The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell To Premiere September 27 On MSNBC

by Steve Krakauer | 4:26 pm, July 30th, 2010

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Lawrence O’Donnell‘s future 10pmET show with MSNBC now has a name and a premiere date.

The Last Word will premiere September 27, putting MSNBC in the same category with CNN and Fox News with three prime time hours of original programming.

MSNBC President Phil Griffin made the announcement at the network’s TCA session in Los Angeles today. It was first reported by TVNewser.

From the MSNBC release, Griffin says, “Lawrence is one of the rare hosts in cable news who has been in the room when policy is created. His background is an amazing asset to our primetime lineup.”

O’Donnell has not just been a regular guest host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann – finishing up two weeks at the gig tonight – but he also is an Emmy-award winning executive producer and writer of NBC’s The West Wing.

He’s also currently an actor on HBO’s Big Love.

Here’s MSNBC’s release:

“The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” will premiere Monday, Sept. 27 on MSNBC, 10-11 p.m. ET. MSNBC President Phil Griffin announced the premiere date and title of the program this afternoon at the Television Critics Association session in Los Angeles. “The Last Word” will reach back into O’Donnell’s extraordinary background in politics, entertainment and news, providing the last word on the biggest issues and most compelling stories of the day.

“Lawrence is one of the rare hosts in cable news who has been in the room when policy is created. His background is an amazing asset to our primetime lineup, and I can’t wait for it to debut,” said Griffin.

O’Donnell has been a MSNBC political analyst since the network’s launch in 1996 and has been the regular guest host for “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.” He has also guest hosted for “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “The Ed Show” and “The Rachel Maddow Show.”

O’Donnell was an Emmy Award-winning executive producer and writer for the NBC series “The West Wing” and was creator and executive producer of the NBC series “Mister Sterling.”

From 1989 through 1992, O’Donnell served as Senior Advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In 1992, he was the Chief of Staff to the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works. From 1993 through 1995 he was the Chief of Staff of the Senate Finance Committee. He first began working with Sen. Moynihan as Director of Communications in the Senator’s 1988 re-election campaign.

A writer prior to entering politics and government, O’Donnell published the book Deadly Force (1983), which was adapted as a CBS movie in 1986. He has written essays and articles for several publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York, People, Spy and Boston Magazine. O’Donnell has also appeared on NBC News’ “Today,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “Charlie Rose” and several other programs. Suffolk University awarded O’Donnell an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, in 2001.

Izzy Povich is senior executive producer of “The Last Word.” Greg Kordick is executive producer.

Lawrence O'Donnell, msnbc, The Last Word

http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

Thanks for the warning .
timzank

“The Last Turd With Lawrence O’Donnell To Premiere September 27 On MSNBC”

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Big_F-ing_Deal

Good. This will be my new favorite show.

It’ll be like Hardball with better hair.
notsofast

The Last Word- will be the first canceled.
shootfromthehip

Lawrence is a true talent.

Looking forward to his show.
notsofast

At first, he will draw people like the people Jack Paar did- people tuning in to see him meltdown on live TV. But after seeing such a few times, like the dog-faced boy at the freak-show, they then will nonchalantly ignore him and MSNBC once again.
http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

The picture to the right of him is the inside view of his head .
murf

I wonder if MSNBC is gonna go with the obnixous orange lighting they use for the Ed Show. To make it look like he’s sitting inside a volcano .
felixw

We have news networks, and then there is MSNBC — the avoid-telling-people-the-news network. If the prime time hosts at MSNBC actually covered important news, they would tell viewers about unemployment, rising taxes, unsustainable government deficits, record casualties in Afghanistan, a flailing foreign policy, the President’s collapsing approval rating, the forthcoming Democrat debacle in November, and other real stories. But MSNBC doesn’t want to tell people about those things, because they reveal the incompetence in Washington, D.C. Instead, MSNBC needs to distract people from the real news with smears, ridicule, rants, and character attacks. This network actually spends more time covering Fox than looking the economy or foreign policy.

In this regard, Lawrence O’Donnell represents another typical addition to the team of propagandists on the MSNBC payroll. But he still can’t foam at the mouth as well as Keith Olbermann.
BatBoy

Greta is going to see a jump in her ratings!
Moderate

“In this regard, Lawrence O’Donnell represents another typical addition to the team of propagandists on the MSNBC payroll.”

