MSNBC's new lineup announced

[bmichaelh]

MSNBC's new lineup announced; some of it, I will not be watching.
They gave Katy Tur 2 hours. Ugh!!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/msnbc-new-lineup-jen-psaki-the-weekend-hosts-new-shows-1236145504/

Weekday Programming
5 a.m. ET “Way Too Early with Ali Vitali”
6 a.m. ET “Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist”
10 a.m. ET “Ana Cabrera Reports”
12 p.m. ET “Chris Jansing Reports”
2 p.m. ET “Katy Tur Reports”
4 p.m. ET “Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace”
6 p.m. ET “The Beat with Ari Melber”
7 p.m. ET Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez
8 p.m. ET “All In with Chris Hayes” on Tuesdays – Fridays; Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez on Mondays
9 p.m. ET “The Rachel Maddow Show” on Mondays; Jen Psaki on Tuesdays – Fridays
10 p.m. ET “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”
11 p.m. ET “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle”

Weekend Programming
7 a.m. ET “The Weekend” co-hosted by Jonathan Capehart
10 a.m. ET “Velshi”
1 p.m. ET “Alex Witt Reports”
4 p.m. ET “Best Of”
5 p.m. ET “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”
6 p.m. ET “The Weekend” co-hosted by Ayman Mohyeldin

[Sneederbunk]

1. Need to update Weekend Programming.

Capehart and Mohyeldin reportedly being sacked.

[AntiFascist]

17. Mohyeldin is one of the best!

It's truly sad to see MSNBC/Comcast kowtowing to the oligarchic patriarchy!

[spooky3]

30. According to the article, they are staying on

"... We are increasing live programming by two hours on the weekends. Soon, we will announce a new trio of co-hosts for “The Weekend,” which will include MSNBC host and The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart. We will also introduce an evening edition of the program, hosted by a different group of anchors, including veteran MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin. We will have more to share in the weeks ahead.

Ali Velshi will also expand his namesake program, “Velshi” to three hours on the weekends."

[jls4561]

36. More Velshi? At last, some good news!

[Rhiannon12866]

65. I really liked "The Weekend" on weekend mornings, they had great guests and I really liked the hosts

They worked so well together. I'm not really so fond of Jonathan Capehart. And Ayman does just fine by himself, I liked his weekend show, too.

[jls4561]

35. Does witless Alex have a pee tape she's holding over someone in management?

To be fair, she does enunciate extremely well, which makes her a good newsreader, but she tends to reply to serious comments with “yeah, uh huh” unless her producer feeds something in her ear. I have worse things to say about her, but I’ll refrain.
Fortunately, there’s usually a game on so I can change the channel.

[hannah]

2. Lineup

So, 5am until 4 pm is no go

[Sneederbunk]

3. Needs Jim Acosta in there somewhere.

[brush]

5. That woulld be nice, but he's a POC and they're firing all of them.

[hlthe2b]

4. I thought they'd announced that Ayman Mohyeldin & Capehart were out?

I can't believe they don't give Ali Velshi a weekday show if they are that determined to shake things up. He is great...

They are just bound and determined to lose all their ratings in obeisance to Trump.

[brush]

6. Yep, POCs are out.

[brush]

7. Yep, POCs are out.

[milestogo]

10. Except for Steele, but he's a conservative so it doesn't count.

Oh, and Symone Sanders. She's not as good as Joy Reid.

[Mountainguy]

18. And Alicia Menendez

Literally all three people they replaced Reids time slot with are POC.

Claiming this as racist is just too much.

[obamanut2012]

12. Incorrect, only Joy has been axed

Katie, Ayman, and Jonathan are all staying with the network.

[brush]

13. Other reports differ. I understand good slots are gone.

[obamanut2012]

14. Those reports are incorrect, only Joy Reid is gone

Phang's show was cancelled because of teh demise of teh Miami HQ.

[brush]

15. I said their good slots are gone. Some will no longer hosts shows.

[obamanut2012]

11. Nope, Katie, Ayman, and Jonathan are all staying with the network

Phang will be one of the main legal correspondents, and the latter now have weekend panel shows.

[Kingofalldems]

8. Heard a little Katy Tur last week.

Still making excuses for Trump.

[milestogo]

9. 6 a.m. ET "Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist"

This one is SHIT.

[CousinIT]

16. I only watch FreeSpeechTV until 4 pm. Then I switch to MSNBC.

Nothing on MSNBC is watchable for me before 4 p.m. on weekdays. On weekends, I liked The Weekend and Velshi, but I'm not sure about TheWeekend now.

[GreenWave]

19. So Rachel goes back to one hour a week?

[LAS14]

21. She was only supposed to be doing a full week for "the first 100 days." nt

[GreenWave]

24. TY, I should have known better.

[LAS14]

20. Thanks for this!! I was worrying about Chris Hayes. nt

[Grim Chieftain]

22. What about Jose Diaz-Balart?

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He's had a time slot in the morning. Hope he's still in the line-up.

