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Jen Psaki, 46, who made a name for herself serving as the press secretary of former President Joe Biden, has maintained an average of 971,000 viewers since The Briefing with Jen Psaki debuted on MSNBC last month. Now, the network has seen ratings plunge nearly 50% in the pivotal 9 p.m. slot since Psaki took over full-time hosting duties from Rachel Maddow and Alex Wagner.

The drop-off is even more pronounced in the critical demographic of ages 24-54 where Psaki drew just 78,000 viewers. This is a 52% decline compared to the 161,000 viewers that Maddow and Wagner drew from the same demographic this year.

Maddow recently said Psaki is “much better” at the job than she is.

MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler made the changes aimed at injecting new energy into prime time and broadening its appeal. Kutler cancelled Joy Reid‘s program, The ReidOut, which averaged 955,000 viewers during its final month compared to the 772,000 average of the replacement program,...

As the line between a conversational podcast and a TV segment blurs rapidly, MSNBC is stocking up on original audio shows — 18 and counting — as the progressive news brand pivots its business beyond its cable news roots.

The latest bet: The Best People, billed as the first podcast from Nicolle Wallace, the network stalwart who has hosted Deadline: White House since joining MSNBC in 2017 from ABC’s The View and who has held roles in the Bush administration and as an advisor to the late John McCain.

The podcast will be an interview format with notable figures — Jason Bateman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeff Daniels and NBA coach Doc Rivers are among the first round of guests — cutting across the entertainment, sports and political landscape. The series, which launches June 2, is part of the network’s efforts to bring on-air linear TV talent to other platforms.

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Fox News continued to show robust ratings growth for the month of May, again dominating its cable news rivals MSNBC and CNN, which have seen year-over-year declines.

The past month saw the debut of MSNBC’s new nighttime lineup, with The Weeknight taking the 7 p.m. Et slot, Rachel Maddow returning to one night a week at 9 p.m. Et and Jen Psaki filling that time period Tuesday to Thursday.

But the new shows are not reversing the trendlines vs. 2024. While MSNBC has recovered some audience since a post-election fall off, the network, like CNN, has seen double-digit drops from a year ago. The caveat is that last year was a presidential election year, when networks typically see an increase in viewership.

In primetime, Fox News averaged 2.46 million viewers, up 23%, while MSNBC posted 877,000, down 24%, and CNN averaged 426,000, down 18%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 262,000, up 32%, compared to CNN...

On April 22, Bill Owens, only the third executive producer of “60 Minutes” in its 57-year history, abruptly resigned from his position, citing editorial interference from management at CBS. And now, the news magazine itself has aired a stinging rebuke of that interference, delivered on-air by host Scott Pelley as the closing segment of its April 27 broadcast.

The network’s parent company, Paramount, has been trying to clear the way with the Trump administration’s Department of Justice for its Skydance merger. Following Trump’s lawsuit against “60 Minutes” for what the now-President and his attorneys had suggested, with little basis, was a flattering edit to a 2024 interview with his opponent Kamala Harris, Paramount appears to have become worried it might not be smooth sailing for the merger after all.

Therefore, in January, CBS introduced a new layer of management to add extra supervision in vetting stories across CBS News’ portfolio of shows.

MSNBC has unveiled its first major changes since Rebecca Kutler took over as president, with the network’s new lineup featuring two new weeknight primetime shows and expansions for weekday and weekend programming. The network’s new nighttime lineup begins the week of May 5 and will see the debut of The Weeknight, a new show featuring hosts Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez. The show will air from 7 to 9 pm on Mondays and 7 to 8 pm on Tuesdays through Fridays. You can watch a promo for The Weeknight below. Then, on May 6, The Briefing with Jen Psaki will make its debut, with episodes airing Tuesdays through Fridays at 9 pm. This is the show that will air once Rachel Maddow returns to Monday nights only; Maddow returned to five nights a week for the first 100 days of President Donald Trump‘s second term in the White House. The Briefing with...

MSNBC’s new nighttime lineup will debut the week of May 5, with the 7 p.m. Et show The Weeknight starting that evening and Jen Psaki’s 9 p.m. Et show The Briefing launching the following night.

The schedule also marks the end of Rachel Maddow’s return to a five-night-a-week schedule, as she has been doing for the first 100 days of the Trump administration. She’s announced a series of personal appearances in May for her book, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism.

