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As had been rumored for weeks, NBC is [ditching David Gregory as host of _Meet the Press_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-news-officially-names-chuck-725654), which he has moderated since 2008, in favor of White House correspondent Chuck Todd. Todd will give up the White House post, as well as his MSNBC show _Daily Rundown_, which may insulate him from charges of association with MSNBC’s left-leaning hosts. Gregory, who has taken blame for a decline in ratings, will leave the network altogether–indeed, he was all but dropped through a trap door, departing immediately in favor of Todd, who [takes over September 7](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/08/nbc-news-confirms-david-gregory-out-chuck-todd-in-193964.html). How big a deal this is to you depends in part on how big a deal the Sunday shows remain to you. (Disclosure: I watch television for a living, am deeply into news, politics and government, and I watch them only when forced.) One explanation for NBC’s ratings drop was Gregory’s less-than-energetic style; the chipper, data-driven Todd should bring a change in tone, and NBC says it plans to make to-be-determined changes under Todd. But I don’t think Gregory was ever _MTP_‘s real problem. And there’s no sign, with this hire, that the show intends to change its inside-Washington focus on who’s up and who’s down and how it all affects an election cycle that never ends. Todd, who remains NBC’s political director, is sharp, eager and routinely praised as a “politics junkie.” But it’s worth considering that that phrase does not mean the same thing as “policy junkie.” And in the world of Sunday-morning TV, the former is the kind of junkie you want to be if you want to get ahead: you need to be mainlining poll results and campaign positioning and 2016 speculation–the stuff of who gets in power and how, not of why anyone would want them to be there and what works and doesn’t in government. The latter affects all Americans, a lot, and the Sunday shows are now generally built on the assumption that they don’t care about it. All of which to say is, Chuck Todd will probably be just fine, maybe even very good, as host of _Meet the Press_. He’s engaged, quick-witted and always seems to have done his homework plus the extra credit. When you want to break down the currents and political map of an election, Todd’s one of your best guys. But _Meet the Press_, it seems, will continues to be what _Meet the Press_ has become: rounds of interviews with leaders the major parties have offered up (i.e., John McCain), framed as a discussion of who won and lost the week. If you think the main problem with _Meet the Press_ was David Gregory, this is probably a good change for you. But if you think the problem with _Meet the Press_–and the other Sunday shows–is themselves, you’ll have to wait and see if _MTP_ shows any signs of breaking out of permanent campaign mode. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3113075/chuck-todd-meet-the-press/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3113075/chuck-todd-meet-the-press/"},"headline":"Chuck Todd to Take Over Meet the Press","datePublished":"2014-08-14T21:38:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:40:57.894Z","description":"A big change? 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