Reiss Ready to Play Hardball

Insiders tell TVNewser an announcement is coming soon about a new executive producer for Hardball with Chris Matthews. We’re hearing the job is going to John Reiss, former EP of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Hardball has been without an EP since Tammy Haddad gave up the show in August. She left the network earlier this month.

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