Chuck Todd OUT At Meet The Press

Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd is OUT at NBC’s Meet The Press.

I don’t find much on NBC watchable, but this show especially was a dumpster fire during his tenure.

Always made the story about himself, which is a bad thing when yourself is super boring and sleepy.

Here was his (typically boring) announcement:

Today we close our show with an announcement from @chucktodd:

"While today is not my final show, this will be my final summer here at Meet the Press. … I am really proud of what this team and I have built over the last decade." pic.twitter.com/sgeUcNR3C5

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 4, 2023

Many are already not remembering the Chuck Todd era fondly:

JUST IN: Chuck Todd is officially leaving NBC.

Bye Todd, you won’t be missed! 👋 https://t.co/qF3zYmuPy1

— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) June 4, 2023

Mollie says he and his Russia-collusion hoaxing will not be missed:

Chuck Todd, among many other grievous problems, attacked Republicans for years if they didn’t accept his Russia collusion hoaxing https://t.co/Z0DUAGshrz

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) June 4, 2023

Jeff Clark echoes my thoughts:

Speaking of the demise of the old triune TV network monopoly, Chuck Todd is out at NBC. His Meet the Press was unwatchable (especially compared to Tim Russert’s) with Chuck’s smarmy self permeating every second of the show.

Once I was coming back from a White House meeting and… https://t.co/0bbLiBlIIG

— Jeff Clark (@JeffClarkUS) June 4, 2023

Here is more on the move, from NBC itself:

“Meet the Press” host and moderator Chuck Todd announced on Sunday that he will step down this year after nine years hosting the public affairs talk show. Kristen Welker, NBC News’ co-chief White House correspondent, will succeed him.

“It’s been an amazing nearly decadelong run. I am really proud of what this team and I have built over the last decade,” Todd said during the broadcast Sunday. “I’ve loved so much of this job, helping to explain America to Washington and explain Washington to America.”

He plans to remain at NBC in a new role as chief political analyst, where he will serve as a key voice both in the field and during coverage of major events. He will also focus on long-form journalism.

“When I took over ‘Meet the Press,’ it was a Sunday show that had a lot of people questioning whether it still could have a place in the modern media space,” Todd added. “Well, I think we’ve answered that question and then some.”

In a memo to staff members, NBC News’ president of editorial, Rebecca Blumenstein, and NBC News’ senior vice president of politics, Carrie Budoff Brown, hailed “Chuck’s thoughtful and passionate leadership.”

“‘Meet the Press’ has sustained its historic role as the indispensable news program on Sunday mornings,” Blumenstein and Budoff Brown said. “Through his penetrating interviews with many of the most important newsmakers, the show has played an essential role in politics and policy, routinely made front-page news, and framed the thinking in Washington and beyond.”

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Guest moderator Kristen Welker appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington on Oct. 9, 2022.
Kristen Welker appears as guest moderator on “Meet the Press” on Oct. 9, 2022.William B. Plowman / NBC
Welker joins the ranks of hosts that included Tim Russert, who presided over the show from 1991 until his death in 2008. She is the second woman — following its inaugural host, Martha Rountree — and the first Black journalist to moderate “Meet the Press.”

“Meet the Press” is the longest-running show on American television, celebrating its 75th anniversary last year. It has led its rival shows in total viewers for more than eight years and won its first Emmy during Todd’s tenure for a special report titled “Schools, America, and Race.”

Todd was at the helm of the show during some of the most seminal political events of the last decade — including the final years of President Barack Obama’s administration, the 2016 presidential campaign and the election of Donald Trump, and the aftermath of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

What do you think?

Will you miss Todd?