Mehdi Hasan is leaving MSNBC.
The cable news host said at the end of his show Sunday that he would be leaving the channel to pursue other opportunities.
“With this show going away, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” Hasan said. “Tonight is not just my final episode of The Mehdi Hasan Show. It’s my last day with MSNBC. Yes, I’ve decided to leave. To be clear, I am so, so proud of what we’ve achieved on this show on this network, and I can’t thank you enough for tuning in and for your support, and for your feedback. But as they say, new year, new plans.”
He added that viewers could follow on him on Instagram, Threads and X to hear what comes next for him.
MSNBC canceled Hasan’s Sunday show in November as part...
The cable news host said at the end of his show Sunday that he would be leaving the channel to pursue other opportunities.
“With this show going away, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” Hasan said. “Tonight is not just my final episode of The Mehdi Hasan Show. It’s my last day with MSNBC. Yes, I’ve decided to leave. To be clear, I am so, so proud of what we’ve achieved on this show on this network, and I can’t thank you enough for tuning in and for your support, and for your feedback. But as they say, new year, new plans.”
He added that viewers could follow on him on Instagram, Threads and X to hear what comes next for him.
MSNBC canceled Hasan’s Sunday show in November as part...
- 1/8/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated, with response to Hasan show cancellation: MSNBC is launching The Weekend, a morning news show on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a series of changes to the weekend lineup that include ending Mehdi Hasan’s one hour weekend show.
The show will be hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele and will air from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on both days.
Other changes include Ayman Mohyeldin taking over Mehdi Hasan’s one hour program on Sundays, with Mohyeldin expanding to four hours on both days. Hasan will remain at the network as political analyst and fill in host, the network said. His Peacock streaming series also will end, as will Sanders’ show Symone.
Alex Witt will expand hours of Alex Witt Reports from 1 p.m. Et to 4 p.m. Et, with Yasmin Yossoughian continuing as a national reporter.
Jonathan Capehart’s show, meanwhile, will move to 6 p.
The show will be hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele and will air from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on both days.
Other changes include Ayman Mohyeldin taking over Mehdi Hasan’s one hour program on Sundays, with Mohyeldin expanding to four hours on both days. Hasan will remain at the network as political analyst and fill in host, the network said. His Peacock streaming series also will end, as will Sanders’ show Symone.
Alex Witt will expand hours of Alex Witt Reports from 1 p.m. Et to 4 p.m. Et, with Yasmin Yossoughian continuing as a national reporter.
Jonathan Capehart’s show, meanwhile, will move to 6 p.
- 11/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC is overhauling its weekend lineup ahead of the 2024 election season.
The biggest change is a new morning panel show, called The Weekend, which will be hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. The program will run from 8-10 a.m. and originate from Washington D.C., with Kyle Griffin as executive producer.
Sanders-Townsend and Menendez currently host weekend afternoon hours on MSNBC, but will shift to focus on the morning show.
“As we emerge from a multitude of historic events these past months, we have an opportunity to build on our accomplishments and keep the momentum going into 2024 and beyond,” MSNBC president Rashida Jones wrote to staff at the channel Thursday morning, outlining the plans.
The new schedule will also bring a wave of adjustments to the lineups on both Saturday and Sunday.
Two current MSNBC weekend hosts will be losing their hours: Mehdi Hasan, who will give up his 8 p.
The biggest change is a new morning panel show, called The Weekend, which will be hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. The program will run from 8-10 a.m. and originate from Washington D.C., with Kyle Griffin as executive producer.
Sanders-Townsend and Menendez currently host weekend afternoon hours on MSNBC, but will shift to focus on the morning show.
“As we emerge from a multitude of historic events these past months, we have an opportunity to build on our accomplishments and keep the momentum going into 2024 and beyond,” MSNBC president Rashida Jones wrote to staff at the channel Thursday morning, outlining the plans.
The new schedule will also bring a wave of adjustments to the lineups on both Saturday and Sunday.
Two current MSNBC weekend hosts will be losing their hours: Mehdi Hasan, who will give up his 8 p.
- 11/30/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The news that SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP reached a tentative deal to resolve the actors strike that brought Hollywood to a halt was met with celebrations from most actors in the industry. But Justine Bateman isn’t ready to rejoice just yet.
The “Family Ties” star and filmmaker, who has spent much of the past year speaking out against the use of AI in creative industries, took to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday to express her objections to the agreement. While guild leaders have touted the “robust” AI protections in the deal, including rules that require studios to notify and compensate actors whenever their digitally scanned likeness is used in a film or TV show, Bateman says the actual deal doesn’t go far enough.
“I will be taking the actual deal document (and not the ‘summary’ SAG is planning to release) and explaining the violating AI permissions the AMPTP will have over you,...