[Ninga]

32. Yep. He appears to be gone.

[SocialDemocrat61]

34. Sorry

but they are closing their Miami studio so his and Katie Phang’s show have been canceled.

[jls4561]

37. I'll miss Katie. Hop she subs for Ari often.

[Grim Chieftain]

39. Damnit!!!

I really like him! I Really liked when he closed his broadcast he would extend his hand and say "Thank you for the privilege of your time". Good people are being let go and Trump and Elon are still in power.

Thanks for the info.

[LexVegas]

23. Won't really miss Reid. nt

[choie]

25. Of course they kept Katy Tur and Scarborough.

shills.

[Rebl2]

48. To bad

they kept turd

[elleng]

26. Thanks for the info.

Bookmarking, of course.

[pwb]

27. What is new?

Seems like the same talkers just at different times. Pass.

[CrispyQ]

28. Oh yuck on elevating the Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez show.

And on sacking Joy. She was one of my faves. I ditched MSNBC after the election, out of depression more than anything, but I don't see signing up for it again.

[Jilly_in_VA]

29. I saw Chris Jansing today

Maybe it's the time slot, but she is already starting to look like (shudder) Andrea Mitchell.

[QED]

31. Katie Phang's show also cancelled.

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

— Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-02-24T22:31:42.416Z

[bdamomma]

56. Too bad

She was very good too. Fuck corporate media.

[claudette]

59. So was Jose Diaz-Ballard

both of them were in Florida. I really like both of them.

[QED]

62. He's supposed to anchor NBC's weekend news.

[claudette]

63. Oh. Thanks

I didn’t know that.

[proud patriot]

61. I love her

I hope she gets a new platform

[DET]

33. Two More

There was a time when I liked Katy Tur, but that time has passed. That smirk is insufferable, especially when defending Trump. And I have no idea what Alex Witt adds to the lineup. I don’t find her actively offensive, but she asks the dumbest questions.

[Rebl2]

49. Katy turd

And Alex nitwit. Cannot stand either and I have not watched them since Biden ran for president in 2020.

[Mr. Sparkle]

38. Jim Acosta is missing from that lineup, he would make a great addition

[Stinky The Clown]

40. No one seems to have noticed Andrea Mitchell is not in the lineup

[SocialDemocrat61]

42. She was gone already

And they expanded Katy Tur’s show to 2 hours.

[Stinky The Clown]

43. I stopped watching the day after the election. I guess I missed that.

Did she retire or get let go?

[SocialDemocrat61]

44. Retired

A few weeks ago

[Stinky The Clown]

46. Thanks.

That was unsurprising and long overdue.

[spooky3]

51. But she's still employed there as a special correspondent or something like that. Nt

[Meowmee]

45. I think she retired

[Meowmee]

41. It looks pretty similar to what it was?

Except the Joy Reid and Alex Wagner shows etc. I can't remember all of it and have not watched much at all for 2 years, just mostly snippets here and there. I am not a fan of KT at all, lol.

[Oldvet]

47. Looking at their ratings

it is no wonder they are trying to change, it is still a business at the end of the day.

This was Thursday the 20th for example

[Renew Deal]

50. Looks like her show was a big dip for them

Weakest hour on all three networks.

[appmanga]

52. So that gets me down to just Rachel, Nicolle Wallace, and Lawrence O'Donnell...

...which suits me just fine.

[claudette]

58. Me, too

[tulipsandroses]

53. No thanks. They won't get a $1 from me. I just canceled my Peacock subscription too.

Turning the TV off like Kendrick said. At least when it comes to any NBC related entity.

[spooky3]

54. I've read that manbc is in talks with Melissa Murray and Eugene Daniels

Will be interesting to see what happens there.

[DET]

60. Oh Geez...

Melissa Murray is a very good guest, but I don’t think that she can carry a show. She’s too cerebral (hate writing that) and I wouldn’t call her exciting. I’ve only seen Eugene Daniels a few times, but I had a visceral negative reaction to him. He struck me as a real lightweight. He’s certainly no Elie Mystal. That man is brilliant, extremely charismatic, forthright and bold, and very entertaining. Now that would be must see TV. Jason Johnson would be a good choice as well.

[bdamomma]

55. You notice

that the weekend programming consists predominately of "Black hosts".

[claudette]

57. What happened to

Jonathan Lemire? Not that I ever watched MSNBC that early and stopped listening to Morning Joe after they went to Maralago to kiss Dumpy's orange butt. Did Lemire get canned?

[JoseBalow]

64. Seeing that full list in writing really drives home how truly crappy their lineup is

It's true that most people will eat whatever crap they are served.