MSNBC’s New Schedule: All the Major Changes Coming to the News Network
Big changes are coming to MSNBC as previously hinted over the past weekend when it was reported that Joy Reid and Alex Wagner were losing their weeknight timeslots.
So, what does MSNBC’s night-time lineup look like? Rachel Maddow will return to her one-day-per-week schedule beginning in April, with Jen Psaki taking over the 9/8c, timeslot on Tuesdays through Fridays. Meanwhile, The Weekend hosts Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend will move to the 7/6c, hour, while hosting a two-hour slot on Mondays beginning at the same time.
Joy Reid is officially leaving the channel, opening her 7/6c timeslot, which will be filled by rotating hosts until the upcoming lineup kicks in this April. Meanwhile, Alex Wagner will stay at MSNBC as a senior political analyst, after previously helming the 9/8c slot Tuesdays through Fridays.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the changes were unveiled in a memo to staff members at MSNBC by the network’s president, Rebecca Kutler. In the note to staff, Kutler wrote, “I had hoped to share this with all of you directly and understand the frustration that you first learned about this over the weekend and not from me.”
Additionally, The Weekend will introduce a new set of co-hosts for the program with Jonathan Capehart covering mornings, Ayman Mohyeldin co-hosting evenings, and a third anchor who has yet to be revealed. Meanwhile, Ali Velshi is also expanding his weekend show to three hours.
MSNBC will consolidate its productions to New York and Washington D.C., with José Díaz-Balart Reports and The Katie Phang Show shuttering production in Miami. Díaz-Balart will continue to work as a weekend anchor for NBC Nightly News, while Phang will remain with MSNBC as a legal correspondent.
On the daytime side of things, Ana Cabrera is expanding by an hour and will anchor weekday Ana Cabrera Reports from 10 a.m. to noon ET, and Chris Jansing is shifting to anchor Chris Jansing Reports from 12/11c to 2/1c, with Katy Tur Reports filling the two-hour slot beginning at 2/1c.
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What happened to MSNBC, I used to have them on almost all day. Now, I.only watch the great Nicole Wallace, Rachel Maddows and Lawrence O'Donnell. Please STOP getting rid of some of your best hosts (Joy, Alex and Katie Phang to name a few to pleased the orange King (DEI) or whatever your reasons were. SO 😢 As of today I will only watch Nicole & Lawrence (since Rachel is gone).
Note: Can't believe they gave Katy Tur a 2 hour show. She should have been let go.
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I miss Joy Reid's show. She was awesome. She gave you the facts. That's probably why someone mentioned you are a Trump supporter. Trump and his network do not give you the facts.
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Not happy at all with host changes! Like the new ones to major hours but not for the new time slot. Lawrence O'Donell & Stephanie Rhul & Chris Hayes & Ari!!!!!???? where are you!?
No no no not happy here!!!
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Why are they giving some hosts 2 and 3 hour slots while axing some of their best most cutting edge anchors like Reid and Phang?!
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MSNBC (per Ms. Cutler) will not much interest me now. Bad enough to have Ana Cabrera babble for one hour, but no thanks for two. Jen Psaki is great - both intelligent and articulate. You blew the afternoon with Katie Cur. Just checking put her on the today show selling gossip. Ditz. Ditz. Ditz. No Nicole Wallace --- to intelligent or too articulate or too honest??? Much of this schedule will make the current administration very happy. Oh, well.
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MSNBC, it must be pretty bad for a Network, for ppl to be searching online to WTF is happening to their favorite programs. Most ppl don't leave comments. Especially, since MSNBC doesn't give a reason. Only reason one can conclude is that the the network’s president, Rebecca Kutler is a real idiot.
I know 1 thing 4 sure...MSNBC will be losing a tremendous amount of viewers. It already came down to just watching Maddow & Lawrence, Katie Phang, Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend after Reid left. Line up is awful, with untalented hosts. 2 hour shows are just a repeat of the 1st hour. Will NOT keep the viewers attention. Weekends...will stop watching all together.
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Jim Acosta has gone to SUBSTACK.(BTW). SUBSTACK APP is really terrific and a lot of those folks we know are on there. You can read or listen to them nd almost lol are video. I hardly watch either MSNBC or CNN unless I want to see something/someone specific. Charlie Sykes, Joe Walsh, Paul Krugman (The Economist), Robert Reich, and lots more you can search.
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I understand Katy Tur has a very rare cancer, how is she and what will happen to her 2 hour slot?
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Is the new head of MSNBC a tRump toadie? She sure behaves like one!
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