Rachel Maddow to Return to MSNBC From Hiatus, Future Plans Still Unclear
MSNBC will welcome back Rachel Maddow on Monday as the political commentator returns from hiatus to host her nightly program, The Rachel Maddow Show.
According to The Wrap, sources close to the situation claim that Maddow will return in a full-time capacity starting April 11. The long-time host started her hiatus on January 31, explaining at the time that she would be working on a film adaptation of her podcast Bag Man. “There may eventually be another hiatus again sometime in my future,” she told viewers. “But for now, we’re just taking it one step at a time.”
The movie, directed and co-written by Ben Stiller, is based on one of the most brazen political bribery scandals in American history, involving Richard Nixon’s vice president Spiro Agnew, who secretly ran a bribery and extortion ring while nobody was paying attention. Maddow covered the story in her 2018 podcast and companion book.
Maddow signed a multi-year agreement with NBCUniversal and MSNBC last year, but there are still questions about her future at the network. It was previously reported that Maddow was planning to reduce her nightly schedule. “I’m realizing now — 10, 11 years into this — that it’s fine to work long days,” she told The New York Times in 2019. “But it’s not good for you to work incessant long days, five days a week, 50 weeks a year for 10 years.”
The Emmy-winning broadcaster has hosted her nightly program since 2008 and has seen it grow to become one of the Top 5 programs of all MSNBC properties. In addition, her new deal will allow her to develop other projects for NBCUniversal, potentially including film and television series.
Maddow did return to her show twice during her hiatus, once on February 24 to cover the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and again on February 28, the day before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
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So glad to see her back! It is good she took a break. The tRump years wore us all out. What a nightmare. My brother in Switzerland took in a Ukrainian family of five. I think they should cover more positive stories like this.
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She stunk - should stay away-am she’s wrong on everything
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Love her newscasts. She is the best! I wish she would never leave!
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Happy to see her return.
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I am so disappointed. I raced to get things done by 9:00 every night so I could watch her show. She was like a big sister explaining the world to me although I am older than she is. But she is at that age where she needs a mental health break, so I wish her the best.
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Hallelujah!
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Believe it when I see it.. afraid it's not stopping here with her leaves. Hillary Clinton on Maddow's night back told her how important she is to moving the country forward then disappeared again. I agree with Hillary but looks like Maddows nickers are getting a little to big. She has the ability to see relationships that create the news, dyslexia?? savant?? I don't know but she just looks at the news and puts it together correctly as the majority can't. A gift that I hope she does not throw away, enjoy her show but have no times for podcasts..
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