Saturday, August 1, 2015

Maybe Ed Overslept

Ed Schultz Absent for Final MSNBC Show; Guest Host Pays Muted Tribute

By Andrew Kirell, July 31, 2015 Mediaite

This is how the Ed will end: Not with a bang, but a whimper.

The Ed Show was the last of three cancelled MSNBC shows to air its final episode on Friday. And while The Cycle gave a group farewell to conclude their hour, and Now with Alex Wagner exited with laughs and some cussing, Ed was strikingly muted in its exit.

First and perhaps most importantly, Ed Schultz wasn’t even present to give his final MSNBC farewell — due to “pre-existing scheduling conflicts,” MSNBC told us.

Instead Michael Eric Dyson guest-hosted the full hour and saved the goodbyes for a question to progressive journalist John Nichols: “What has The Ed Show meant for middle-class Americans over the past six years?”

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