Alec Baldwin seems to vacillate between anger and geniality with unprecedented vigor and speed—plus he's got lots of political opinions—so it makes plenty of sense that MSNBC would give the actor/most-famous brother his own talk show. Up Late With Alec Baldwin—so named because every other possible permutation of "late" was taken—will debut on October 11, and MSNBC is taking the high road with its first promo: Ed Schultz sarcastically describes Baldwin as "a man who values reason over passion," before Baldwin leans in and mugs, Jack Donaghy-style.
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