Watching the show while Cenk is away really makes me appreciate the regular team of Cenk, Ana, and Jayar even more than I do now.

No one else I have seen even comes close to any of these three, and the show is light years better when any of them are on.

I can't stand Ben Mankiewicz as a host. Like Don Squeek said, he always kills the show for me as well. Most of the time he is on, even when he's with Cenk, I have to stop watching after a short time. He grates on my nerves that much.

 The only saving grace to Monday's show with Ben and Mark Thompson hosting was when Anna came in at the third hour. Fortunately I watched the taped version so I could fast forward to that after I got sick of the earlier crap. But it still was nowhere near the quality of when Cenk and Anna are on together. Or Cenk and Jayar. Or Anna and Jayar. I think you get the picture. Ben sucks, as do most of the other guest hosts, although I also agree that Brian Unger isn't too bad.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.