The Weeknight will feature Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez, the trio who have hosted the network’s Saturday and Sunday morning show The Weekend. At 7 p.m., it replaces ReidOut, which was canceled earlier this year and whose host, Joy Reid, left the network. The Weeknight will run for two hours on Monday and for an hour the rest of the week.

With Maddow returning to a one-night-a-week schedule,...

Before you start watching The Mole, you should know that the entire series is based on lies. A dozen strangers are competing to earn money in a jackpot that only one of them will take home — and one of them is actively working to sabotage the rest.

The reality competition, hosted by Alex Wagner, was broadcast originally in the US in 2001 before heading to Netflix 21 years later for a rebooted version. Now, 12 new players compete in physical and mental challenges in order to add money to their pot of prize money — only one of them is a traitor. The rest must uncover which of their peers is actually sabotaging them from the inside — and which are trying to cast suspicion on themselves in order to steer people in the wrong direction and take the jackpot for themselves.

The three-week event begins Oct. 7 on...

Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell is joining MSNBC as a co-host of the “The Weekend,” where she will sit alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and another to-be-named co-host in the evenings. Rampell, a frequent guest on various MSNBC shows, made the announcement on Tuesday morning while appearing on “Ana Cabrera Reports.”

An exact date for Rampell’s first “The Weekend” show, which airs from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Et on Saturdays and Sundays, is not set just yet, but a person with knowledge of her hiring said she will start this spring.

Rampell, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University, is known for her work covering economics, politics and public policy, with an emphasis on data-driven stories. Prior to the Post, she worked at The New York Times, where she covered economics and theater. In 2021, she received the Online Journalism Award for Commentary.

Her hiring is the latest...

Catherine Rampell, a Washington Post opinion columnist who has been a regular presence on CNN and other news programs, will join MSNBC a a co-host of its evening “Weekend” roundtable program, the latest new hire under network president Rebecca Kutler.

She will serve as a co-host of a show on which MSNBC is placing more emphasis. The current trio hosting the program — Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez — are moving to the network’s 7 p.m. hour. A new trio of Jonathan Capehart, Jackie Alemany and Eugene Daniels are taking over a morning version of the show. Rampell will co-host with Ayman Moyehldin and a third colleague to be named later.

She is expected to join MSNBC in the Spring.

Rampell, who is known for reporting on politics and economics, often dives into the inner workings of government, and has toured the Internal Revenue Service and interviewed Federal Reserve...

MSNBC continued to fill out its new talent line-up on Tuesday, officially welcoming The Washington Post’s Jackie Alemany to the staff as both Washington Correspondent and co-host of “The Weekend.”

Joe Scarborough announced the news on “Morning Joe,” confirming she’ll co-host the Saturday and Sunday shows alongside Jonathan Capehart and fellow new hire Eugene Daniels. Additionally, Ayman Mohyeldin will be leading the evening edition of “The Weekend” with two hosts still to be named.

“I brought this up before, but you and Mika [Brzezinski] were the first people to book me on cable news in 2018 when I joined The Washington Post. So this really feels like a full circle, round trip ticket moment,” Alemany told the panel. “You guys have been such a champion of Washington Post journalism, too, and I’m so excited and very grateful.”

“Mika has been my fairy godmother,” she added.

“We’re very excited,...

MSNBC is, like other cable-news mainstays, giving roundtable shows a harder spin.

Jackie Alemany, who has logged stints covering politics at both CBS News and The Washington Post, will move to MSNBC, where she will serve as co-host of one of its “The Weekend” panel programs and as a Washington correspondent. Alemany will anchor a morning version of “The Weekend” alongside Jonathan Capehart, who has worked Saturdays and Sundays for MSNBC for the past few years, and Eugene Daniels, the Politico correspondent whose move to MSNBC was confirmed Monday.

The new host unveiled her new role Tuesday on “Morning Joe.”

“Jackie has built a reputation of accountability journalism covering the nation’s capital from both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue,” said Rebecca Kutler, MSNBC’s president, in a statement. “Her addition as a co-host of ‘The Weekend’ in the mornings, alongside Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Capehart, solidifies this trio as a...

MSNBC has officially found its new Senior Washington Correspondent in Eugene Daniels, a Politico alum who has appeared on the network multiple times. Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough welcomed the latest addition on “Morning Joe” on Monday.

“Thank you. You guys put me on TV all the time, so now they just stuck me there. So this is all your fault,” Daniels said of his full-time gig, to which Brzezinski responded, “We’ll take it.”

