Meet the Press revamp: Brian Williams and Jon Stewart take the helm

[Renew Deal]

Is this a prediction or a suggestion? Either way, here it is.

Meet the Press is in trouble and needs to be revamped. They've patched it with Chuck Todd, but the future lies elsewhere. That elsewhere is a Brian Williams/Jon Stewart cohosting model.

[tridim]

1. Does Brian Williams know ~anything~ about politics?

I always thought of him as a cue card reader and not much more.

[Renew Deal]

2. He knows enough

You can't get to where he got knowing nothing.

[MADem]

4. Supposedly, he was NBC News Director or something on those lines.

But I have thought of him as a news "presenter" as well. Read the teleprompter, with feeling! Pronounce the names properly!!

[Mass]

5. Because you need to know something about politics to anchor Meet the Press?\nt

[tridim]

9. Well yes, Both Chuck Todd and Tim Russert were political junkies.

I don't know what David Gregory was.

[Erose999]

3. I doubt Williams has much of a future with NBComca$t. If he does return from his suspension I'm

guessing they bury him on CNBC late at night or maybe even on some "ESPN-3-ish" network somewhere in their vast cable empire.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Williams may return to television, however I don't think it will be in a "serious" news position. nt

[tularetom]

7. NBComcast agrees that it needs a remodel

Unfortunately I believe their plan is to let it hobble along with Chunk Turd for a few years (if they can keep it afloat) and then turn the whole shitaroo over to the russert child.

[FSogol]

8. Wait, Chuck Todd is a patch?

Here's the type of patch Chuck Todd is:

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