The “Family Ties” star and filmmaker, who has spent much of the past year speaking out against the use of AI in creative industries, took to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday to express her objections to the agreement. While guild leaders have touted the “robust” AI protections in the deal, including rules that require studios to notify and compensate actors whenever their digitally scanned likeness is used in a film or TV show, Bateman says the actual deal doesn’t go far enough.
“I will be taking the actual deal document (and not the ‘summary’ SAG is planning to release) and explaining the violating AI permissions the AMPTP will have over you,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Though SAG-AFTRA officially reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with studios and streamers earlier this week, Justine Bateman is not very pleased with the provisions surrounding artificial intelligence.
The actress-writer-filmmaker told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Friday that actors should approve the deal only “if they don’t want to work anymore. If they want to be replaced by synthetic objects that are made by generative AI, why not?”
SAG-AFTRA members are set to begin voting to ratify the agreement on Tuesday after the new contract was approved by 86 percent of union board members on Friday.
Velshi went on to reference a recent story from The Hollywood Reporter where DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg predicts that AI will drastically cut the number of workers it takes to make animated films.
In response, Bateman, who served as a union advisor for generative AI, said she feels studio executives “are choosing...
The actress-writer-filmmaker told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Friday that actors should approve the deal only “if they don’t want to work anymore. If they want to be replaced by synthetic objects that are made by generative AI, why not?”
SAG-AFTRA members are set to begin voting to ratify the agreement on Tuesday after the new contract was approved by 86 percent of union board members on Friday.
Velshi went on to reference a recent story from The Hollywood Reporter where DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg predicts that AI will drastically cut the number of workers it takes to make animated films.
In response, Bateman, who served as a union advisor for generative AI, said she feels studio executives “are choosing...
- 11/12/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Justine Bateman is deeply disappointed with the tentative agreement in place between SAG-AFTRA and the major studios, which ended the strike. While speaking with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, she explained that members of the union should approve the deal after voting begins Tuesday only “if they don’t want to work anymore.”
Bateman added, “If they want to be replaced by synthetic objects that are made by generative AI, why not?”
The filmmaker, who also serves as the union’s AI advisor, has been fighting against integrating generative AI into the industry all year. As she told Velshi on Friday’s show, Bateman believes that studio executives “are choosing to no longer be in the film and series business.” Instead, she added, they are pushing out positions for humans who make up casts and crews and letting AI do the work instead.
“I think they sort of like to think...
Bateman added, “If they want to be replaced by synthetic objects that are made by generative AI, why not?”
The filmmaker, who also serves as the union’s AI advisor, has been fighting against integrating generative AI into the industry all year. As she told Velshi on Friday’s show, Bateman believes that studio executives “are choosing to no longer be in the film and series business.” Instead, she added, they are pushing out positions for humans who make up casts and crews and letting AI do the work instead.
“I think they sort of like to think...
- 11/11/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Amid the mounting tragedy in the Middle East, Fox News and CNN are the early winners in the cable network ratings battle, flexing their on-the-ground foreign reporting muscles, while MSNBC suffered a fall-off at the beginning of the conflict from which it has yet to recover.
In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists in Israel, in which they massacred over 1,400 Israeli citizens, all three cable news channels saw viewership boosts of varying degrees, but Fox and CNN saw the main benefit.
From Oct. 9 to Oct. 15, Fox News scored 1.57 million average total viewers, a 22% increase from the week of Oct. 7. MSNBC secured second place with 766,000 viewers, a 20% decrease for the network from the week prior. CNN came in third, drawing 681,000 viewers, a 13% improvement for the network, according to Nielsen.
Fox News and CNN held on to elevated viewership at the end of October, with both networks ending...
In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists in Israel, in which they massacred over 1,400 Israeli citizens, all three cable news channels saw viewership boosts of varying degrees, but Fox and CNN saw the main benefit.
From Oct. 9 to Oct. 15, Fox News scored 1.57 million average total viewers, a 22% increase from the week of Oct. 7. MSNBC secured second place with 766,000 viewers, a 20% decrease for the network from the week prior. CNN came in third, drawing 681,000 viewers, a 13% improvement for the network, according to Nielsen.
Fox News and CNN held on to elevated viewership at the end of October, with both networks ending...
- 11/3/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
On October 9, two days after Hamas terrorists crossed over into Israel from Gaza and unleashed the most deadly attack on Jews since the Holocaust, CNN appeared to make the brewing conflict about itself.
The network’s correspondent Clarissa Ward, in a flak jacket marked “press,” was near the Israel-Gaza border during a live shot when Hamas-fired rockets flew overhead. She and her crew of at least four scrambled, the camera still rolling, into a nearby ditch. Laying on her side, an arm extended above her head like she’s grasping at earth, she continued the shot even as she winces from the sound of explosions.
Her tenacity in the moment is admirable, but its news value doesn’t extend beyond the adrenaline of “you are there.” Is this the conflict-zone version of Weather Channel meteorologists putting themselves at risk by broadcasting live and wind-battered from the middle of a hurricane making landfall?...