Daniels isn’t joking about being on TV often. In the past year alone, he appeared on MSNBC more than 100 times and has guest-hosted programs for the network, including “The Weekend.” He first joined the channel in 2021 and previously worked as a Senior Political Analyst.

As well as serving as MSNBC’s Washington correspondent, Daniels will also be a co-host of “The Weekend” on Saturdays and Sundays from 7 to 10 a.m. Et. He will host...

The Writers Guild of America East has denounced a series of “mass layoffs” at MSNBC, where it says 99 of its members are set to be cut amid an ongoing shakeup at the network.

The union says staffers from “at least nine different shows” will be affected by what it calls “the slow, painful trickle of announcements regarding a near-total overhaul of the network’s broadcast line-up.”

Earlier this week, MSNBC confirmed plans to completely change its daytime, primetime and weekend lineup. Per the guild, the affected staffers worked on The ReidOut, Alex Wagner Tonight, The Weekend, Andrea Mitchell Reports, Ayman Mohyeldin Reports, Weekends with Jonathan Capehart, The Katie Phang Show, Jose Diaz-Balart Reports and Inside with Jen Psaki.

“Although the company has acknowledged that there are plenty of job openings at MSNBC, it has cruelly insisted that the workers slated for layoff must reapply for their jobs to remain employed,...

Update: On March 6, MSNBC announced plans to hire more than 100 journalists under newly hired SVP of newsgathering Scott Matthews, a veteran of CNBC and Wabc’s local news division.

Earlier:

Amid a broad reshuffle of its programming lineup, MSNBC is initiating “mass layoffs” of 99 employees who are members of the WGA East, the union said Tuesday.

Over the past two days, according to WGA East, “we learned that MSNBC is starting mass layoffs of 99 of our union colleagues from at least nine different shows. This devastating news comes after the slow, painful trickle of announcements regarding a near-total overhaul of the network’s broadcast lineup.”

Among other changes, Comcast-owned MSNBC is removing Joy Reid and Alex Wagner from its primetime lineup. Meanwhile, Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who joined MSNBC in 2023, is moving into the network’s 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday.

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ShaVi Lewis, who competed in season 18 of Project Runway, has died at the age of 38. Though a cause of death has not been disclosed, Lewis passed on Feb. 24, according to a statement from his family.

“My fabulous, talented nephew, Sha’Vi Lewis, is gone from this place,” Lewis’ aunt Deidra DivaDoll Elkerson wrote in a Facebook post. “I won’t hear his greetings to me anymore, ‘Hey Auntie Diva’ (yes, I am shouting). Please keep his mother, Joyce Solomon-Frierson, his father, Franklin Frierson, his brother, Troy Solomon Frierson, and his sister, Akira Frierson Wood, in your prayers.”

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As MSNBC continues to make major structural changes to its lineup, members of the union representing the cable network’s writers and producers say that 99 of their number are slated for cuts.

The Writers Guild of America East’s bargaining unit at MSNBC decried the “mass layoffs” on “at least nine different shows” in a statement on Tuesday. According to the guild, those shows include The ReidOut, Alex Wagner Tonight, The Weekend, Andrea Mitchell Reports, Ayman Mohyeldin Reports, Weekends with Jonathan Capehart, The Katie Phang Show, José Díaz-Balart Reports and Inside with Jen Psaki.

“This devastating news comes after the slow, painful trickle of announcements regarding a near-total overhaul of the network’s broadcast line-up,” the group wrote.

The bargaining unit additionally alleged that the company has told employees who have been targeted for layoffs that they can reapply for their jobs, given that many roles are open or are...

The Writers Guild of America East responded to what it called “mass layoffs” at MSNBC Tuesday, slamming the “devastating” move at the liberal news network as an irresponsible decision while democracy is “under attack” by the Trump Administration.

“News of layoffs comes against the backdrop of the President of the United States making direct threats against MSNBC, among other news outlets, and at a time when it has never been more crucial to have a fully staffed newsroom to cover a democracy under attack,” a statement from the union obtained by TheWrap said.

The union said that layoffs of 99 staffers across nine different shows began rolling out this week — as seen in part by the Monday shuttering of such programs as “TheReidOut” with Joy Reid and “The Katie Phang Show” with Katie Phang. Anchor Alex Wagner was also replaced during the 9 p.m. spot Tuesday-Friday, though will remain with the network as a correspondent.

