The chatter that Inside Edition host Deborah Norville would be joining MSNBC is apparently accurate.
Norville, also a veteran of CBS News and NBC News, is reported to have signed on to anchor a 9 p.m. EST newscast for the cable news channel. MSNBC, however, would not comment.
The news network is desperate to build a strong show in the time slot to compete with CNN’s top show, Larry King Live, and Fox News Channel’s highly rated Hannity & Colmes.
MSNBC had been running Buchanan & Press, hosted by Pat Buchanan and Bill Press, in the 9 p.m. slot but recently tossed out that show. As a short-term solution, The Abrams Report, hosted by legal ace Dan Abrams and airing at 6 p.m., has been rerun at 9 p.m. until Norville’s new show comes on.
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MSNBC exec Bruce Perlmutter, who had been the executive producer for Connie Chung’s show on CNN, will be the top exec on the new program.