The network’s correspondent Clarissa Ward, in a flak jacket marked “press,” was near the Israel-Gaza border during a live shot when Hamas-fired rockets flew overhead. She and her crew of at least four scrambled, the camera still rolling, into a nearby ditch. Laying on her side, an arm extended above her head like she’s grasping at earth, she continued the shot even as she winces from the sound of explosions.
Her tenacity in the moment is admirable, but its news value doesn’t extend beyond the adrenaline of “you are there.” Is this the conflict-zone version of Weather Channel meteorologists putting themselves at risk by broadcasting live and wind-battered from the middle of a hurricane making landfall?...
- 10/21/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
MSNBC has pushed back against a Semafor report that it sidelined Muslim anchors Mehdi Hasan, Ayman Mohyeldin, and Ali Velshi while covering the Israel-Hamas war.
“We have and will continue to cover the barbaric terrorist attacks on defenseless civilians in Israel last weekend and the tragic war it has provoked thoroughly and in all their dimensions,” an NBCU News Group spokesperson told TheWrap on Monday.
A network source denied that Hasan, Velshi, and Mohyeldin were “benched” or “silenced” over their beliefs on the conflict, saying there was “no truth” to those reports.
Velshi has been reporting from the ground in Israel and served as anchor from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Mohyeldin has appeared on multiple MSNBC programs throughout the network’s coverage of the war. He was in the anchor chair from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and appeared Monday on “Katy Tur Reports.”
As for Hasan,...
“We have and will continue to cover the barbaric terrorist attacks on defenseless civilians in Israel last weekend and the tragic war it has provoked thoroughly and in all their dimensions,” an NBCU News Group spokesperson told TheWrap on Monday.
A network source denied that Hasan, Velshi, and Mohyeldin were “benched” or “silenced” over their beliefs on the conflict, saying there was “no truth” to those reports.
Velshi has been reporting from the ground in Israel and served as anchor from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Mohyeldin has appeared on multiple MSNBC programs throughout the network’s coverage of the war. He was in the anchor chair from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and appeared Monday on “Katy Tur Reports.”
As for Hasan,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
News correspondents are trained to keep their emotions in check, but sometimes a story comes along that makes such a feat all but impossible.
Anderson Cooper, Richard Engel, Holly Wiliams, Trey Yingst, Matt Gutman and Clarissa Ward have been seen on camera in recent days trying to report on a horrific event that is emotionally draining: the invasion of Israel by Hamas militants, replete with violence, hostage-taking and explosive force.
“I’ve seen many challenging things so far,” says Yingst, the Fox News correspondent who is based in Israel and has been reporting on the attack since October 7, when he held forth from his own balcony. He responded to questions via email. “We arrived in the south as Palestinian militants were still killing and kidnapping Israelis. One of the first things I saw was an Israeli soldier die in front of me at an evacuation point near the border. We...
Anderson Cooper, Richard Engel, Holly Wiliams, Trey Yingst, Matt Gutman and Clarissa Ward have been seen on camera in recent days trying to report on a horrific event that is emotionally draining: the invasion of Israel by Hamas militants, replete with violence, hostage-taking and explosive force.
“I’ve seen many challenging things so far,” says Yingst, the Fox News correspondent who is based in Israel and has been reporting on the attack since October 7, when he held forth from his own balcony. He responded to questions via email. “We arrived in the south as Palestinian militants were still killing and kidnapping Israelis. One of the first things I saw was an Israeli soldier die in front of me at an evacuation point near the border. We...
- 10/11/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, Monday 12:06 p.m. Pt: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to prepare his country for a long war, saying in a televised speech that “this battle will not end until we end and eliminate our enemy.”
“The pictures that you see from Hamas are just the beginning. We have killed many of those fighters. Every place where Hamas is active and working will be completely destroyed.”
Portions of the speech were carried on major cable news networks, with translation. CNN featured a split screen of Netanyahu and network correspondent Hadas Gold translating for viewers.
“We all want results right here, right now, but it will take some time,” Netanyahu said. “But I promise you dear citizens: At the end of the war, all of our enemies will know it was a terrible mistake to attack Israel.”
Warning of “hard days coming,” Netanyahu called on opposition leaders to form...
“The pictures that you see from Hamas are just the beginning. We have killed many of those fighters. Every place where Hamas is active and working will be completely destroyed.”
Portions of the speech were carried on major cable news networks, with translation. CNN featured a split screen of Netanyahu and network correspondent Hadas Gold translating for viewers.
“We all want results right here, right now, but it will take some time,” Netanyahu said. “But I promise you dear citizens: At the end of the war, all of our enemies will know it was a terrible mistake to attack Israel.”
Warning of “hard days coming,” Netanyahu called on opposition leaders to form...
- 10/9/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
News networks continued to focus on the instability in Russia, as Vladimir Putin spoke for the first time since a failed rebellion led by Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin.
