Megyn Kelly’s summer attempt to create her very own “60 Minutes” was a disaster. The ratings were poor, the show was sloppily put together, and the interviews inspired nothing but controversy.
NBC, no doubt wanting to justify its reported $17 million investment, moved Kelly to the mornings — where she could tackle more lighthearted stories and somewhat reinvent her image after a rocky start with the network.
“Megan Kelly Today” premiered Monday morning — and it appears the program is just as rocky her previous one.
“‘Megyn Kelly Today’ is meant to be the final, dazzling piece of Kelly’s multimillion-dollar transmogrification from steely Fox News host to a mushy, hugs-for-everybody, midmorning TV host. It premiered Monday on NBC in the 9 a.m. hour of the ‘Today’ show, proving only that the experiment is far from successful,” read The Washington Post’s scathing review.