NBC News chairman Andy Lack confessed to nervousness about Megyn Kelly’s upcoming network morning show, saying the risk is “unnerving” and “a little scary.”
Kelly, the former Fox News host, is debuting her daily 9 a.m. ET show “Megyn Kelly Today” on Sept. 25. Her summertime “Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly” newsmagazine program served as a test launch of sorts, but it disappointed, both critically and in the ratings.
Lack signed Kelly away from Fox with an offer reportedly worth more than $17 million a year. Her show will follow Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer on NBC’s treasured “Today” show, which wins its time slot in the vaunted 25-to-54 demographic.
“Yes, there is risk and it’s unnerving and a little scary,” Lack told the Wall Street Journal. – READ MORE
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