In short remarks, Putin said that the rebellion’s leaders “miscalculated” and were determined to divide the country and for “Russian soldiers to kill each other, for soldiers and civilians alike to die, so that Russia ultimately loses.”
On Saturday, the paramilitary rebellion reportedly took control of the city of Rostov-on-Don and Prigozhin said that the insurrection was on its way to Moscow. But then he abruptly announced that they were turning back, with the Kremlin’s spokesman later telling reporters that Prigozhin would go to Belarus and a criminal case against him would be dropped. Prigozhin said in a Telegram post on Monday that the intent was not to overthrow the government but to protest the handling of the Ukraine invasion.
In short remarks, Putin said that the rebellion’s leaders “miscalculated” and were determined to divide the country and for “Russian soldiers to kill each other, for soldiers and civilians alike to die, so that Russia ultimately loses.”
On Saturday, the paramilitary rebellion reportedly took control of the city of Rostov-on-Don and Prigozhin said that the insurrection was on its way to Moscow. But then he abruptly announced that they were turning back, with the Kremlin’s spokesman later telling reporters that Prigozhin would go to Belarus and a criminal case against him would be dropped. Prigozhin said in a Telegram post on Monday that the intent was not to overthrow the government but to protest the handling of the Ukraine invasion.
- 6/26/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Eva Longoria wants her home state of Texas to do better in a lot of ways.
The former “Desperate Housewives” star and “Flamin’ Hot” director spoke to TheWrap before a screening of her upcoming film at the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, delivering a list of areas of improvement she wanted to see.
“Do better. Do better,” she said at the Wednesday night event. “I’m a proud Texan and I think my state can do a lot better for women’s rights, for Latino rights, for any person of color, for any person who is worried about the economy, worried about jobs, worried about healthcare, worried about quality education — like these are the things we care about. And my state can do a much better job at all of those things.”
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The former “Desperate Housewives” star and “Flamin’ Hot” director spoke to TheWrap before a screening of her upcoming film at the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, delivering a list of areas of improvement she wanted to see.
“Do better. Do better,” she said at the Wednesday night event. “I’m a proud Texan and I think my state can do a lot better for women’s rights, for Latino rights, for any person of color, for any person who is worried about the economy, worried about jobs, worried about healthcare, worried about quality education — like these are the things we care about. And my state can do a much better job at all of those things.”
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- 6/1/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Jen Psaki’s new MSNBC show scored an impressive debut Sunday with 1.1 million viewers, nearly doubling CNN’s audience in the time slot.
“Inside With Jen Psaki,” which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. Pt, also nabbed the No. 1 spot in the key cable demographic among adults 25-54 with 137,000 viewers on the demo on average, according to Nielsen live plus same-day figures.
The Sunday premiere, which became MSNBC’s most-watched weekend premiere in more than four years since January 2019, also boosted the network’s ratings to become the highest-rated weekend since November’s midterm election week, tallying up as the network’s third highest-rated weekend of the past year. Last week, the network also had its most-watched week in four weeks with 775,000 total viewers.
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The premiere marks a strong start for the former White House press secretary-hosted show, as the previous Sunday’s 9 a.
“Inside With Jen Psaki,” which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. Pt, also nabbed the No. 1 spot in the key cable demographic among adults 25-54 with 137,000 viewers on the demo on average, according to Nielsen live plus same-day figures.
The Sunday premiere, which became MSNBC’s most-watched weekend premiere in more than four years since January 2019, also boosted the network’s ratings to become the highest-rated weekend since November’s midterm election week, tallying up as the network’s third highest-rated weekend of the past year. Last week, the network also had its most-watched week in four weeks with 775,000 total viewers.
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- 3/21/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Broadcast and cable networks are planning specials, a town hall and other coverage Thursday tied to the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Correspondents also will report from sites around the country, with Vladimir Putin’s regime mounting a winter offensive.
Here’s a rundown:
ABC News: Ian Pannell, who was in Kyiv as the war began last year, provides reporting for an ABC News Live special Standing Strong: One Year of War in Ukraine, debuting at 8:30 p.m. Et on Thursday. The special will focus on individuals in the war zone and the challenges they have faced. David Muir continues to anchor World News Tonight from Poland on Wednesday, and chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz and senior White House correspondent Mary Bruce are among those who have been reporting from the region. Raddatz also will report for This Week with George Stephanopoulos as co-anchor of the Sunday show.
Here’s a rundown:
ABC News: Ian Pannell, who was in Kyiv as the war began last year, provides reporting for an ABC News Live special Standing Strong: One Year of War in Ukraine, debuting at 8:30 p.m. Et on Thursday. The special will focus on individuals in the war zone and the challenges they have faced. David Muir continues to anchor World News Tonight from Poland on Wednesday, and chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz and senior White House correspondent Mary Bruce are among those who have been reporting from the region. Raddatz also will report for This Week with George Stephanopoulos as co-anchor of the Sunday show.
