NBC Has Officially Canceled Megyn Kelly’s Morning Show

Megyn Kelly attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People In The World at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by ANGELA... Megyn Kelly attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People In The World at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The “Megyn Kelly Today” show has officially been canceled and the 9 a.m. time slot will be filled by “TODAY” co-anchors next week, an NBC News spokesperson said Friday.

The announcement follows reports that Kelly was on the way out. Her new lawyer, Hollywood litigator Bryan Freedman, met with NBC officials on Friday and reportedly requested journalist Ronan Farrow — who has his own beef with the network — be present for the discussion. The talk was expected to center on Kelly’s future with NBC following her latest controversy, when she defended the use of blackface on-air and later apologized, claiming she had just learned the racist roots of the practice this week.

According to reports from Variety and CNN earlier this week, talks about canceling Kelly’s show have been in the works for some time. Sources told both outlets that Kelly was interested in taking on a role in the network’s cable news department, but it’s unclear if that will come to fruition. Hollywood Reporter reported Friday that Freedman is continuing to work with NBC officials to negotiate her departure from the network, where she has three-year $69 million contract.

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  1. Why NBC thought that she was a journalist or a newsreader/host without the Fox News taint and philosophy is a mystery.

  2. Can NBC now stop trying to make FOX transplants work? In the future, try ensuring your current audience is content and don’t assume they’re ignorant of the FOX media’s past comments.

  3. Or, if they’re going to, could they not blow sixty nine million fucking dollars on it that could have been spent on actual journalism?

    We have this constant parade of paid hacks yammering about the news because it’s cheaper than actually gathering news. But they have this Powerball Jackpot to pay the Face of Fox?

  4. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Great news for her.

    She can now devote full-time to planning her Halloween costume.

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