MS NOW Shocker: Network Reveals Major Overhaul of Daily Schedule
What To Know
- MS NOW president Rebecca Kutler announced major lineup changes for the network.
- Many anchors are shifting their schedules and hosting during new time slots throughout the day.
- Ana Cabrera will be leaving the network after previously anchoring from 10a/9c to 12/11c.
Changes are coming to MS NOW. Rebecca Kutler, the network’s president, announced on March 18 that there will be major scheduling and lineup changes coming in 2026.
While most staff members are just shifting their time slots in the MS NOW schedule, Ana Cabrera is leaving the network. She previously anchored the 10a/9c to 12/11c time slot.
Stephanie Ruhle will no longer be hosting The 11th Hour at 11/10c. Instead, she will have a new morning show that airs from 9a/8c to 11a/10c. Ali Velshi will be taking over Ruhle’s late-night slot, and her new program will report on money and politics in the morning. This means he will no longer be anchoring his weekend 10a/11c to 1/12c program, and that slot will be taken over by Jacob Soboroff.
With Ruhle taking on the 9a/8c slot, Morning Joe will lose an hour of its program, returning to a three-hour format from 6a/5c to 9a/8c. After previously co-anchoring the 9a/8c slot on Morning Joe, Joe Lemire will now work during the 8a/7c hour instead.
The 12/11c to 2/1c slot will now be filled by Alicia Menendez, who will be leaving her position at The Weeknight and launching a new show in the afternoons, replacing Chris Jansing. Jansing will serve as MS NOW’s chief political reporter amid the 2026 midterm elections.
Former The Weeknight fill-in Luke Russert will be joining Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele full-time in the 7/6c hour. Chris Hayes will also return to anchor at 8/7c on Mondays, which means The Weeknight will no longer air its additional hour at the beginning of the week.
A new anchor for the 11a/10c to 12/11c time slot is expected to be announced at a later date.
“As part of these programming changes, team members will have the opportunity to shift into new roles to support new priorities,” Kutler said in her memo to staffers. “In most cases, comparable opportunities will be available to employees as these changes take shape. Overall, we expect to have more people working at MS NOW by the end of 2026 than we do today.”
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Jonathon Lemire should take over hosting all of Morning Joe. Then we could listen to the opinions and thoughts of the guests.
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Love they moved Stephanie to the mornings!
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I love Ali but you should have brought Alex Wagner back, she's awesome and from MSNBC originally
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Katy Tur? There was no mention of her. Excited for Ali Velshi!
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Love Ali. never miss him on weekend.
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It sounds like Katy and Nicole are staying in their same time slots. I love Ali and will be able to watch him more at night. I feel sorry for Chris Jansing, I much prefer her to Alicia.
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I hope they can her.
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Because they only announced changes. That means she's still anchoring the 2-4pm slot.
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Other outlets have reported no changes to the afternoon slots of Katy Tur, Nicolle Wallace, and Ari Melber.
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Overall, I’m in favor of all of this. I really like Jacob Soboroff a lot. I I will enjoy watching Velshi at night and Alicia Menendez is exceptional and I like her ahead of Katie Tur. Stephanie is real good about the economy. I think these changes are pretty positive. I’m just hoping Alicia‘s replacement will work out.
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What about Nicole?? She is one of the best that MS NOW has.
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Joe Lemire will now work during the 8a/7c hour instead. It's Jonathan.
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Zakly
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Rachel Maddie still on Monday? Lawrence O’ still on ?
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Apparently, if they didn't announce a change, then the anchor of a particular hour(s) will remain in that time slot.
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I wish Joy Reid would return
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I wish they would bring back Reid . I miss her
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Have not watched "Traitor Joe" since he and his wife/co-host went to Florida to kiss the ass of the man who basically accused him of murder!
Plus, Rachel only on one night and week? Would rather have you bring back Countdown w/KO.
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hmm. too many changes yet again. I love Ana, Chris & Katy during the days. Very good anchors. Hate to loose them but I do love Steph as well. What I don't like is losing Ali on my Sat mornings. I learn so much from his shows every Sat morning. I'm not sure what Jacob's new show will be like. I'm glad that the change over to MS Now has had good ratings & an increase in the ratings. I don't watch any other news other than MS Now other than local news here & there. I like the honest & no bars held news. I dunno. hmm 🙁
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It sounds great, I will miss Chris Jansing and Velshi on weekends. I am not awake at the 11 pm time slot for Ali and he is my all time fave!!
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New Anchor Gabe Gutierrez Joins MS NOW To Anchor an 11am Show?
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Miss weekends prime on the weekends, especially Ayman and Antonia! After 6pm is just junk and repeats. Nothing good all night.
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I STILL miss Keith, regardless of his mercurial temperment.
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Is Jen Psaki going to be in the lineup?
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Love Stephanie at 11PM - nice way to end day. I work so watching her between 9-11 is a no good for me . 😒
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No mention of Ari Melber either?
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Don't like Menendez. They need to get rid of Symore-Townsend also.
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Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT
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troll elsewhere
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