- 2/22/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Hallie Jackson’s MSNBC show will end next month as she expands her daily NBC News Now program by an hour.
That move is part of a series of lineup changes MSNBC announced on Thursday. Chris Jansing will add an hour to her anchoring duties, as Chris Jansing Reports expands to two hours from 1 Pm Et to 3 Pm Et. Katy Tur Reports will move to 3 Pm.
Meanwhile, Jose Diaz-Balart’s show will move back an hour to 11 Am Et, with a rotating lineup of hosts at 10 Am until a permanent anchor is named. Andrea Mitchell Reports will remain at noon Et.
The changes will take place on Feb. 13.
Jackson launched Hallie Jackson Reports on MSNBC in September, 2021, and previously anchored MSNBC Live at 10 Am starting in 2016.
She launched Hallie Jackson Now on NBC News Now in November, 2021, doing double duty as the network expanded its programming on the streaming network.
That move is part of a series of lineup changes MSNBC announced on Thursday. Chris Jansing will add an hour to her anchoring duties, as Chris Jansing Reports expands to two hours from 1 Pm Et to 3 Pm Et. Katy Tur Reports will move to 3 Pm.
Meanwhile, Jose Diaz-Balart’s show will move back an hour to 11 Am Et, with a rotating lineup of hosts at 10 Am until a permanent anchor is named. Andrea Mitchell Reports will remain at noon Et.
The changes will take place on Feb. 13.
Jackson launched Hallie Jackson Reports on MSNBC in September, 2021, and previously anchored MSNBC Live at 10 Am starting in 2016.
She launched Hallie Jackson Now on NBC News Now in November, 2021, doing double duty as the network expanded its programming on the streaming network.
- 1/13/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC is shifting the roles of anchors Chris Jansing and Hallie Jackson on broadcast and streaming programming, the network confirmed Thursday to TheWrap.
The network has added an hour to “Chris Jansing Reports,” which will now air from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on MSNBC. Jackson, who has been anchoring the 3 p.m. hour of “MSNBC Reports,” will shift to streaming on NBC News Now with an hour of “Hallie Jackson Now.” Katy Tur will now anchor the 3 p.m. slot.
Other notable changes to MSNBC’s line-up include José Díaz-Balart shifting to 11 a.m. while Andrea Mitchell assumes anchoring duties at noon and Katy Tur anchors the 3 p.m. hour. As the 10 a.m. time slot remains without a permanent anchor, the hour will be anchored by rotating hosts until a new anchor is select.
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“Over the last year,...
The network has added an hour to “Chris Jansing Reports,” which will now air from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on MSNBC. Jackson, who has been anchoring the 3 p.m. hour of “MSNBC Reports,” will shift to streaming on NBC News Now with an hour of “Hallie Jackson Now.” Katy Tur will now anchor the 3 p.m. slot.
Other notable changes to MSNBC’s line-up include José Díaz-Balart shifting to 11 a.m. while Andrea Mitchell assumes anchoring duties at noon and Katy Tur anchors the 3 p.m. hour. As the 10 a.m. time slot remains without a permanent anchor, the hour will be anchored by rotating hosts until a new anchor is select.
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- 1/12/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
The new year is kicking off with some notable changes at NBC’s newsgathering operations, including daytime and streaming programming shifts as well as layoffs impacting the division.
Over at the digital platform NBC News Now, Hallie Jackson is getting a vote of confidence with an additional hour of the senior Washington correspondent’s show, which will now air from 5 to 7 p.m. Et.
“On Now, she’s covered everything from the midterms, to mental health, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and climate change, making sense of the news of the day for our viewers in her signature conversational style, and now, going even deeper with the new hour,” stated Janelle Rodriguez, who was just promoted to executive vp NBC News Now to oversee the service in addition to NBC Nightly News.
On the cable news side, MSNBC is retooling its daytime programming schedule, with changes including José Díaz-Balart taking over the 11 a.
Over at the digital platform NBC News Now, Hallie Jackson is getting a vote of confidence with an additional hour of the senior Washington correspondent’s show, which will now air from 5 to 7 p.m. Et.
“On Now, she’s covered everything from the midterms, to mental health, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and climate change, making sense of the news of the day for our viewers in her signature conversational style, and now, going even deeper with the new hour,” stated Janelle Rodriguez, who was just promoted to executive vp NBC News Now to oversee the service in addition to NBC Nightly News.
On the cable news side, MSNBC is retooling its daytime programming schedule, with changes including José Díaz-Balart taking over the 11 a.
- 1/12/2023
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CNN isn’t the only cable-news network reworking its daytime schedule.
