I figured this deserved it's own thread. An e-mail was leaked a few days ago documenting just how awful working on the show was (it was from the recently fired headwriter).

 

Oh, and she's also not going to the Olympics. Katie Couric is. She isn't. 

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-toxic-bullying-backstage-at-nbcs-megyn-kelly-today

 

Meanwhile, either to distract from this, or because you can't keep that cold, hard side down long, Megyn went off on Jane Fonda today, even dredging up "Hanoi Jane" epithets, doing Faux News proud.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/entertainment/megyn-kelly-jane-fonda-feud/index.html

 

It's certainly a strange tack to take, especially since Jane Fonda is more popular now than she's been in about 30 years, but I guess she will probably get that red meat crowd going and maybe Andrew Lack will be pleased. 

 

What an embarrassment for NBC and for the media in general she is. If this does get her attention or support then it won't be from me.

35 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

Kelly was part of a push by Andrew Lack to get right wing voices out in the open on NBC and MSNBC. He was also pushing to replace most of the liberal shows on MSNBC with the likes of Hugh Hewitt, and supposedly resented that they were popular. 

 

I'm just sorry that she's likely become a martyr, which is unearned. 

 

Yeah, the real problem here is Andy Lack. He's a zealot who has never stopped trying to drag NBC/MSNBC to the right. In a just world this latest failure would cost him his job but it won't.

Yep she's gone, BYE BITCH

 

 

I know, it's the Mail, but:

 

 

"'Megyn Kelly is done. She is not ever coming back,' said an NBC executive with knowledge of the situation.

'We are just working out timing of the announcement but mark my word – she is gone and will never be seen on NBC live again.'https://t.co/zTtiY1la5y

— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) October 25, 2018

NBC Cancels Megyn Kelly Today After Blackface Controversy, Sources Sayhttps://t.co/hFPVNnDcjr

— People (@people) October 25, 2018

Megyn Kelly's lawyer set for Friday showdown with NBC https://t.co/Q4lnnxsST4 pic.twitter.com/rYGlA3snz0

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 25, 2018

From People:

“They’re contacting the staff and reassigning everyone today. Everyone’s being told that they still have a home here, but it won’t be on Megyn’s show,” one source says. “They haven’t made an official announcement about the show, but everyone knows what it means when they’re being moved somewhere else. The show is clearly over.”

It's a situation where both Kelly and Lack should go - and it's a sad fact that Kelly's PR defense, that Lack and NBC pushed back on her doing #MeToo stories about the network, may have a ring of truth due to his cozy relationship with Matt Lauer. For that scandal and his (mostly failed) attempts to push NBC to the right, he has to go.

Why is anyone surprised? NBC knew what it was doing. This had disaster written all over it from the beginning. 

I've seen some people say that she may have deliberately tanked herself so she could walk away and still get her big payday ($69 million). I wouldn't be surprised.

Either way she is laughing all the way to the bank. I laugh at people ...well The Talk asking if she will rebound after this ......

2 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

 

If he's not acting in the capacity of an attorney, NBC can deny his presence, right?  

 

He probably won't be needed for MK's issues anyway.  

42 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I've seen some people say that she may have deliberately tanked herself so she could walk away and still get her big payday ($69 million). I wouldn't be surprised.

 

This was my thoughts exactly.  It sounds like the writing was on the wall and she had already met with NBC about the future of her show.  She makes these comments she has a whole group of people who will just love her more.

56 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I've seen some people say that she may have deliberately tanked herself so she could walk away and still get her big payday ($69 million).

 

Nope. These comments make her radioactive anywhere but Fox.

 

She had allegedly hoped to continue with NBC News. This week made that impossible.

Edited October 25, 20187 yr by Vee

32 minutes ago, Vee said:

These comments make her radioactive anywhere but Fox.

 

Fine.  Then ship her white, privileged ass back to Fox.  Back to the dung-heap of cable news.

 

Yeah, it'll cost NBC $69 million, but so what?  As Mama Khan always says, "a hard head makes a soft something else."

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

 

Yeah, it'll cost NBC $69 million, but so what? 

I can't believe NBC was dumb enough to offer her a contract worth $69 million

21 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I can't believe NBC was dumb enough to offer her a contract worth $69 million

 

I can!  MK is a (bottled?) blonde, white girl, who was a highly profiled talking head on FNC, who clearly appeals to Trumpists, and who (let's face it) looks great in a skirt and sleeveless blouse.  I, myself, would have thought twice before giving someone like her airtime OR money, but I get why, in theory, they would offer her that kind of money.

 

However, as I've said before, the mistake was in believing she could siphon away Faux News viewers, or that NBC News could re-brand her as someone whom 18-34 females could tolerate.

 

It was an expensive lesson to learn, but God willing, they've learned it (...maybe).

Edited October 25, 20187 yr by Khan

6 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

 

It's where we are today.  What about Kelly did NBC think was worth canning 2 POC and paying her more than them combined?  What said "RATINGS BONANZA" when making the decision?  I'm not that familiar with Kelly so I'm looking to be educated here. 

 

Because of Andy Lack, who heads NBC News. He's a known conservative and wanted to erase all of the left-leaning MSNBC shows and make that channel into Fox lite. (Hence hiring Megyn Kelly and Greta Van Susteren, among others.) Alas, Maddow, etc. bring in eyeballs, Van Susteren and the like didn't, and he couldn't. So he probably figured re-branding NBC itself would be a way to do that. Oops!

In my office, we have NBC on in the morning. I never paid attention to Megyn's show except in fits and starts.

-- Most of her guests tended to be low-level newsmakers and older actresses.

-- I swear, that one guy from American Ninja Warrior was on at least twice a week.

-- The best episode was from sometime last summer, when Peter Alexander, Jacob Soboroff and some other reporter/correspondent were modeling beachwear. That said, uh, credibility issue?

I wrote a thing about Megyn Kelly and I so look forward to the feedback I will receive about it on this lovely platform.https://t.co/Qv20SHXztb

— Lon Chaney Jr. (@chaneyj) October 25, 2018

Megyn Kelly's blackface comment was the kind of thing people say when they've never had to think much about sharing the world with people different from them, writes TV critic James Poniewozik https://t.co/Dbj1z6D8pg

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 25, 2018

“We are extremely happy with our entire line-up," a Fox News spokesperson tells me regarding a Daily Mail story that said Megyn Kelly was already in opening talks to return to the network.

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 25, 2018

Greg Kinnear says he and the #HouseofCards cast were told the reason their appearance on Megyn Kelly’s show was cancelled was "because she had jury duty" https://t.co/nEiIsIRrqS

— Vulture (@vulture) October 25, 2018