MSNBC Shake-Up Continues as Catherine Rampell Joins Weekend Lineup
MSNBC is fleshing out its new lineup for weekend programming. as a familiar face to CNN viewers, Catherine Rampell, is joining the network. She will serve as a cohost on MSNBC‘s The Weekend on the evening roundtable program alongside Ayman Moyehldin, and a third, yet-to-be-named anchor.
Rampell, who is set to join the program in the spring, is a Washington Post opinion columnist and regularly appears on CNN as an economics and politics commentator, as well as other news programs.
Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez currently host the weekend program. However, they are moving to the 7 o’clock hour on weekdays, according to Variety. They are replacing Joy Reid, who has hosted the show since 2020.
Jonathan Capehart, Jackie Alemany, and Eugene Daniels will host a morning version of the weekend show. Alemany was announced as the Washington correspondent and cohost of The Weekend on March 4. Joe Scarborough announced the news on that day’s episode of Morning Joe.
“I mentioned this before, but you and Mika [Brzezinski] were the first people to book me on cable news in 2018 when I joined The Washington Post,” Alemany told Scarborough. “So this really feels like a full circle, round trip ticket moment.”
According to Deadline, Alemany will begin her hosting duties on The Weekend in the coming months and will start as a correspondent this month. She has also worked for The Washington Post‘s White House team and covered congressional investigations.
Rampell is known for covering politics and economics, as well as the inner workings of the government. The anchor also worked for PBS NewsHour, where she focused on economic and business issues. Before joining The Washington Post, she worked as an economics journalist, theater critic, and blogger for The New York Times.
The new cohost grew up in South Florida and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Princeton University. She is married to Christopher Conlon, who is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University and an Associate Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
These latest hires come under network president Rebecca Kutler, who got the position in February 2025. Last month, MSNBC parted ways with long-time anchor Joy Reid, removed Alex Wagner from her nightly prime-time slot, and dropped Katie Phang from her weekend slot. However, Phang and Wagner will both remain with the network- Wagner as a senior political analyst and Phang as a legal correspondent.
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Well I guess they lost a viewer. And I believe that Trump is behind it. Trump is having trouble with MSNBC anyhow. So the new producer is bending to Trump. But that is my opinion. I wouldn't put it past Trump to do this.
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They should have never dropped Alex Wagner from her slot.
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When are they axing Joe and Mika?
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i gave up on msnbc and cnn long ago.ap is a lot better.
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What I think is MSNBC doesn't have one black female in prime time now. This round table of 3 people to a show is a losing proposition, I predict. If you think the 3 person line up of S.S., A.M., and M.S., will work in Joy's time slot. Let's see. Meanwhile it's clear that the cable channel, not just Mika and Joe have bended the knee.
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They will have a black female in prime time when the replacements for Joy begin their new show — Simone Sanders. They will also have a black man, Michael Steele, as well as a Cuban-American woman, Alicia Menendez. They are all really anti-Trump which makes me wonder why MSNBC axed Joy.
I understand why people are so mad about Joe and Mika visiting Trump but they have not been going easy on him since then. They are harshly critical of what he has been doing and are not pulling their punches even a little bit. Although I do find some things/guests really annoying I deeply appreciate the fact that the show regularly gives accurate economic news and has been doing so for a long time. In the months before the election Morning Joe was the only mainstream media outlet I found that repeatedly explained just how strong the economy under Biden was. The regular segments with Steve Rattner and his charts were easy to understand. During those month most of the mainstream “liberal” media was busy burying all the news about the strength of the economy while hyping stories about inflation. As a result voters were badly misinformed about the economy. Post election polls showed a strong majority of those swing voters who went for Trump said they did so because they believed — wrongly — that the economy was bad. The media lied but Morning Joe didn’t.
https://cepr.net/publications/media-lied-about-pre-election-economy/
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Well now we see why Joe & Mika ran down to Mar a Lago to kiss the Trump ring. They must've seen what was coming with the new network boss.
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I feel the same .
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Rampell may (?) be brilliant, but her voice is so irritating--like chalk scraping against a blackboard. Really miss Ayman's solo show
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I guess because she had to get into this pod cast thing,,,sorry 2 l's in nicolle
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used to really like Nicole,,but,,but,,but
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msnbc is going down,,,quit kissing rachel's ass,,,Chris and Lawrence are the best!!!!!!!!!!
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30 million annually for Rachel Maddow --Why?
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Morning Joe is a 4 hour popular morning show. It is not being axed anytime soon.
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You need mental health help in the worse way.
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Well I can still watch and read Joy in Substack plus she can curse. I do like Catherine so I might tune when I can
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MSNBC is destroying itself, it is not about Trump is behind it. It is the news they propagates. You cannot be against everything even a good things. People see and they are not robots.
Watching MSNBS, is depressing, you can get sick from it.
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I get sick when I read views like this. MSNBC only reports fact based news. They have excelled journalist…..
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Imagine being an adult and having another adult live rent free in their heads!! Smh......
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No Fox is just fine. They tell the Truth backed by facts.
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When we saw that Lib Dems wouldn’t even stand to applaud a little boy with cancer at the President’s ( President Trump) address to Congress. That showed clearly how cold and ruthless these people Really are. Liberal Media is just a reflection of that mentality. And they wouldn’t know Truth and Facts if they tripped over it !! To them total TDS is truth and facts. And you are So right most Americans are sick of it.
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Most all these mainstream news outlets with the exception of Fox are on🔥 and burning down !! So great to see !! 🤣🤣🙄
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Look, if you can't see forest because the trees are in the way maybe you should take a look at yourself in the mirror. It should be base on the facts, truth, and balanced. If you are actually basing your opinions on hate. Really, voting on or not voting for someone that you hate or like instead of believing in the policy's that fit you, family and country🤥. Hate speech should not be tolerated by any fake journalist or talk show liar! Example Joe Scarborough! Really, how on earth did he ever get on public TV. Blatant lies and misleading the public. MSNBC is nothing but a propaganda media outlet. Like Hitler had. He should be fired!! not let go. What a disgrace and as far as MSNBC it will never be looked at as viable news source. 🤥
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What about The whole FOX NETWORK
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All 12 viewers must be thrilled
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