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June 13, 2005

"Situation" idea not so new

Is it just me or is MSNBC's "The Situation," with Tucker Carlson going to be just like ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" with Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser? Carlson (who will keep his bow tie, btw) was just introduced on MSNBC News Live, where Randy Meier stated that he would be doing his news show "in a unique way." Umm, yeah - if you never turned off news shows before.

The gist, if you're not familiar, is a quick run through of various topics, which MSNBC did a dry run of during the interview Meier did with Carlson - topics are kept on-screen so you can see what's to come and what is currently being discussed, and you can watch them progress as the show goes on. That's all well and good, as people like to know what they're going to hear about, but is it really that original of an idea?

Posted by Tom at June 13, 2005 9:53 AM | TrackBack | IM This

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