MSNBC sends Al Sharpton to the graveyard of forgotten shows

Whatever else Al Sharpton may be, he's not an idiot. Sure, he's a tax cheat, his grip on reality is tenuous, he's barely literate, and his knowledge of American politics is dwarfed by that of the average two-year-old, but he's no dummy. Somehow, he managed to parlay his life as a lowly street thug and FBI informant into a major media career. You may not like him, but you have to admit that takes a certain amount of (admittedly crooked) brainpower.

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So, it's with a heavy heart that we bring you following news. MSNBC has decided that Al Sharpton's "PoliticsNation" is no longer worthy of its daily 6PM slot. It seems that even a network as insane as MSNBC has had enough of Al's particular brand of crazy. So they're shuffling him off to the Elephant graveyard of television. Instead of airing five nights a week, Sharpton's show will run only once - at 8AM on Sunday morning. From the Hollywood Reporter:

MSNBC is moving reverend and talk-show host Al Sharpton's Politics Nation to Sundays, network president Phil Griffin said in a memo on Wednesday. Its last weekday airing will be on Sept. 4. "After four terrific years – or as Reverend Sharpton said, 'a full first term' – PoliticsNation is ready for its next chapter. Beginning on Sunday, October 4, the show will move to Sunday mornings at 8:00 am," Griffin wrote. The show has aired at 6 pm ET on weekdays and will now move from five days a week to one day a week.

Sadly, that means we'll be getting less of this: Despite his situation, Sharpton has decided that the end of his daily show is not a demotion. In fact, he's pretty excited about PoliticsNation becoming one of journalism's super-important "Sunday Morning News Shows." Obviously, Al is not quite sharp enough to realize that going from a nightly show to one that airs once a week when no one is watching represents a downgrade. But let's let him have his delusions. After all, we wouldn't want his comedy to end completely. Less airtime might not be ideal, butt least this way we get 45 minutes of good solid laughter each week. That's better than nothing. Sharpton offered no explanation of how he'll balance his Sunday Morning show with his duties as a Reverend. On a totally unrelated note, here's an installment of "Perspectives, with Lionel Osborne."

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