Now, from last to first (not necessarily worst to best), for arbitrary reasons that are mine alone - not necessarily based on quality or point of view, more likely based on level of irritation, relevance, some amount of intrigue they create or the car crash dynamic they may produce (which is a plus for some, not for others).13. Nancy Grace CNN Headline News Two words: Nancy Grace. If there were not kidnappings, abductions and toddler pageants she would not be on TV. This makes me wish there weren't kidnappings, abductions and toddler pageants.
12. Glenn Beck FoxNews Perhaps the biggest boob on TV. Kind of a mini-Rush Limbaugh who uses his Libertarian position to be holier than thou and holier than thee, Left, Right, Center, Top and Bottom. It was impossible to like him on CNN, now it is somehow more impossible on FoxNews.
11. Lou Dobbs Tonight CNN Lou is a great blowhard and is never willing to concede much of anything. How can you not like a guy that's pompous and smug and all that goes with it? Oh, that's right, you can't possibly like him.
10. On The Record with Greta Van Susteren FoxNews I haven't bothered with this one since... maybe ever. It's a more distinguished Nancy Grace, but Nancy Grace all the same. This is the third sentence of my review.
9. The Ed Show MSNBC Ed Schultz is a grade A goober. He makes his points in a Beckian-way that most should find nauseating. New to TV, it makes me wish that they would start up The Race for The White House again... because... 2012 is right around the corner and David Gregory needs something to do during the week.
8. Campbell Brown CNN Vanilla with extra vanilla topped with vanilla, and vanilla on the side. She brings nothing, sad to say. I've never been compelled to watch (for good reasons or bad).
7. Countdown with Keith Olbermann MSNBC I am not an Olbermann fan, not on Countdown, not at ESPN, not on Football Night in America, not on a train, not in the rain. His Worst Person in the World bit is the worst bit in the world. Has the same bunch of bootlickers on again and again agreeing with him and laughing at their divinely gifted hilarity.
6. Hannity FoxNews Smugness to the max. He does some good things in the world but can not give Obama the benefit of the doubt on anything, not even a little, never, ever. Feigned humility is way over the top, at least Beck and Olbermann are out front with their elitist poo-pooery.
5. The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC Was a better guest on Hardball than a host of her own show. She is more thoughtful than Olbermann but has gone cutesy to carve out a niche with the snarky 19-32 year-old female demographic. Watched a segment where she talked about "Planet Cheney" that was god-awful.
4. The O'Reilly Factor FoxNews O'Reilly used to be almost OK, then got famous, published some books and went terribly wrong. Feud with Olbermann and conspiracy theories about network agreements for them to tone down their rhetoric are, for lack of a better word, annoying. Actually does have a non-partisan thought every now and then, but his ridiculousness (being spoofed by Colbert every night) makes it impossible to take anything he says seriously... or tune in to see in the first place.
3. Larry King Live! CNN Larry is an old man. Tonight's guest: Tyra Banks. Yes, his show runs the gamut from entertainment to world affairs, but the fluff consistently diminishes the important.
2. Anderson Cooper 360 CNN I believe Cooper actually cares about a lot of what he reports. I believe Cooper is kind of a wiener. Cooper Cooper Cooper.
1. Hardball with Chris Matthews MSNBC Chris can be fair and even-handed. Chris can also totally lose his mind and say things that would get any other pundit host in trouble... near but not quite to the Imus level. Show had gone downhill but has rebounded some, wacky graphics notwithstanding.
Conclusion: The more often you have Katrina vanden Huevel, Karl Rove, Paul Begala, Octomom, William Donohue or Al Sharpton on your show, the less inclined we are to watch. I'm just sayin'.
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