The Writers Guild of America East responded to what it called “mass layoffs” at MSNBC Tuesday, slamming the “devastating” move at the liberal news network as an irresponsible decision while democracy is “under attack” by the Trump Administration.

“News of layoffs comes against the backdrop of the President of the United States making direct threats against MSNBC, among other news outlets, and at a time when it has never been more crucial to have a fully staffed newsroom to cover a democracy under attack,” a statement from the union obtained by TheWrap said.

The union said that layoffs of 99 staffers across nine different shows began rolling out this week — as seen in part by the Monday shuttering of such programs as “TheReidOut” with Joy Reid and “The Katie Phang Show” with Katie Phang. Anchor Alex Wagner was also replaced during the 9 p.m. spot Tuesday-Friday, though will remain with the network as a correspondent.

Longtime liberal MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow has slammed her own network for the cancellation of former fellow anchor Joy Reid’s show, The ReidOut.

Following reports over the weekend that Reid had been fired, it was officially announced on Monday that Reid, who is the only African American woman ever to have her own show in primetime on the network, will no longer be hosting on MSNBC.

Reid was fired by MSNBC’s new president Rebecca Kutler, who has promised a new era for the network under her supervision. The characteristically liberal network has already canceled several shows hosted by people of color, including Katie Phang and Alex Wagner.

Reid was given a farewell episode on Monday night, featuring Maddow, among other hosts. Maddow described herself as “bereft that The ReidOut is ending.” In Maddow’s own show, which took place roughly 90 minutes later, she took advantage of her platform...

Keith Olbermann, who dominated MSNBC as the host of “Countdown” from 2003 to 2011, railed against the network (via The Daily Beast) after it cut ties with hosts Joy Reid, Alex Wagner, Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart and Ayman Mohyeldin. He posted on X: “An MSNBC purge so brutally racist it makes you think it was done by Musk.”

“They didn’t even try to hide the racism by firing an unnecessary white anchor like [Katy] Tur or [Stephanie] Ruhle as cover,” he added.

On his “Countdown” podcast, Olbermann continued to address the matter by saying: “When the company is in trouble, when a dollar might not be earned, you won’t hear crap out of [Rachel] Maddow or [Lawrence] O’Donnell, or [Chris] Hayes, or [Symone] Sanders, [Michael] Steele, or [Alicia] Menendez, or Jen Psaki. I will profusely apologize to anybody at MSNBC who stands up in defense of Joy Reid and says, ‘This stinks. This makes us white. This...

Joy Reid’s sudden exit from MSNBC continues to draw fiery responses from current and former television news personalities. Don Lemon recently took to Instagram (via The Daily Beast) to slam Megyn Kelly, who celebrated Reid’s departure by calling Reid the “absolute worst person on television.”

“Let me just say this to Megyn Kelly,” Lemon said in a direct-to-camera address. “In my 30-some years as a journalist and my 50-some years as a person of color: Go fuck yourself, okay?”

Lemon went on to slam Kelly as a “troll” and a “racist” and rebuke her claim that Reid had a habit of going after white woman on her show and “mocking white women’s tears.”

“No, the worst person on television was fired from NBC and the ‘Today’ show a few years ago, and that’s Megyn Kelly!” Lemon fired back. “That’s the worst person who’s not on television anymore.

Longtime MSNBC host Rachel Maddow sounded off during a Monday night broadcast of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on the network’s major line-up changes, which saw the exit of anchor Joy Reid.

“Joy Reid’s show, ‘The ReidOut,’ ended tonight. And Joy is not taking a different job in the network. She is leaving the network altogether and that is very, very, very hard to take,” Maddow said. “I am 51 years old. I have been gainfully employed since I was 12. I have had so many different types of jobs you wouldn’t believe me if I told you. But in all the jobs that I have had, in all of the years I have been alive, there is no colleague for whom I’ve had more affection and more respect than Joy Reid. I love everything about her. I’ve learned so much from her. I have so much more to learn from her.

Rachel Maddow on Monday criticized MSNBC for its cancellation of Joy Reid’s show, telling viewers that it was a “bad mistake” that her network bosses let her go.

Maddow, the top-rated personality at MSNBC, also noted that the network was dropping the two non-white anchors in primetime, with Alex Wagner also losing her show in addition to Reid.

“In all of the jobs I have had in all of the years I have been alive, there is no colleague for whom I have had more affection and more respect that Joy Reid,” Maddow told viewers. “I love everything about her. I have learned so much from her. … I do not want to lose her as a colleague here at MSNBC, and personally, I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door. It is not my call and I understand that. But that’s what I think.

