XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON MAY 05, 2003 16:04:37 ET XXXXX
JESSE VENTURA TV SHOW ON ICE
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's planned MSNBC show is mired in preproduction difficulties, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
"[Ventura] has been having just a terrible time," says a source with direct ties to the project. "The rehearsals have been extremely trying. It doesn't look good."
The Ventura problem comes just as MSNBC has seen its ratings fall in recent weeks -- to pre-IRAQ war lows.
Ventura announced last February on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno that he'd soon begin hosting a nightly program. Ventura said the show would start "probably within the next month."
But now MSNBC President Erik Sorenson is said to be concerned that Ventura simply is not ready to host an hourlong program.
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