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| Written By Rick
Ellis, Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Alison Stewart returned to MSNBC Tuesday evening, sitting in for Rachel Maddow while she takes a few days off. Stewart will also sit in for Maddow on Wednesday. Arianna Huffington was Maddow's guest host on Monday, and reviews of her performance were not kind. While she is a solid political roundtable guest, she doesn't have much experience as a solo anchor. And her halting, often incomprehensible appearance Monday did not win her any fans. It's not clear if she was replaced by Stewart or was just scheduled for to only appear on Monday. But Stewart's winning appearance as Maddow's Tuesday host was a reminder of just how good she is as an anchor. Stewart is extremely confident on camera, and has a casual sense of humor and irony about the news that is a good fit for the Olbermann/Maddow audience. Stewart first came to public prominence as a political reporter for MTV News, reporting and producing for “Choose or Lose” election coverage in 1992 and 1996. She had stints as a CBS correspondent and later served as an anchor for ABC News' "World News Now." She joined MSNBC in July 2003, where she was a daytime anchor and primary substitute host for Keith Olbermann. From May 2006 to April 2007, she hosted a daytime news program "The Most with Alison Stewart." Stewart married MSNBC Vice President of Programming Bill Wolff in November 2006. Stewart joined NPR in May 2007 to host (along with Luke Burbank) a morning drive show called "The Bryant Park Project," which targeted adults between ages 25 and 44. The program premiered October 1, 2007 and was canceled Friday, July 25, 2008. Stewart returned from maternity leave to host the last week of the show. In the months since, she has become a semi-regular panelist on NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" and is also substituting hosting this week on the NPR midday show "Talk Of The Nation." There are already rumblings that MSNBC executives are throwing around
the idea of a new evening show to pair with the already successful shows
"Countdown With Keith Olbermann" and "The Rachel Maddow Show." |
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