It's only been three days since its premiere and already we're hearing NBC News brass is worried about David Gregory's new MSNBC show. Race to the White House has been described in-house as "sort of bland," "feels forced," and "[not as] fast-paced as it should be." One source tells us to "expect some tweaking" and that maybe there's "buyer's remorse already." But isn't any new show expected to get through some growing pains before it finds its own voice?

Meanwhile, in an interview with TV Guide, Gregory says: "There is a real commitment, a cultural melding that's gone on at NBC, which in part coincided with MSNBC [moving from the studios in Secaucus, New Jersey] coming into [the NBC studios at Rockefeller Center]. I think physical separation fed the idea of cultural separation. But at the highest levels at NBC, there is a commitment in practice, not just in theory, that we are one and the cultures really do mix. You see that in our election-night coverage. You see that in a show like Race for the White House. Internally, there is recognition of the excitement about what MSNBC is doing. That sense that it's a stepchild of the network has gone away. There's too much momentum built up right now to take a turn away from it." [TV Guide]