Much better than “Morning Joe” when Joe Scarborough is actually on the show.
When Joe is on the air, it’s an unwatchable borefest in which he pontificates and bloviates and repeats himself and interrupts everyone else and talks through their attempts at interrupting him and acts smarmy–and this is without noting his often-reactionary, nostalgic politics that are of no interest to anyone but him. Factor in the politics and it makes me want to scream.
But without him, it’s an interesting panel discussion of current affairs.
“Mike and Mike in the Morning” OTOH is unwatchable when either of the hosts is off–their shtick is enjoyable and you get the feeling that they get along and are just playing two guys who disagree on most sporting issues, but when you get Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless guest-hosting, I can’t figure out which to tear out first, my eyes or my ears.