Joy Reid’s time at MSNBC may be over, but she’s not done fighting.

In her final broadcast as host of The ReidOut on Monday, the political commentator spent the hour talking with guests like Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace about “how to resist a crisis of democracy” — a pointed topic in light on President Donald Trump’s new administration. In the episode’s final minutes, Reid chose not to make a big personal statement, instead taking the time to pay tribute to the show’s off-camera staff and crew along with her viewers, aka “the Reiders.”

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Donald Trump attacked longtime MSNBC anchor Joy Reid, mocking her for losing her show on Sunday. Reid has hosted shows on MSNBC since 2011, including her show The ReidOut, which has aired at 7:00 p.m. Et since 2020.

On Sunday, The ReidOut was canceled by the network, which is known for providing liberal-leaning political commentary. New network president Rebecca Kutler is seeking to shake up the lineup after a ratings slide in recent months.

Last Sunday, Trump posted on TruthSocial, “Lowlife Chairman of ‘Concast,’ Brian Roberts, the owner of Ratings Challenged NBC and Msdnc, has finally gotten the nerve up to fire one of the least talented people in television.”

He continued, “Based on her ratings, which were virtually non-existent, she should have been ‘canned’ long ago, along with everyone else who works there.” He added that she is a “mentally obnoxious racist.”

Over the years, Reid has called Trump out multiple times for his behavior.

Meaghan Rath has found a techy new role.

The Hawaii Five-0 vet has joined AMC and AMC+’s untitled Silicon Valley series, starring Billy Magnussen (Made for Love) and Sarah Goldberg (Barry), our sister site Deadline reports.

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Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary, is officially taking over MSNBC’s primetime 9 pm slot between Tuesday and Friday, reports our sister site Variety. (TVLine has reached out to the network for comment and confirmation.)

Rachel Maddow, who is currently anchoring 9 pm five days a week during the early days of the Trump administration, will soon return to hosting Mondays only. When that change is made, Psaki’s show, Inside With Jen Psaki, will begin its new schedule.

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John Lawlor, known for his roles in the sitcoms Phyllis and The Facts of Life, has died at the age of 83.

Lawlor died on Feb. 13 at a veterans’ hospice facility in Albuquerque, N.M., with his daughter Riel by his side, per an obituary posted by his family. A cause of death was not disclosed.

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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. Valerie Terranova / Getty Images for Prime Video According to The Hollywood Reporter, the changes...

MSNBC has confirmed the shakeup that was reported over the weekend: Joy Reid, host of The ReidOut since 2020, will be exiting the network after her show was canceled. In addition, Alex Wagner is being replaced as another primetime host.

Jen Psaki will be taking over Alex‘s primetime spot from Tuesday to Friday 9 p.m. Et starting in the Spring, Deadline reports.

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In addition, The Weekend anchors Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez will be taking over Joy‘s 7pm hour. That hour will be filled by guest hosts until the new show is up and running.

Joy‘s last day will be this week, and she has not commented on the exit at this time.

TV news has seen huge changes this year with several major TV anchors exiting their roles or being fired.

Lester Holt’s announcement that he’s soon leaving his position as anchor at “NBC Nightly News” is only the latest in a wave of departures. And it comes at a moment when the national TV news media needs all the help it can get.

Holt, renowned for his ability to anchor over long periods of time during breaking news situations, said in his announcement that he plans to devote his energies to the newsmagazine “Dateline” moving forward. But his departure from the 30-minute nightly telecast that — still — draws millions of pairs of eyeballs is the latest iteration of a trend. Before Holt, there was Chuck Todd, who outright left NBC News earlier this year after exiting the moderator chair at “Meet the Press” in 2023; Hoda Kotb, who left “Today” in January; and Norah O’Donnell, whose final broadcast of “CBS Evening News” aired last month as well. All of this...

MSNBC confirmed plans to overhaul its daytime, primetime and weekend lineup, with Jen Psaki and the three anchors of The Weekend — Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez — getting primetime shows.

Psaki will anchor the Tuesday to Friday 9 p.m. Et primetime hour starting in the spring, when Rachel Maddow returns to a once-a-week Monday schedule. Psaki will succeed Alex Wagner, who will continue at the network as senior political analyst.

The changes were outlined in a memo to staffers from MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler.

