MSNBC

[Milburn Stone]

19 hours ago, possibilities said:

Even with Maddow coming back...

Wait, she's coming back to nightly? I hadn't heard that. What happens to Alex Wagner?

[Moose135]

55 minutes ago, Milburn Stone said:

Wait, she's coming back to nightly? I hadn't heard that. What happens to Alex Wagner?

Maddow is going to be on five nights a week for the first 100 days of the new administration.

'Rachel Maddow Show' back daily; how she'll cover Round 2

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MSNBC fans are about to get a bigger dose of its marquee host: For the first 100 days of Trump's second presidency, "The Rachel Maddow Show," will revert to its former five-night-a-week schedule.

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Wagner will now travel the country to report "Trumpland: The First 100 Days" segments, to air across the network's schedule until May 1, when the current lineup is scheduled to resume.

 

[Milburn Stone]

21 minutes ago, Moose135 said:

Maddow is going to be on five nights a week for the first 100 days of the new administration.

Hmm. I mean, she's great. But it feels like kind of a diss to Alex. "Hey, something important is happening. This is a job for ME." 

(I recognize that it's a good ratings decision, though.)

[possibilities]

I'd like to see 100 days of covering the resistance. Why not feature what Dems are doing? They didn't do that when Dems were in power, and now they're still not doing it. 

If we want anything other than a one party system, we should at least try to cover more than one point of view.

You can't actually expect people to think about anything in a complex way if you only cover it simplistically.

They sent reporters to diners in red states to find out what Trump voters were feeling all the time for the past several years. Why not send reporters to blue areas and interview Kamala supporters about how we feel? Or look at what organizing is happening? When there is activity on the right, it gets covered. But not so much when it's on the left.

 

 

[Kemper]

I like Alex Wagner a lot. Is Rachel taking her time slot? Or could it be Rachel's probable higher salary; I think Alex W had to take a cut in pay. 

[annzeepark914]

2 hours ago, Kemper said:

I like Alex Wagner a lot. Is Rachel taking her time slot? Or could it be Rachel's probable higher salary; I think Alex W had to take a cut in pay. 

I thought Rachel's salary was reduced (which wouldn't be too painful due to it being very high already).

[HyeChaps]

For real news (rather than opinion) go to NBC News NOW on streaming.

[shok]

On 1/16/2025 at 4:07 PM, HyeChaps said:

For real news (rather than opinion) go to NBC News NOW on streaming.

I'd rather listen to Rachel. I trust her implicitly to tell me the truth, even though her truth is pretty damned frightening right now.

[annzeepark914]

9 hours ago, shok said:

I'd rather listen to Rachel. I trust her implicitly to tell me the truth, even though her truth is pretty damned frightening right now.

I'm watching Rachel these days. Couldn't handle her "delivery" in the past, but her voice has changed (probably due to the seriousness of today). Glad she's on all week right now.

[ProudMary]

Joy Reid's show has been canceled. 😠

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/business/msnbc-joy-reid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Joy Reid’s evening news show on MSNBC is being canceled, part of a far-reaching programming overhaul orchestrated by Rebecca Kutler, the network’s new president, two people familiar with the changes said.

The final episode of Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. show, “The ReidOut,” is planned for sometime this week, according to the people, who were not authorized to speak publicly. The show, which features in-depth interviews with politicians and other newsmakers, has been a fixture of MSNBC’s lineup for the past five years.

MSNBC is planning to replace Ms. Reid’s program with a show led by a trio of anchors: Symone Sanders Townsend, a political commentator and former Democratic strategist; Michael Steele, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee; and Alicia Menendez, the TV journalist, the people said. They currently co-host “The Weekend,” which airs Saturday and Sunday mornings.

[DXD526]

Alex Wagner is also out, or at least, her role will be changing - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/msnbc-removes-joy-reid-alex-135733265.html

[Kemper]

I really like Alex Wagner. I am waiting for (hopefully) Joe and Mika to get their walking papers. Or at least have the show get scaled back; and for them to actually be present on their own show. If a four-hour show is too much, maybe the hours need to be scaled back. Instead of adding hosts to take up the slack but keeping the name of the show the same.

I understand the network wanting to make changes, wanting to shake things up. It is maybe about time. Are the ones being let go/scaled back experiencing low ratings? 

[Crashcourse]

Alex Wagner was good, but the way her hair always swung on the side of her face always annoyed me. 😅 

[Milburn Stone]

3 hours ago, Kemper said:

I really like Alex Wagner.

Agree, she definitely does not deserve the old heave-ho.

[Kemper]

2 hours ago, Crashcourse said:

Alex Wagner was good, but the way her hair always swung on the side of her face always annoyed me. 😅 

Didn't she marry The White House chef?

[Crashcourse]

4 hours ago, Kemper said:

Didn't she marry The White House chef?

I don't know who she married, but I wish he'd tell her to pull that swinging hair back off her face.

[ProudMary]

Katie Phang's show has been canceled. From Katie's BlueSky account:

https://bsky.app/profile/katiephang.bsky.social/post/3lixfnsyxv22f

A personal note about the @katiephangshow.bsky.social:

 

 

[ProudMary]

And more. 😠

New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/new-msnbc-bloodbath-of-non-white-anchors-after-joy-reid-forced-out/ar-AA1zHgkc

MSNBC finalized its revamped schedule on Monday, promoting progressive anchors Jen Psaki and Symone Sanders-Townsend to primetime while booting its largely non-white weekend lineup of hosts off their namesake shows.

Anchors Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin are losing their eponymous weekend shows. Capehart and Mohyeldin will instead be one of multiple hosts of separate editions of The Weekend at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., respectively, while Phang will remain with the network as a legal correspondent with no anchor slot. Its other Miami-based anchor, José Díaz-Balart, will also lose his show, though he will remain as host of NBC’s weekend edition of Nightly News.

