We knew we should've made better friends with Dan Abrams instead of Tucker Carlson but, alas, our interns can only do so much.

Abrams, TMZ is reporting, has snagged the top job at MSNBC, replacing the recently "resigned" Rick Kaplan. With his schedule now full of Rita Cosby voice lessons and Chris Matthews blood pressure monitoring, Abrams won't even have time to do his own show, The Abrams Report — though he'll retain the title of "chief legal correspondent," which means you'll still see him popping up at the Today show, Dateline, and Brian Williams' Nightly News.

So enough with the hair piece jokes; it's time to get down to the real business at hand: clocking MSNBC's ratings under the change.

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