MSNBC is expanding Chris Jansing’s afternoon perch to two hours from one as the Washington D.C-based Hallie Jackson, who also anchors a late-afternoon program on NBC News Now, leaves the cable outlet to focus on the streaming work. Meanwhile, weekend host Jonathan Capehart, who has held forth on Sundays, will now do an hour on both Saturday and Sunday. All the moves come as NBCUniversal’s new operations refine their efforts under a reorganization unveiled Wednesday.
The moves were revealed to staffers Thursday in memos from Rashida Jones, president of MSNBC, and Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News executive vice president who oversees NBC News Now. Programming changes at MSNBC will take place February 13 for weekday programs and February 18 for weekend programs, Jones said in her note.
Jackson, who has anchored various hours on MSNBC over the last few years,...
MSNBC is expanding Chris Jansing’s afternoon perch to two hours from one as the Washington D.C-based Hallie Jackson, who also anchors a late-afternoon program on NBC News Now, leaves the cable outlet to focus on the streaming work. Meanwhile, weekend host Jonathan Capehart, who has held forth on Sundays, will now do an hour on both Saturday and Sunday. All the moves come as NBCUniversal’s new operations refine their efforts under a reorganization unveiled Wednesday.
The moves were revealed to staffers Thursday in memos from Rashida Jones, president of MSNBC, and Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News executive vice president who oversees NBC News Now. Programming changes at MSNBC will take place February 13 for weekday programs and February 18 for weekend programs, Jones said in her note.
Jackson, who has anchored various hours on MSNBC over the last few years,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Angela Lansbury, whose career crossed theater, film, and television across more than seven decades, has died at the age of 96. Her death was announced by MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on his Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon and confirmed by NBC News. “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 Am today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,” her family said in a statement.
The actress is best known for “Murder, She Wrote,” but started her career in 1944 and has delighted generations of fans with nearly 150 credits. That includes everything ranging from voice-over performances to musicals and dramas. Lansbury was able to be anything an audience needed, from a warmhearted mother to a vicious villain.
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925 in London, England. She was born into entertainment,...
The actress is best known for “Murder, She Wrote,” but started her career in 1944 and has delighted generations of fans with nearly 150 credits. That includes everything ranging from voice-over performances to musicals and dramas. Lansbury was able to be anything an audience needed, from a warmhearted mother to a vicious villain.
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925 in London, England. She was born into entertainment,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Alex Wagner, most recently of Showtime’s “The Circus,” is heading to MSNBC to take over the 9 p.m. slot starting August 16.
Wagner will take over the four-day-a-week gig — the result of Rachel Maddow shifting to just once a week, on Mondays.
Wagner reacted to the news on Twitter, writing, “I am absolutely thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back home to @MSNBC to host the 9Pm hour, beginning August 16th. Let’S Do This.”
I am absolutely thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back home to @MSNBC to host the 9Pm hour, beginning August 16th. Let's Do This https://t.co/bgJAcmuDtt
— alexwagner (@alexwagner) June 27, 2022
Wagner previously worked at MSNBC, hosting the show “Now with Alex Wagner” from 2011-2015.
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Wagner will take over the four-day-a-week gig — the result of Rachel Maddow shifting to just once a week, on Mondays.
Wagner reacted to the news on Twitter, writing, “I am absolutely thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back home to @MSNBC to host the 9Pm hour, beginning August 16th. Let’S Do This.”
I am absolutely thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back home to @MSNBC to host the 9Pm hour, beginning August 16th. Let's Do This https://t.co/bgJAcmuDtt
— alexwagner (@alexwagner) June 27, 2022
Wagner previously worked at MSNBC, hosting the show “Now with Alex Wagner” from 2011-2015.
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Rachel Maddow Will Shift to Hosting Her MSNBC Show Once a Week Beginning in May
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- 6/27/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Elon Musk has an agreement to buy Twitter. But no one can agree on what that means, and Bill Maher’s HBO show Real Time spent a good portion of Friday’s run trying to make sense of it.
Maher stated in his monologue that Musk has promised to get rid of bots on the social media service. That allegedly prompted Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to ask, “Why are you making it personal?”
Musk is at least having fun with his soon-to-be new toy, Maher noted. He tweeted out earlier that his next task would be to buy Coca-Cola and put the cocaine back in the formula. “Sure, it’s all fun and games, until Hunter Biden gets his head stuck in the vending machine,” Maher wryly noted.
Later, during the panel portion of the show, Maher again brought up Twitter to MSNBC host Ali Velshi and former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones.
Maher stated in his monologue that Musk has promised to get rid of bots on the social media service. That allegedly prompted Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to ask, “Why are you making it personal?”
Musk is at least having fun with his soon-to-be new toy, Maher noted. He tweeted out earlier that his next task would be to buy Coca-Cola and put the cocaine back in the formula. “Sure, it’s all fun and games, until Hunter Biden gets his head stuck in the vending machine,” Maher wryly noted.
Later, during the panel portion of the show, Maher again brought up Twitter to MSNBC host Ali Velshi and former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones.