MSNBC is canceling Joy Reid’s 7 p.m. Et show ReidOut and she will leave the network this week. Townsend, Menendez and Steele will co-host a weeknight show in that time slot, including a two-hour edition on Mondays. A rotating series of anchors will fill in until the new show is launched.

The network also is making plans for replacements to The Weekend trio.

MSNBC unveiled its new lineup on Monday, with former Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki seeing her show expand to several nights during the week and outgoing anchor Joy Reid being replaced by a new program.

The changes are being spearheaded by recently-appointed MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler, who is betting on names that are well-liked in Democratic and left-leaning circles to help the cable channel continue its rebound from a post-election viewer exodus.

The big change is that Psaki’s show, “Inside with Jen Psaki,” will now air Tuesday-Friday at 9 p.m. Et. Veteran host Rachel Maddow will return following President Trump’s first 100 days in office to host the 9 p.m. hour on Mondays.

Psaki is replacing Alex Wagner, who has anchored Tuesday-Friday at 9 p.m. since 2022; Wagner will be staying with MSNBC as a senior political analyst.

And MSNBC confirmed it is replacing “The ReidOut” with a new show...

MSNBC is making its lineup overhaul official, elevating a handful of key talent to the evenings while also making substantial changes to its weekend and dayside hours.

The most notable changes were telegraphed over the weekend, and will see major changes to MSNBC’s evening and primetime lineups.

As expected, when Rachel Maddow returns to her one day per week schedule in April, Jen Psaki will take over the 9 p.m hour on Tuesdays-Fridays. And The Weekend hosts Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele and Symone Sanders-Townsend will shift to the 7 p.m. hour, while hosting a two hour show on Mondays from 7-9 p.m.

As part of the changes, MSNBC’s current 7 p.m. host Joy Reid will leave the channel, with rotating hosts filling in until the new lineup kicks in. Alex Wagner, who had been helming 9 p.m. on Tuesdays-Fridays, will stay with MSNBC as a senior political analyst.

Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who has become a favorite at MSNBC since joining in 2023, will get even more screen time in front of viewers in April when she takes over the network’s 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday.

The move is the latest to be unveiled from MSNBC under new leader Rebecca Kutler, who has wasted little time in tearing up the network’s schedule as it faces seismic pressures. MSNBC is grappling not only with the new Trump administration, to which many of its progressive anchors and analysts are directly opposed, but it also faces a big change in its business operations once it is, along with a group of other cable networks, spun off from Comcast in a transaction slated to be completed later this year.

While Rachel Maddow is anchoring 9 p.m. five days a week during the early part of the Trump administration,...

Donald Trump again raged against Comcast, threatening that the media giant should “pay vast sums of money” over its MSNBC programming.

Trump has long railed against Comcast, but his post on Truth Social late Sunday appeared to have been triggered by the news that MSNBC was dropping Joy Reid and Alex Wagner from its primetime lineup.

Trump directed much of his fire at Reid, a frequent critic, and wrote, “Based on her ratings, which were virtually non-existent, she should have been ‘canned’ long ago, along with everyone else who works there.”

Trump added, “Also thrown out was Alex Wagner, the sub on the seriously failing Rachel Maddow show. Rachel rarely shows up because she knows there’s nobody watching, and she also knows that she’s got less television persona than virtually anyone on television except, perhaps, Joy Reid.”

Trump then went on to rail against MSNBC personality Al Sharpton...

President Trump took sharp aim at Comcast, claiming that the media giant — because of MSNBC’s editorial content — should have to “pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done” to the U.S. Trump also railed against Comcast chief Brian Roberts, MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others in a post shared Sunday on social media.

In the post, Trump insulted Roberts as “Chairman of ‘Concast'” and a “lowlife.” The U.S. president also called Reid a “mentally obnoxious racist” who “should have been ‘canned’ long ago, along with everyone else who works” at MSNBC.

The trigger for Trump’s tirade was the news that Comcast-owned MSNBC is removing Reid and Alex Wagner from its primetime lineup.

“This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than an illegal arm of the Democrat Party,” Trump, referring to MSNBC, wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday night. “They should...

President Donald Trump took time out from signing executive orders and other White House business on Sunday night (February 23) to go on a social media tirade against Joy Reid and other MSNBC personalities. Trump’s rant came after news that MSNBC was canceling Reid’s show as part of a major shakeup at the network. It was reported by Variety on Sunday that Reid is expected to host the last episode of The ReidOut sometime this week, ending her show’s run of four and a half years. “Lowlife Chairman of “Concast,” Brian Roberts, the owner of Ratings Challenged NBC and Msdnc, has finally gotten the nerve up to fire one of the least talented people in television, the mentally obnoxious racist, Joy Reid,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Based on her ratings, which were virtually non-existent, she should have been “canned” long ago, along with everyone else who works there.

