Hooray: Rachel Maddow Gets Her Own MSNBC Show

Nothing against Dan Abrams. Air America host Rachel Maddow will be taking over Abrams' 9 p.m. slot on MSNBC effective, like, right away: Abrams will sign off Thursday and Maddow will kick off her show September 8. The move has long been rumored since everybody thought she was awesome, and Abrams will stick around in a general manager role. Everybody's happy!

After the jump: More praise for Maddow, and watch her take down Pat Buchanan.

Maddow debuted on Keith Olbermann's show on MSNBC only a few months ago, but quickly established herself as one of the smartest (and funniest) political voices on TV, representing progressive viewpoints with a calm demeanor and a wry smile. Plus, her bio says she "hates Coldplay." No way, me too, let's be friends! More importantly, she's one of the only talking heads willing to call out the more ridiculous crap coming from the right. Watch her take down Pat Buchanan a couple weeks ago:

Olbermann went on DailyKos to brag that he "had something to do with it" and to lament that she can't be his guest host any more. There's celebration in queer circles as well, as the openly lesbian Maddow has long been active in LGBT causes. Now if only CNN could get themselves a gay host…

Comments

Congrats to Rachel. I always enjoy her perspective and had hoped an opportunity would present itself soon for her.
There are plenty of people that just repeat what they heard earlier in the day, and disguise it as reporting, but she actually offers an opinion, investigates the story or opinion offered and discusses it's merits (or lack there of) ..... in other words, she does her homework. And I for one, appreciate it (her)....... again, best of luck, and I'll be watching.

Posted by: Paris on 08/19/08 at 4:15 PM Respond

Good for her. Hm she looks different somehow these days. Hint for a story. Harrold TX, guns, school.

Posted by: Justin on 08/19/08 at 5:16 PM Respond

You mean this?

http://www.maddowfans.com/media/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=239&g2_navId=x87fa5ffb

Ladies and gentlemen, that purple-haired lady is a Rhodes scholar!

I don't think the fact that we all had ridiculous hairdos at age 21 merits a story... or maybe it does. Let me see if I can find any old Party Ben's hair-don'ts....

Posted by: Party Ben on 08/19/08 at 5:39 PM Respond

yeah! good for him! just love that no jewelry, no shirt, no tie look! plus, he's soooo unpredictable!

Posted by: n8 on 08/19/08 at 11:33 PM Respond

Good shot, Rachel! It's funny to hear Pat going on about something getting under somebody else's skin; I was expecting him to start yelling, "Shut up! All of you, shut up!" It doesn't surprise me that McCain's on the Trash Talk Express now. Pat's wrong and Barnum was right, because I thought the Swift Boat thing was ludicrous, I didn't think anyone would fall for that. So when they hit, no matter how low it is, you gotta get back in their faces. Obama does it with class,

Posted by: smitisan on 08/20/08 at 8:29 AM Respond