NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo will air the first Democratic primary debate in June, and CNN will show the second event in July, the Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday. The DNC is planning 12 presidential primary debates over the 2020 cycle, but news networks had been vying for the rights to air the first match-ups […]
Longtime broadcaster/MSNBC host Ed Schultz died this morning of natural causes. RT America, where Schultz was working at the time of his death, issued a statement: “We at RT America are sad to announce the passing of Edward Andrew Schultz,” the network said. “Ed Schultz passed quietly early morning on July 5 at his home […]
Ari Melber will start his new weekday duties with MSNBC on Monday with the debut of his 6 p.m. program, The Beat with Ari Melber. Melber was already expected to take over the hour, which had previously been anchored by Greta Van Susteren. Melber will also take on a new role, serving as a legal […]
MSNBC’s Morning Joe enjoyed a large ratings spike on Friday, the day after President Donald Trump singled out hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough in a series of scathing tweets. According to Nielsen data, Morning Joe averaged 1.66 million viewers on Friday, with 408,000 viewers in the key adults 25-54 demographic. That made the MSNBC […]
If you are looking Tuesday afternoon for Nicolle Wallace, the seemingly ubiquitous presence on MSNBC and various NBC News programs, chances are she will be on deadline. Her new MSNBC program, to be called “Deadline: White House,” debuts Tuesday at 4 p.m., which may take some viewers by surprise. MSNBC had not publicly unveiled the […]
Josh Earnest, who served as White House Press Secretary in the latter part of President Barack Obama’s tenure, will join NBC News and MSNBC as a political analyst, according to a Monday announcement. “With his wealth of experience and insight, Josh will be a great addition to our roster of contributors and will be an […]
On Presidents Day MSNBC host Greta Van Susteren closed out her broadcast with some strong words for the 45th President of the United States. Only days after President Trump referred to the media as “the enemy of the American people,” the MSNBC host fired back Monday on her new show – For the Record With […]
Greta Van Susteren has over the course of her career held forth for both CNN and Fox News Channel. Now she’s going to do the same for MSNBC. The NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet said Thursday that it had hired Van Susteren to anchor its 6 p.m. hour, which had previously been occupied by a political-news program, […]
Reverend Al Sharpton, who has hosted an early-evening program on MSNBC for four years, is moving to a once-a-week perch at the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news network as it seeks to focus more intently on breaking-news coverage and less on partisan viewpoint and opinion. The last edition of Sharpton’s weekday program, “PoliticsNation,” will air Friday, September 4, […]
Alec Baldwin has been canned by MSNBC, in the wake of controversial comments made by the talk show host/actor earlier this month. While the cable news channel is officially qualifying the split as “mutual,” an MSNBC source told Page Six, which was first to report on the break-up, “He’s gone…. The Comcast guys have decided.” […]