Joy Reid’s firing from MSNBC leaked to the press before her staff was notified, forcing network chief Rebecca Kutler to call an impromptu meeting filled with “pointed questions” and “raw emotions,” media journalist Oliver Darcy reported Sunday.

According to Darcy’s Status newsletter, staffers “expressed frustration and disbelief, outraged that they had learned of their show’s fate from reports in the press rather than from leadership. Others demanded answers about the reasoning behind the cancellation of ‘The ReidOut’ and what it meant for their futures at the network.”

They got their answer: “The meeting, which lasted nearly 30 minutes, featured pointed questions, raw emotions, and a discussion of the changes ahead” — including the revelation that the entire staff would be laid off, Darcy writes. Kutler said she hoped the staff would produce the 7 p.m. rotation until the changes take effect in April.

Status also reported that Kutler held...

News that Joy Reid will air her final episode of “The ReidOut” sparked reactions of disappointment and support across social media platforms Sunday afternoon.

“Everytime MSNBC has a ‘shakeup’ the Black woman solo led show is Always the first to go,” wrote Ambassador Digital Magazine editor-in-chief Musa Jackson on Threads. “Tamron Hall, Tiffany Cross, Zerlina Maxwell and now Joy Reid. Boycott MSNBC.”

Hall, who departed the network in 2017, also commented on Reid’s ousting. “Where there is Joy there is friendship and love,” she wrote on Threads. “@joyannreid is the core of a sisterhood where we see each other and rise together. Next Chapter. Love you Joy Reid @thereidout.”

I owe the television part of my career to Joy Reid, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her.

And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but...

The Joy Reid era at MSNBC is over. The liberal commentator, who will be leaving her 7 p.m. weeknight show amidst a larger shakeup, was perhaps the network’s toughest critic of Donald Trump, delivering blistering critiques of both the president and his voters. Reid seemed to welcome controversy in a way that made her built for a contentious moment; after last year’s election, for instance, she told Latino Republican voters that they “own everything” that will happen to their families under Trump. The author of three books about politics, Reid’s personal story as the child of immigrants raised in Brooklyn was inspiring, and her status as a relatively rare Black woman in cable news made her a magnet both for fandom and vitriol.

The MSNBC reorganization will also affect anchor Alex Wagner, downshifting to contributor. And it suggests a desire, on the part of the venerable left-leaning...

MSNBC is set to drop Joy Reid’s “The ReidOut,” which will air its final show on the network this week, TheWrap has learned. The cancellation is part of Rebecca Kutler’s vision for the network moving forward. Anchor Alex Wagner will also be replaced during the 9 p.m. spot Tuesday-Friday, but will remain with the network as a correspondent.

MSNBC will replace “The ReidOut” with a new show hosted by “The Weekend” anchors Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez in the 7 p.m. Et slot.

Kutler is expected to announce changes to the network across daytime, primetime and weekend programming. It is also expected that Jen Psaki will take over one of the primetime hour slots.

MSNBC representatives declined to comment on the incoming changes.

Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele and Symone Sanders Townsend (MSNBC)

An individual with knowledge said that the network’s changes don’t deter...

It’s anchors aweigh at MSNBC. Joy Reid and Alex Wagner are losing their weeknight primetime slots on the cable news channel, according to multiple reports. Reid is expected to host the last episode of The ReidOut sometime this week, ending her show’s run of four and a half years, Variety reports. In her stead in that 7/6c slot, The Weekend anchors Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez, and Michael Steele will host a program that will run for two hours on Monday and one hour on the other weeknights, with Menendez becoming the first Latina woman to host a primetime MSNBC news program, per Deadline. Variety also reports Wagner likely won’t return to her job hosting Alex Wagner Tonight Tuesdays through Fridays at 9/8c. Sources tell the outlet Wagner will be named a correspondent and that other MSNBC personalties will inherit her former time slot once Rachel Maddow goes...

MSNBC is shaking things up: Joy Reid and Alex Wagner will no longer lead their respective time slots, TVLine has confirmed.

