Melissa Harris-Perry gets Weekend Show on MSNBC [View all]
It will begin on Feb 4th, after "Up with Chris Hayes." She joked on twitter that she's thinking of calling it "Uppity with Melissa."
Here's the NY Times article:
Continuing its makeover of the weekend mornings, MSNBC will add a talk show next month that will be hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry, a Tulane University professor of political science.
The untitled program will begin on Feb. 4 and will be shown on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. until noon, MSNBC announced on Thursday.
MSNBC has pretty firmly established itself as a political channel on the weekdays, but it has lagged on the weekends. So it has been gradually replacing its weekend morning newscasts with political conversations. In September it started a roundtable show called “Up,” hosted by Chris Hayes, which has been well-received and has impressed people inside MSNBC with its political I.Q. <...>
Right now “Up” is shown on Saturdays from 7 to 9 a.m. and on Sundays from 8 to 10 a.m. Once Ms. Harris-Perry’s show starts the channel’s schedule will be streamlined, with “Up” showing from 8 to 10 a.m. on both days. <...>
Congrats, MHP! Can't wait for more must-see weekend news and analysis....
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