I am not able to top that. Well said Felix.
chucken

felix as a regular MSNBC viewer they do indeed cover all the stories you sited and not as cheerleaders as Fox did for W Bush.The liberal hosts have routinely been critical of the Obama adiministration and the Dem controlled congress.The people that get feed by the rightwing media get confused when an issue is not black or white and too complex for the uneducated disc jockeys like Beck,Limbaugh and Hannity to explain.
felixw

Chucken, I watch MSNBC too, and without a doubt they spend more time on character attacks, smears, ridicule, rants, mindless gotcha and other theatrics instead of reporting on real news stories. By comparison, Fox addresses far more substantive stories — on the economy, foreign policy, terrorism, legislation, the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc. There really isn’t any comparison.

Just watch tonight and see what get’s mentioned more often on MSNBC — Andrew Breitbart or the economy? Glenn Beck or the war on terrorism? Sarah Palin or the national debt? I can already tell you the answer.

But the real joke is how much time MSNBC devotes to covering Fox. If anything shows you how spin-obsessed these pundits are, it’s the amount of time they devote to their successful rival.
murf

Every time a MSNBC host has been critical of Obama , is when Obama hasn’t pushed for or gone left-wing on a particular issue.
BatBoy

chucken said:
felix as a regular MSNBC viewer they do indeed cover all the stories you sited and not as cheerleaders as Fox did for W Bush.

…and too complex for the uneducated disc jockeys like Beck,Limbaugh and Hannity to explain.

Chicken — I don’t believe you ever watch FOX!

It must be a burden to be very very smart and everyone else having low intelligence!
murf

Left-wing enough *
chucken

Felixw one thing that Fox does more now than with Bush is they use polls critical of Obama and the Democrats and not the ones that don’t fit there agenda.During the Health Care debate Fox ran poll after poll that said Americans did not like a 2000 page bill that was being changed everyday( yeah how many people actually read the bill)and I know your next joke,but later polls said Americans attitude changed more in favor of the Health Care bill after it was passed.Fox shut up on that one.
http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

Imagine the screaming , ranting and crying in the MSNBC locker room . And that’s just from the voices in Olby’s head …. Hey , Lawrence . Go ahead and use Schultz ‘ s parking . He won’t mind .
kit9

Sep. 27. Mark this day as the beginning of the end of Olbermann.
murf

Kit9

What’s also funny about what you said is Olbermann loves to refute his low ratings , by saying he still gets 2 million viewers a night. He combines his 8pm and 10pm( rerun) shows together and spouts off about it on Twitter everytime a person challenges him on the
ratings issue . Will see what excuse he gives after sept 27th .
JimBob

Another MSNBC rating disaster waiting to happen!
What else is new?
The Real Royal King

When one is in a darl cave and stumbles upon a candle, one doesn’t whine that it doesn’t illuminate completely. O’Donnell will be a light in the darkness that is cable news.

A HALF TRUTH IS A WHOLE LIE.
AT FOX, WE NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF-WAY.
felixw

Royal King, you need better slogans. Instead of slogans about Fox News, why not brag about the core beliefs of the Democrat party.

For example:

BECOME A DEMOCRAT…AND SPEND OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY

or how about:

IT’S SCARY TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS OF BORROWED MONEY…SO WE DON’T READ THE BILL

or maybe:

SO WHAT IF WE ARE GOING BROKE. CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT A TEA PARTY SIGN
BatBoy

How about….

YOU PAY TAXES….SO WE DON’T HAVE TO! – Become a Democrat
puck30

‘Crazy Larry’ Meltdown coming up in three…………two…………..one
The Real Royal King

felixw said:
Royal King, you need better slogans. Instead of slogans about Fox News, why not brag about the core beliefs of the Democrat party. For example: BECOME A DEMOCRAT…AND SPEND OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY or how about: IT’S SCARY TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS OF BORROWED MONEY…SO WE DON’T READ THE BILL or maybe: SO WHAT IF WE ARE GOING BROKE. CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT A TEA PARTY SIGN

Perhaps, because this is a media site. But, thanks for the irrelevant suggestion.

A HALF-TRUTH IS A WHOLE LIE.
AT FOX, WE NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF WAY.
The Real Royal King

puck30 said:
‘Crazy Larry’ Meltdown coming up in three…………two…………..one

You radical rightists seem to be a bit worried about the show.

A HALF-TRUTH IS A WHOLE LIE.
AT FOX, WE NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF WAY.
puck30

The Real Royal King said:
You radical rightists seem to be a bit worried about the show.

Radical Rightests? Boy Little ‘T’ you sure are reaching. I’m not a zombie who pulls the D lever like a good sheep.

If you actually read my posts you might see that. How many times have I said on this site I support Ron Paul since when??????? 2003? DUH! Then again maybe you like men who blow their gasket like Larry.

