Chris Matthews reviving Hardball

 Daily Beast - Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews is reviving his iconic cable news show Hardball after a five year hiatus. The 79-year-old, who abruptly retired in 2020 after a string of controversies surrounding inappropriate comments he made on and off the air, announced his comeback in a short but sweet post on the subscription media platform Substack. .... Matthews’ politics show ran from 1999 to 2020, when he resigned amid criticism of his behavior. “Compliments on a woman’s appearance that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were okay, were never okay. Not then and certainly not today,” Matthews said at the time. “And for making such comments in the past, I’m sorry.” Matthews is relaunching the show with weekly episodes airing Mondays at noon. “The pitch is faster,” he promised his new audience on Substack, where he’s so far amassed over 1,000 subscribers. Matthews joins a wave of journalists turning to the independent platform to create content.