Has Lawrence O’Donnell of “The Last Word” seen his last contract with MSNBC? That’s the suspicion.

Huffington Post triggered fears that the former “West Wing” writer and aide to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan is getting the boot because he won’t move his time slot.

“The absence of active negotiations weeks before a contract expires is highly unusual and often a sign that a contract won’t be renewed,” HuffPost said. “News networks normally don’t risk letting the contract of a host who has a highly rated program expire or even come close to expiring before renegotiating.”

O’Donnell’s “The Last Word,” which he’s hosted since 2010, is MSNBC’s second-highest rated program behind “The Rachel Maddow Show.”

HuffPost said Andy Lack, the chairman of NBC News, is no fan of O’Donnell’s program, citing unnamed sources.

“Some say it’s because he doesn’t appreciate the liberal nature of ‘The Last Word,’ but others say it’s about the fact that O’Donnell rejected Lack’s request to move his program from 10 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time. This decision was O’Donnell’s prerogative, two sources said, because his contract stipulates that his program must air in prime time.”

With the hashtag #keeplawrence, his fans aren’t sitting idly by.

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