- 4/30/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
When United Talent Agency revives its annual party this evening around the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., expected guests will hail from the worlds of journalism, politics, entertainment and sports. The tableau might just contain members of the next big set of TV anchors, too.
UTA has in recent months been working to convince some of the nation’s biggest TV-news outlets to consider correspondents and contributors to whom they might not have given a serious look in the past. In a different era, former Ohio Governor John Kasich, a UTA client with a dry demeanor, might not seem like someone destined to get frequent airtime after leaving office. And yet in recent months, he’s been a regular presence on CNN. Symone Sanders, the UTA client who is a former Democratic strategist and counselor to Vice President Kamala Harris, might not seem like a candidate to be an anchor,...
UTA has in recent months been working to convince some of the nation’s biggest TV-news outlets to consider correspondents and contributors to whom they might not have given a serious look in the past. In a different era, former Ohio Governor John Kasich, a UTA client with a dry demeanor, might not seem like someone destined to get frequent airtime after leaving office. And yet in recent months, he’s been a regular presence on CNN. Symone Sanders, the UTA client who is a former Democratic strategist and counselor to Vice President Kamala Harris, might not seem like a candidate to be an anchor,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Rachel Maddow returned from a weeks-long hiatus Monday night only to tell MSNBC viewers that they will be seeing significantly less of her in weeks to come.
Starting in May, Maddow will scale back her duties at MSNBC, moving from what had been a five-days-per-week role to hosting only on Mondays. She is changing her schedule after signing a new pact with NBCUniversal that gives her aegis over a broader range of projects, including podcasts and films.
”I do still have all these other irons in the fire, all these other things I’m working on that I want to bring to fruition, none of them are fast, all of them take a long time, and I’m still working on all of them,” Maddow said on her MSNBC program Monday evening. She delivered her remarks after returning from an absence that let her deal with some of those new content initiatives.
Starting in May, Maddow will scale back her duties at MSNBC, moving from what had been a five-days-per-week role to hosting only on Mondays. She is changing her schedule after signing a new pact with NBCUniversal that gives her aegis over a broader range of projects, including podcasts and films.
”I do still have all these other irons in the fire, all these other things I’m working on that I want to bring to fruition, none of them are fast, all of them take a long time, and I’m still working on all of them,” Maddow said on her MSNBC program Monday evening. She delivered her remarks after returning from an absence that let her deal with some of those new content initiatives.
- 4/12/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd is once again irking Democrats by his lack of hugs for those leaning left, with Friday’s beef about his questioning if the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court is the party’s last hurrah before the November midterm elections — leaving many to suggest outgoing White House press secretary Jen Psaki replace him.
Although Friday was supposed to be a day of celebration for Dems because of Kbj’s historic nomination as the first Black woman appointed to serve on the Supreme Court, Todd took the glass-is-half-full approach on “Mtp Daily.”
“Here’s the uncomfortable question for Democrats,” Todd asked. “Is this the last big thing they pass? Is this the last big thing this Congress accomplishes before November?”
Those on social media were not happy with his pessimism about the momentous event and, to put it simply, are tired of his vibe.
Although Friday was supposed to be a day of celebration for Dems because of Kbj’s historic nomination as the first Black woman appointed to serve on the Supreme Court, Todd took the glass-is-half-full approach on “Mtp Daily.”
“Here’s the uncomfortable question for Democrats,” Todd asked. “Is this the last big thing they pass? Is this the last big thing this Congress accomplishes before November?”
Those on social media were not happy with his pessimism about the momentous event and, to put it simply, are tired of his vibe.
- 4/9/2022
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
One of cable’s biggest news outlets has started to fill more of its schedule with something other than traditional news coverage.
MSNBC has defined itself for the past few years by using the bulk of its daytime schedule to air breaking reports from NBC News personnel on the news of the moment, then amping up analysis and progressive opinion-making in the early afternoon and evening. Now, as media companies intensify their efforts to attract audiences via streaming video, the business behind the TV home of Joe Scarborough and Nicolle Wallace is in flux.
Three different people familiar with the relationship between NBC News and MSNBC — each outlet is supervised by a different top manager — say that some NBC News correspondents have been directed to bring breaking-news coverage first to NBC News Now, the company’s ad-supported streaming news service, or other digital NBC News properties before any appearance on MSNBC is considered.
MSNBC has defined itself for the past few years by using the bulk of its daytime schedule to air breaking reports from NBC News personnel on the news of the moment, then amping up analysis and progressive opinion-making in the early afternoon and evening. Now, as media companies intensify their efforts to attract audiences via streaming video, the business behind the TV home of Joe Scarborough and Nicolle Wallace is in flux.
Three different people familiar with the relationship between NBC News and MSNBC — each outlet is supervised by a different top manager — say that some NBC News correspondents have been directed to bring breaking-news coverage first to NBC News Now, the company’s ad-supported streaming news service, or other digital NBC News properties before any appearance on MSNBC is considered.
