| According to TV Guide, IT'S OFFICIAL: MSNBC confirmed Wednesday that bow-tied conservative Tucker Carlson will headline his own prime-time show this spring. Carlson's hiring comes just weeks after CNN fired him for, as Jon Stewart so eloquently put it, "fail[ing] miserably."
Also: it looks like CBS is looking to Bob Schieffer to fill in when Dan Rather steps down next month - at least at first. CBS Chairman, Les Moonves has stated in the past that there may be a series of revolving anchors, or "another format". Schieffer is a well respected, veteran newscaster, but I don't think he's going to do much to boost the ratings. At best, he's a placeholder until they come up with a person and a format than can get them out of a distant third place. Good luck with that.
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