Huge modifications are coming to MSNBC as beforehand hinted over the previous weekend when it was reported that Pleasure Reid and Alex Wagner had been shedding their weeknight timeslots.
So, what does MSNBC’s night-time lineup seem like? Rachel Maddow will return to her one-day-per-week schedule starting in April, with Jen Psaki taking up the 9/8c, timeslot on Tuesdays via Fridays. In the meantime, The Weekend hosts Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend will transfer to the 7/6c, hour, whereas internet hosting a two-hour slot on Mondays starting on the similar time.
Pleasure Reid is formally leaving the channel, opening her 7/6c timeslot, which shall be crammed by rotating hosts till the upcoming lineup kicks on this April. In the meantime, Alex Wagner will keep at MSNBC as a senior political analyst, after beforehand helming the 9/8c slot Tuesdays via Fridays.
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In response to The Hollywood Reporter, the modifications had been unveiled in a memo to workers members at MSNBC by the community’s president, Rebecca Kutler. Within the be aware to workers, Kutler wrote, “I had hoped to share this with all of you immediately and perceive the frustration that you just first realized about this over the weekend and never from me.”
Moreover, The Weekend will introduce a brand new set of co-hosts for this system with Jonathan Capehart overlaying mornings, Ayman Mohyeldin co-hosting evenings, and a 3rd anchor who has but to be revealed. In the meantime, Ali Velshi can be increasing his weekend present to 3 hours.
MSNBC will consolidate its productions to New York and Washington D.C., with José Díaz-Balart Reviews and The Katie Phang Present shuttering manufacturing in Miami. Díaz-Balart will proceed to work as a weekend anchor for NBC Nightly Information, whereas Phang will stay with MSNBC as a authorized correspondent.
On the daytime facet of issues, Ana Cabrera is increasing by an hour and can anchor weekday Ana Cabrera Reviews from 10 a.m. to midday ET, and Chris Jansing is shifting to anchor Chris Jansing Reviews from 12/11c to 2/1c, with Katy Tur Reviews filling the two-hour slot starting at 2/1c.