As part of a large programming change at the network, Reid will be removed from her 7 pm slot where she currently hosts The ReidOut — which has been in the MSNBC lineup for five years. Her final episode of the show is being planned for sometime this week. The network will fill Reid’s slot with Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele; the trio currently hosts The Weekend, which airs Saturday and Sunday mornings.

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There’s a major shakeup happening over at MSNBC, and we have all the updates.

News anchor Joy Reid, who has hosted The ReidOut since 2020 on the news network, is apparently involved in one of the first major changes. Her 7pm weeknight show has reportedly been canceled and the timeslot will be overtaken by a show hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez.

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Joy is expected to stop hosting sometime this week.

Alex Wagner has hosted the 9pm timeslot on weeknights at the network, but that appears to be no longer as well. Alex is “expected to be named a contributor,” per Variety, but apparently unlikely to return as a host. Jen Psaki is being looked at as one possible replacement.

The news comes as Rebecca Kutler, who was formerly an executive with CNN, was named MSNBC’s new president.

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MSNBC is set to shake up its programming lineup across all dayparts in a dramatic reworking of the left-leaning cable news channel’s slate, multiple sources familiar with the changes confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.

Shows in primetime, dayside and the weekends will be impacted, with some notable cancelations, elevations, and new additions expected, one of the sources says. The moves will be an opening salvo from Rebecca Kutler, who was named MSNBC’s president earlier this month.

Among the expected changes are the cancelation of Joy Reid’s 7 p.m. show, which is likely to be replaced by a panel show featuring the co-hosts of MSNBC’s The Weekend morning program: Symone Sanders, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez.

And in primetime, Jen Psaki is expected to secure additional hours during the week. The former White House press secretary currently hosts Inside with Jen Psaki on Mondays at 8 p.m.

Joy Reid’s show will be dropped from MSNBC’s lineup as part of a series of changes expected to be announced this week.

The network is making plans to launch a show featuring The Weekend anchors Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez into the 7 p.m. Et slot, according to a source familiar with the matter. The show would run for two hours on Mondays and for one hour from Tuesday to Friday.

Reid has anchored The ReidOut since 2020, having been put in that time period following the departure of Chris Matthews. Her last show is expected to be this week.

Also expected are other changes, including plans for who will fill the rest of the 9 p.m. Et slot once Rachel Maddow returns to a once-a-week schedule this spring. She was brought back to a five-night-a-week schedule after Donald Trump’s inauguration, as the network looked...

MSNBC’s evening line-up may soon look quite different from what die-hard viewers have come to expect.

The NBCUniversal-backed cable network is expected to move the trio of Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele to its 7 p.m. weekday slot Tuesday through Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. The group on Mondays will lead two hours, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The move will have direct implications for Joy Reid, the anchor who currently fills 7 p.m. She is expected to host her last show on MSNBC this week.

What’s more, Alex Wagner, who has hosted weeknights at 9 p.m. save for a Monday night led by Rachel Maddow, is expected to be named a contributor, according to three people with knowledge of current talks. Wagner, who has been working as a correspondent across the U.S. during the first 100 days of the new...

MSNBC’s new chief isn’t wasting any time in figuring out where she wants to take the progressive-leaning network as it prepares to be spun off from NBCUniversal and its corporate parent, Comcast.

Rebecca Kutler, who was named president of MSNBC earlier in February, is considering expanding the on-screen presence of Jen Psaki, who currently anchors hours on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings, as well as the trio of personalities who lead “The Weekend,” the roundtable show that airs Saturday and Sunday mornings and is led by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

MSNBC declined to make Kutler available for comment. Puck previously reported discussions around the aforementioned personnel moves.

The changes, none of which have been formally announced, show Kutler moving quickly to steer MSNBC in a tricky moment. With Comcast splitting off the bulk of its cable assets into a separate,...

As it prepares for its next chapter apart from Comcast, MSNBC has formally found its new leader.

Rebecca Kutler, who held the title of interim president at the cable news channel, was officially promoted on Wednesday, top executive Mark Lazarus told employees. Kutler will succeed Rashida Jones, who served as MSNBC’s chief from 2021-2024 during the Biden presidency.

“Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of learning how all of you do what you do so well, and you’ve been doing it for 28 years, and you’ve built something truly incredible. MSNBC is now one of the most engaged brands in all of television,” Kutler told staff. “We ended 2024 as number one in cable news on both YouTube and TikTok. That is a credit to everyone on this call and everyone who has built this brand into what it has become over the last 28 years.