles” again, I’ll be happy.

The Hollywood Reporter digs into the behind-the-scenes drama at Community and series creator Dan Harmon. It’s an interesting peek, at the very least.

Abby Huntsman, daughter of Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, is joining the panel of MSNBC’s The Cycle, replacing S.E. Cupp. I’d like to think this means...

Abby Huntsman will leave her host/producer position at HuffPost Live for MSNBC's "The Cycle," the network announced today. She'll join Krystal Ball, Ari Melber, and Toure on MSNBC's weekly 3-4 P.M. show on July 29. Huntsman is replacing S.E. Cupp, who departed to host CNN's upcoming revived version of "Crossfire." Huntsman, daughter of former Republican presidential candidate and Utah governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. (she worked for his 2012 campaign as his media advisor and surrogate), hosted HuffPost Live, Huffington Post's livestreaming news and talk show, since its Aug. 2012 launch. She tweeted that...

Abby Huntsman is making the move from HuffPost Live to MSNBC. The daughter of 2012 Gop presidential candidate Jon Huntsman announced today that she will be the new co-host on The Cycle, alongside Touré, Krystal Ball and Ari Melber. Huntsman will be filling the conservative vacancy left by S.E. Cupp, who recently announced she would be joining CNN's rebooted version of Crossfire.

CNN is reviving "Crossfire" in the fall with conservative hosts Newt Gingrich and S.E. Cupp and liberals Stephanie Cutter and Van Jones. The show previously ran from 1982 to 2005. The four hosts will also appear on CNN's other coverage. Cupp is joining CNN from MSNBC, which she is one of the network's most prominent conservative voices as a host of "The Cycle." Also read: Can Jeff Zucker Rebuild CNN From 6 A.M. Up? "Following the successful launches of 'Around theWorld,' 'The Lead with Jake Tapper,' and 'New Day,' we felt it was...

CNN is bringing back Crossfire. The new iteration of the long-running political debate program will be co-hosted by Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter and Van Jones and bow this fall. Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House, and Cupp, who most recently appeared on MSNBC's afternoon program The Cycle, will represent the right. Cutter and Jones, both former Obama advisers, will represent the left. "Few programs in the history of CNN have had the kind of impact on political discourse that Crossfire did – it was a terrific program then, and we believe the time is right

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MSNBC host Ari Melber took aim at President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and the “surveillance industrial complex” in a scathing editorial segment on Wednesday’s The Cycle. He blasted the president for an “Orwellian” use of the word “transparent” to describe the decisions made in secret by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act courts which serve as a check on the National Security Agency’s communications monitoring programs.

During Monday’s The Cycle, MSNBC host S.E. Cupp pushed back against her fellow co-hosts who universally said that conservatives were pursuing a political witch-hunt by investigating President Barack Obama’s administration’s response to the 2012 attack on an American consulate in Benghazi. Cupp said that the political media was unlikely to back off because they do “not want to be made to look a fool.” She added that the White House projects the impression that they “think that the press is really stupid” and the media is prepared to push back against that notion.

The co-hosts of The Cycle engaged in a pointed back and forth on Thursday after S.E. Cupp cited the work of a feminist artist to justify her trepidation about how technology has made it easier for women to be surreptitiously photographed without their knowledge. Co-host Touré, noting that Cupp had been vocally critical of what she described as overreach by feminists in the past, found it odd that Cupp would cite a feminist to make her point.

MSNBC’s co-host of The Cycle, Touré, declared his support on Monday for “the open borders movement.” While he says that the Senate’s immigration reform plan is a welcome development, it will never go far enough in making it easier for immigrant labor to come to America. Touré added that, just as currency and employment are borderless, immigration should also be borderless.

MSNBC had to issue another mea culpa, this time for using footage of VP Joe Biden talking about Americans killed in Benghazi out of context in a segment on gun control. The Cycle host Toure made an on-air apology yesterday on behalf of the network, reports Politico. “Quick note, earlier today on MSNBC, we played a soundbite from the Vice President in which we stated he was speaking about gun control”, he said. “The Vice President was actually speaking about Benghazi. It was a producer error. MSNBC regrets the error”.

