MSNBC has axed two of the shows it launched amid much hoopla over the last year. "Coast to Coast," the midday political talk show featuring hosts Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley, had a 10-month run.
"MSNBC at the Movies" and "Entertainment Hot List," both featuring Sharon Tay, have been killed as well. In making the announcements, MSNBC president Rick Kaplan said each would be replaced by
(what else?) more compelling programming. The cable net recently signed husband-wife team Maury Povich and Connie Chung for a live-to-tape "topical" program, but it's not clear if that show will
be slotted into the "Coast to Coast" hammock. According to
Broadcasting & Cable, staffers from the canceled shows will be reassigned within MSNBC. Already there is some speculation that
entertainment host Sharon Tay may leave MSNBC and return to a job in Los Angeles, where she had been a popular, albeit controversial, morning news anchor at KTLA television. Some L.A. critics had
belly-ached about what they perceived as her overly sexual on-air persona, which Tay encouraged by setting up a provocative Web site about herself.
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