Some Classic Craze for ya folks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsjuOcGATu0

‘Crazy Larry Meltdown’ in three……………….two……………..one.

BTW: Do you blame Bush for 9/11 like your bud Larry?
puck30

A HALF A** AT MSNBC IS REALLY A WHOLE A**

OR A WHOLE CRAZY A** IF YOU COUNT LARRY
felixw

Royal King, I am just trying to trick you into saying something substantive. But you would never fall for that bait.
Arkansas Steve

I laugh out loud at the arrogance of calling any show “The Last Word”.

If it is truly the last word, perhaps Lawrence will air one good show and then DISAPPEAR!!!!
puck30

felixw says:
July 30, 2010 at 10:11 pm

Felix, King is a 9/11 truther like his buddy ‘Crazy Larry’. And you expect something substantive?

BTW: folks great game going in Cincy, 4-4 in the ninth.
JimBob

Fox or it’s hosts seldom if ever acknowledge the existence of MSNBC! They just cheerfully kick their butts in ratings 24/7 and laugh!
felixw

Arkansas Steve said:
I laugh out loud at the arrogance of calling any show “The Last Word”.

Maybe the name refers to the well-known practice at MSNBC of not allowing any dissenting views on the shows, and requiring that guests always parrot the exact same views as the host. It’s like the elections in the Soviet Union, when you could vote for any candidate you wanted, as long as it was the Communist Party candidate. On MSNBC you can state any opinion, so long as it coincides with what the host just said. And when you don’t allow any rebuttal, you always get the last word.

But it’s odd that these totalitarians love to mouth the word diversity….since true diversity seems to be the one thing they fear most.
helsonjoles08

Another possibility to recycle the same old hosts once again. This is an all-inclusive Pulitzer, prize winner columnist Eugene Robinson. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize columnist Eugene Robinson may start pumping his newspaper column Morning Joe, and wrap up Larry O.
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inrainbows

So does anyone know where he will be doing his show from? He lives and does a lot of work from Los Angeles…
JimBob

inrainbows said;
So does anyone know where he will be doing his show from?

Yes. SPACE!
yushang

http://www.fashionshoppong.us/
BatBoy

Actually, watching MSNBC is like watching a modern day version of the movie “THE BURBS!”

I believe they called “The BURBS” dark comedy…much like what you see on a daily basis on that channel!

The Real Royal King said:
You radical rightists seem to be a bit worried about the show.
felixw

yushang said:
http://www.fashionshoppong.us/

Fashionshopping.us gets a more favorable response here than Real Royal King or BFD. It might just be spam, but at least the spammers don’t force us to read “you dumb fucks” and “sick and malignant racist fucks” and all the other vile stuff they spew out.
Sunnyr

I might watch a couple shows to see old Larry have another live meltdown. He has more than a few screws loose and is a walking disaster, looking for a place to happen. MESSNBC are a bunch of losers so old Larry will fit in nicely.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Lee-Tabin/1324376023 Lee Tabin

I am so puzzled at the weird advocacy of MSNBC. Even if they were right about most issues (and they are wrong about practically every one), I cannot understand their lower primate thinking that invective and personal insults are arguments. Why would any station just want to address half the country even if they do have a particular slant like everyone does? Fox has more liberals interviewed than the rest of cable and networks combined interview conservatives and while it is the most right wing channel it is also the most centrist.

Larry, trust me, neither Limbaugh or Palin are dumb and you sound like an idiot when you say stuff like you do. Palin is so dumb she is making 2 million a month and Limbaugh has a greater following than OPRAH! Democrat voters if one takes two minutes to think about it Democrat voters are less informed and less intelligent than Republican voters as their largest constituency are PEOPLE WHO PAY NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX. Think their IQ’s are on the high or low side?

You don’t even have the guts to interview someone who disagrees with you. I think Zell Miller when he eviscerated Matthews spooked you on the economically illiterate left, for life.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Erica-Martin-Alfrey/1044114628 Erica Martin-Alfrey

I vote for Levi Johnson over Sarah Palin
http://www.facebook.com/people/Erica-Martin-Alfrey/1044114628 Erica Martin-Alfrey

The fact that Sarah and Limbaugh are making millions has nothing to do with whether they are dumb or not, it takes 1/3 of the population to support you to make that kind on money. The fact is that there are that many dumb people in the US.
Mrs. Blair

It is a sad day in our country when the President of the United States speaks to the nation on such a critical issue of our countries future that the republican party immediately rebutal his words as thou we have two Presidents. I truely feel this is disrespectful. I am so dis-appointed in our Goverment.

Mrs. Blair