25 July 2009

Maddow vs. ... Behar?

For so long, talk radio and cable news were dominated by the right wing.

Finally, in 2004, Air America Radio brought a progressive voice to the radio airwaves and internet streams.

Meanwhile, Keith Olbermann had started to take on the conservative talking heads via his evening show "Countdown" on MSNBC, and that network's ratings soared.

The icing on the cake was added late last year, when MSNBC hired the congenial, funny, and extremely smart Air America host Rachel Maddow to follow Olbermann each weeknight.

With the recently added advantage of Ed Schultz at 6:00, MSNBC now had a lineup that could stand up to Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and Hannity.

And the momentum for left-wing TV talk continues to build. Because now left-of-center Joy Behar, a host on the daytime show "The View", will get her own primetime show on HLN this fall.

This is good except for one thing: Behar's show will compete with Maddow's 9:00 program.

Too much of a good thing? Not on your life. Fox News needs all the competition that the left can throw at it.

But now I just might have to invest in a TiVo after all.

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