Co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle, S.E. Cupp, grilled Salon writer Joan Walsh on Tuesday over hopes expressed by some in the left-of-center media that the Boston bombing suspects would be identified as white conservatives. Cupp asked Walsh to explain why outspoken liberals were so keen to link the Boston bombing with white people and conservatism in wake of the attack. Walsh replied that incidents of prejudice and discrimination would be reduced if the bombers had turned out to be white.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (Nrcc) has a hip new website aimed at getting young people excited about the Gop's message, but so far the people who seem the most excited are the hosts of MSNBC's The Cycle. New co-host Ari Melber kicked off the segment by making the inevitable comparisons between the new site, which features handy charts, videos and animated Gif's, and BuzzFeed.

Brad Paisley and LL Cool J sparked quite the controversy when they released a song together titled "Accidental Racist" on Tuesday. The track outraged many, including MSNBC host Touré.

On Wednesday's "The Cycle," Touré made his hatred for the song known. "I'm not giving out any good grades for the effort. It's a horrible song. And moving aside from the aesthetics ... the message is extraordinarily problematic," he said. Touré criticized Paisley for his desire to wear a Confederate flag. "You can't just re-appropriate the symbol as you wish," Touré said.

The MSNBC host seemed even more outraged with LL Cool J, saying that he was "extraordinarily disappointed" in the rapper. He took particular issue with LL Cool J's line in the song, "If you forget the gold chains, I'll forget the iron chains." Touré's voice continued to raise as he said, "If you don't judge me because I'm wearing a chain,...

Touré, co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle, spoke out in support of the Associated Press’ recent decision to cease using the term “illegal immigrant” to describe a person. He said that the phrase was loaded and contained inflammatory connotations that should be discarded in the way that saying “negro” to describe an African-American is no longer considered acceptable. Touré called the term “illegal immigrant” a “Trojan Horse,” which exacerbates the “fear of the inevitable browning of America.”...

On Thursday, the hosts of MSNBC’s The Cycle tore into the impulses of some, exemplified by Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling, to defend the actions of Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice who was recently let go after his abusive practices towards his players were revealed. “I talk about the wussification of American men, and this is it,” Bolling said on Wednesday of Rice’s firing. MSNBC hosts Touré and Krystal Ball went off on Bolling for his “fake macho” posture and “disgusting” defense of Rice’s actions.

MSNBC newest host, Ari Melber, has worn many hats on his way to becoming a prominent political analyst. From a practicing lawyer, to an investigative reporter and editor, to the latest addition to MSNBC’s The Cycle, Melber has carved out a niche as a left-of-center political analyst who skillfully presents controversial opinions and issues in a fashion that does not alienate his opponents. Melber sat down with Mediaite to discuss his approach to political commentary – an approach which has resulted in a relatively speedy rise to prominence.

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NBC finally made it official that Jimmy Fallon will become host of The Tonight Show in 2014, settling weeks of rumor saying this was about to happen. Now there's the question of the new Late Night host.

The Walking Dead has promoted three cast members to regulars — Chad L. Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green and Emmily Kinney (that's Tyreese, Sasha and Beth)

Syfy has ordered a new competition series, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Exit is based on a Japanese show and follows four teams trying to make it out of a series of four rooms, facing a variety of puzzles.

I may love watching Mad Men but covering it in the listings is a pain thanks to generic episode teasers like (I kid you not) "Don launches a new campaign," "Peggy ponders taking a trip" or "Pete encounters an interesting stranger.

MSNBC has found a new co-host for The Cycle.  Nation correspondent and MSNBC contributor Ari Melber will join the weekday talk show as a co-host, the network announced Wednesday. Melber will also regularly write for a new reported blog, The Law of Politics, featured on MSNBC.com. He takes over a spot that was recently vacated by Salon senior political writer Steve Kornacki, who was named new host of the Saturday and Sunday morning show Up.  Story: Steve Kornacki, New Host of MSNBC's 'Up', on Replacing Chris Hayes, Moving to Weekends  "Steve is irreplaceable; he was

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