Attention all D-Rat fans. If you thought you'd get once last chance to watch the Fast Money ringmaster at work before he sails off into the sunset of--finger crossed-- late night television, think again!
In what was a mutual decision, [CNBC's Brian] Steel tells TVNewser, "Dylan has told us he is leaving effective today....Due to the serious economic times in which we live, we made a decision that it would be a distraction for Dylan to host 'Fast Money' today."Melissa Lee is expected to fill in on "Fast Money" for the time being.
Ratigan Update: Off Air [mediabistro]
Posted by Anal_yst , Mar 27, 2009 5:02PM
Seriously? Melissa Lee? Hot, seems pretty sharp, but I feel like she's gonna be a bit outmatched, no?
Posted by Killjoy , Mar 27, 2009 5:08PM
Melissa Lee reminds me of margaret cho. that's not a good thing.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 5:16PM
Melissa Lee once gave me the WORST happy ending at the end of my massage.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 5:16PM
15 to 1 odds that Ratigan is a guest on The Daily Show next week.
Just twist that knife a little bit deeper . . . and get the salt ready.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 5:37PM
Can you guys post the Vince/Shamwow guy mugshot plus a Drudge siren?
Thanks
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 5:38PM
@1 Is that you Melissa?
Hot is the last thing I'd call her/you.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 5:40PM
Ratigan didn't really know a whole lot about finance, IMO. He just never really fit in CNBC, in the first place. I wish him the best, though. He's a compelling host.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 5:43PM
anyone know 1st year unemployment numbers for a former CNBC anchor?
- d. ratigan
Posted by Anal_yst , Mar 27, 2009 5:55PM
@6
See the 3rd result that comes up in a google image search for "melissa lee."
I'll be here all night, folks.
JK, i'm gettin the f*ck outa here, pz!
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 5:57PM
Melissa's ain't too bad. Plump maybe, but not fat ala M.Whitney.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:01PM
Guest breaks it (after AP, that is)! Dylan going to ABC news. Eat your heart out, Bess. Or share one of your cupcakes :)
CNBC's Dylan Ratigan leaving `Fast Money'By: The Associated Press | 27 Mar 2009 | 05:14 PM ET Text Size NEW YORK - CNBC says its "Fast Money" host Dylan Ratigan has quit the financial news network.
Under Ratigan, the quick-paced late afternoon program served as a post-game show for the day's Wall Street trading.
His contract is expiring and he's considered a strong candidate for a new job at ABC News. ABC spokesman Jeffrey Schneider wouldn't address those reports but said that ABC thinks the world of Dylan Ratigan.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:02PM
Melissa Lee is like the asian version of the stereotypical late-marrying overweight and overstressed New York white girl.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:16PM
@11- eat your non story out, douche--
"he's considered a strong candidate"
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:39PM
@13,
Go shit in your cereal and wear the bowl as a hat.
http://www.businessinsider.com/ratigan-to-abc-2009-3
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:41PM
@14- did you notice that headline ends in a question mark?
of course not, cause you're an idiot.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:46PM
@15,
Did you notice how ABC didn't say "no comment" but "he's a strong candidate"?
Or any word of Ratigan leaving CNBC 24 hours ago?
You clueless inbred hick
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:53PM
@16- please. you need to get over having read an article (which doesn't even say anything definitively) and thinking you're breaking news.
go back to shining Ratigan's nob.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:57PM
Watch, they are all going to walk off with him. He is co creator of the show but it's all him.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:59PM
Eventually, people get tired of kissing a pre menopausal woman's butt.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 6:59PM
@17,
I was just checking CNBC's site and saw the article and thought I'd pass it along.
What set you off? The strong candidate reference, you unemployed loser?
Why don't you go to 7-11 and grab a a pack of expired hot dogs for dinner . .. again. Maybe you can find a guy to blow for that bud light while you're at it.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 7:19PM
@20 take your insane rambling elsewhere. also I'm a straight dude, but thanks for the offer to blow me.
-17
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 7:30PM
Who do you predict is the next to go?
Posted by bushwichbill , Mar 27, 2009 7:43PM
I live by the sward [sic]...I take my boys everywhere I go because I'm paranoid.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 9:13PM
@7 you are a douche bag
i can see dennis kneale bob pissonme and maria buttaroma really are fountains of financial knowledge
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 10:15PM
Fast Money's main value was never the financial "information" that it provided (Doesn't charting sometimes make an appearance?). It was a way for average Joe viewers to feel like BSD's by watching meat heads playing to popular stereotypes of Wall Street.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 10:25PM
Perhaps his appeal lies in the fact that he seems to be able to get his guest to slip up and say things they hadn't planned to say. That is always interesting.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 11:23PM
If Erin Burnett is sleeping with a Washington politician , they won't let her go.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 11:23PM
If Erin Burnett is sleeping with a Washington politician , they won't let her go.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 11:24PM
If Erin Burnett is sleeping with a Washington politician , they won't let her go.
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 11:27PM
sorry, the 3 postings were unintentional
Posted by guest , Mar 27, 2009 11:33PM
@24: DIE!
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 3:20AM
@27 FEMALE Washington politican
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 11:56AM
need to get her off the air asap - gives little asian girls the thought that they belong on the street
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 4:37PM
saw e burnett on the street one morning and she checked me out. don't think she's a lesbian, but i could be wrong.
or just narcissistic.
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 7:54PM
@33
Racist donkey.Whether you like it or not
live with it.You don't belong on the street either let alone Native American Indians.
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 8:24PM
@ 33
You are right. Asian girls don't belong on the street because they are too smart for it.
Isn't it funny when an asshole feels insecure and threatened by foreign women's presence especially the intelligent ones?
Hey,get out of your cave and go to school!There are no more dinasours.
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 9:28PM
@36 I am not 33 and dont share his views. Did you, however, just call youself smart and at the same time can't spell "dinosaurs" correctly. Bummer!
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 9:32PM
Not 33 either, But i want to know what racist donkeys have to do with Native Americans?
i'm guessing 35 and 36 are related, and possibly sleeping together
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 9:56PM
@34 might make sense. Erin Burnett supposedly was infatuated with Liz Claman or so says a buddy of mine who worked at CNBC-u-later, but then again, do ya blame her? Liz=HOT
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 9:57PM
@ 32
A WOMAN politician? Don't tell me its Maxine Waters!
Oh gosh, why is Max so loved by everybody?
Posted by guest , Mar 28, 2009 10:26PM
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Posted by guest , Mar 29, 2009 12:14AM
One last tribute to the roaring rage of D.Rat
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27888374#27888374
Posted by guest , Mar 29, 2009 3:03AM
Maxine has her fans.
Posted by guest , Mar 29, 2009 11:25AM
Maxine is my fav. She talks like my boss. Neither has any sort of idea what they are talking about.
Posted by guest , Mar 29, 2009 7:31PM
Dont know about you guys but Ratigan was one of my favourite hosts. He was a straight shooter and seems reliable. Unlike Donnie Douche and Jim Lamer.
This network is going down the tubes credibility wise. lets go to fox business channel and ABC now.
Posted by guest , Mar 29, 2009 10:09PM
Guy is the man. I wonder if Oppenhiemer will take him back.
Posted by guest , Mar 30, 2009 9:39AM
Dylan Ratigan is the next Conan O' Brien, just wait!! HE'LL SHOW ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!