Psaki will replace Alex Wagner’s Tuesday through Friday 9 p.m. hour in April after Rachel Maddow completes her five-day-a-week stint during President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler announced on Monday. Wagner will stay on as a senior political analyst.

[Prairie Rose]

What gives??? Why them and not Joe and Mika???

[annzeepark914]

Rachel sure was upset about all the changes. Ayman and Jose? Two of my favorites gone 🤬 But former RNC chairman Steele and former Democratic campaign staffer Symone get promoted to prime time? 

[Kemper]

This sounds harsh, but Jen Psacki is a snooze fest (for me).  Katy Tur and the one who has the 2-hour afternoon show ... Chris Jansing? could blend into one show. That's the thing. I wish there were more shows with 2-hour blocks. Take away two of MJ's four hours (4!) and give it to someone else.  Somehow it seems Joe S is golden at the network. Maybe it is just me, but I don't see the new schedule lineup lasting. 

Edited February 25 by Kemper

[TheGreenKnight]

With Joy Reid out, I hope they move Psaki there, love her. I wanted her in a daily slot for a while now, but at the same time Ialso liked most of those personalities and wouldn't have wanted any of Maddow, Wagner, Hayes, Melber, Tur, Reid, or Wallace pushed out to make room. Now that Reid is out unfortunately, I hope they give her a slot now since Wagner will be back to her regular slot in two months anyway. I really hope they don't put that Weekend crew there... I don't mind them, but I prefer both Psaki and Wagner to them.

The only other person I'll miss of those cut is Phang. I remember thinking it was a shame about Tiffany Cross getting cut a year or two back, too. I feel like Sanders-Townsend is worse than either of them... She's grown on me a tiny bit, but she's still the worse thing about The Weekend for me.

[RealityCheck]

3 hours ago, TheGreenKnight said:

With Joy Reid out, I hope they move Psaki there ...

According to the article posted above, Jen Psaki will be taking over the 9PM slot, replacing Alex Wagner.  The Weekend hosts (Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders Townsend) will rotate as hosts in the 7PM slot, replacing Joy Reid.

To be honest, it wouldn't have bothered me if MSNBC replaced Ari Melber with Katie Phang.  I avoid The Beat because it irritates me when he's constantly referring to hip hop/rap lyrics.

[Prairie Rose]

On 3/4/2025 at 4:11 PM, RealityCheck said:

To be honest, it wouldn't have bothered me if MSNBC replaced Ari Melber with Katie Phang.  I avoid The Beat because it irritates me when he's constantly referring to hip hop/rap lyrics.

YES!!!! He is insufferable. 

[RealityCheck]

Since MSNBC has moved the current hosts of the Weekend (Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez, Simone Sanders Townsend) to rotating in the 7PM weekday slot, they will be replaced by Jonathan Capehart, Jackie Alemany, and Eugene Daniels.  A new evening version of the Weekend will hosted by Ayman Moyehldin, Catherine Rampell (formerly from CNN), and a third, yet-to-be-named anchor.

[annzeepark914]

So Ayman still has a job at MSNBC. That's good. I've always liked him.

[Kemper]

 I tuned in to the 7:00 hour last night for the first time in awhile. Isn't that the hour that has been assigned to Michael S, Simone S and Alicia M? I only saw Alicia M; did the other two come on later? I did see a clip of Michael S from a day or so before. 

[annzeepark914]

1 hour ago, Kemper said:

 I tuned in to the 7:00 hour last night for the first time in awhile. Isn't that the hour that has been assigned to Michael S, Simone S and Alicia M? I only saw Alicia M; did the other two come on later? I did see a clip of Michael S from a day or so before. 

Aren't they each hosting different nights?   I should tune in when Alicia is on as she's the only one I consider a legit newsperson.  The other two are political party folks.

[Kemper]

20 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

Aren't they each hosting different nights?   I should tune in when Alicia is on as she's the only one I consider a legit newsperson.  The other two are political party folks.

Is it just me ... or is this the dumbest idea ever. Evah! Is this the network's way of saving money/budgeting? They won't have to pay people for working every show? 

I like Michael Steele (mostly because he "owned" Joe S a month or so ago) - I like that he has a sense of humor. The other two? They are okay, but I will not tune in to watch any of them host an entire show by themselves. I cannot be the only one who feels this way.  Can I? I also have the issue with so many political party folks - sadly, it has created a vast wasteland of entitlement and craven ambition with most guests/analytst/hosts. That, to me, is the biggest problem with the 24/7 news cycle.

[RealityCheck]

3 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Aren't they each hosting different nights? 

Based on the past three weeks, Michael Steele, Symone Sanders Townsend, and Alicia Menendez, in that order, rotate hosting a week at a time.

[Kemper]

I see where Chuck Schumer was on with Chris Hayes last night; and with Joe Scarborough this morning. I thought he (Chuck) was going to refrain from going on tour and publicizing his book. An automatic "click" from a good swath of viewers. MSNBC...read the room.  The upside? Joe S actually showed up on his own show. 

[annzeepark914]

I can't find any way to send an email to MSNBC. Maybe I'm overlooking something? I've sent them a couple emails in the past.

[ebk57]

3 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

I can't find any way to send an email to MSNBC. Maybe I'm overlooking something? I've sent them a couple emails in the past.

Here's the contact page.  There is an email address there.

https://www.msnbc.com/information/msnbc-info/contact-us-n1301857

 

[annzeepark914]

It has been such a treat this week watching Deadline:WH with Alicia Menendez hosting. She's doing a great job, especially handling the big news. Alicia lets her guests talk and doesn't take up half their allotted time with lengthy set ups. 

Edited March 27 by annzeepark914