Chris guest-hosted The Rachel Maddow Show in July 2010, while Maddow was traveling in Afghanistan and often filled in for Maddow when she was absent. He has also hosted other MSNBC shows such as The Ed Show, Countdown With Keith Olbermann and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
MSNBC, on November 5, 2010, announced that Chris would be filling in for Keith Olbermann during Olbermann’s suspension but the network later backtracked after finding out that Chris had also made political contributions on the issue over which Olbermann was being suspended. Chris credits Maddow with his becoming a host at MSNBC.