- 4/5/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Rachel Maddow will return from her hiatus Thursday evening to cover the breaking news out of Ukraine.
“I’ll be on MSNBC starting at 8pm Et tonight, with reporters joining us live from Kiev, Kharkiv, Mariupol and more,” Maddow wrote on Twitter today.
Maddow said last month that she would be taking a hiatus from her weeknight primetime show to work on a movie version of her Bag Man podcast. She also said that she would be working on another podcast, with plans to be “back in April.” She also said that there “may eventually be another hiatus again sometime in my future, but for now we’re just taking it one step at a time.”
At the time her hiatus was announced, Maddow said that she would return for major news events including President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. The plans are for her to host her show on Monday,...
“I’ll be on MSNBC starting at 8pm Et tonight, with reporters joining us live from Kiev, Kharkiv, Mariupol and more,” Maddow wrote on Twitter today.
Maddow said last month that she would be taking a hiatus from her weeknight primetime show to work on a movie version of her Bag Man podcast. She also said that she would be working on another podcast, with plans to be “back in April.” She also said that there “may eventually be another hiatus again sometime in my future, but for now we’re just taking it one step at a time.”
At the time her hiatus was announced, Maddow said that she would return for major news events including President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. The plans are for her to host her show on Monday,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow plans to take a hiatus lasting “several weeks” in order to focus on other projects she is working on as part of a broader content deal with NBCUniversal, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The anchor, who is the linchpin of the cable news outlet’s primetime schedule, is expected to tell viewers about her planned absence, which is slated to start Friday, during this evening’s broadcast. Ali Velshi is among the anchors who have filled in for MSNBC’s primetime anchors in the past, and Mehdi Hasan and Ayman Mohyeldin have both taken up 9 p.m. duties on Fridays, when Maddow is often off. Maddow struck a deal with NBCUniversal last year that calls for her to put more of her attention on to a mix of new media projects and other content.
During her hiatus, Maddow is expected to work on a new podcast for NBCUniversal,...
The anchor, who is the linchpin of the cable news outlet’s primetime schedule, is expected to tell viewers about her planned absence, which is slated to start Friday, during this evening’s broadcast. Ali Velshi is among the anchors who have filled in for MSNBC’s primetime anchors in the past, and Mehdi Hasan and Ayman Mohyeldin have both taken up 9 p.m. duties on Fridays, when Maddow is often off. Maddow struck a deal with NBCUniversal last year that calls for her to put more of her attention on to a mix of new media projects and other content.
During her hiatus, Maddow is expected to work on a new podcast for NBCUniversal,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, 7:17 Am Pt: MSNBC confirmed that Stephanie Ruhle will succeed Brian Williams in the 11 p.m. slot, while Morning Joe will expand to four hours by taking over Ruhle’s 9 a.m. hour.
“This expansion will give us an opportunity to extend the reach of the program, which has become so well known for its signature perspective and analysis, as well as its news-making exclusive interviews with top lawmakers, senior government officials and thought leaders,” MSNBC President Rashida Jones wrote in a memo to staffers (the complete memo below).
Jones wrote that Ruhle would be “bringing her business acumen, hard-hitting interview style and original reporting to the viewers in that slot.” She will continue to appear across platforms as NBC News senior business analyst.
Previously: MSNBC plans to move Stephanie Ruhle to the 11 Pm slot, replacing Brian Williams, who hosted The 11th Hour until his departure in December, according to network sources.
“This expansion will give us an opportunity to extend the reach of the program, which has become so well known for its signature perspective and analysis, as well as its news-making exclusive interviews with top lawmakers, senior government officials and thought leaders,” MSNBC President Rashida Jones wrote in a memo to staffers (the complete memo below).
Jones wrote that Ruhle would be “bringing her business acumen, hard-hitting interview style and original reporting to the viewers in that slot.” She will continue to appear across platforms as NBC News senior business analyst.
Previously: MSNBC plans to move Stephanie Ruhle to the 11 Pm slot, replacing Brian Williams, who hosted The 11th Hour until his departure in December, according to network sources.
- 1/27/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC is sending a morning anchor to late night in order to expand its biggest A.M. franchise.
The NBCUniversal-backed cable news outlet intends to shift Stephanie Ruhle from her mid-morning role to its late-night program, “The 11th Hour” as part of a bid to expand one of its key programs, ‘Morning Joe,” according to three people familiar with the plans. The expected maneuvers, which MSNBC would not confirm Wednesday night, were previously reported by Axios.
The moves are driven by a desire to give MSNBC viewers more of the pillars of the schedule, which at present are three hours of “Joe” and two hours of Nicolle Wallace’s late afternoon program, “Deadline: The White House.” MSNBC is working to figure out a way to replace the linchpin of its primetime lineup, “The Rachel Maddow Show,” as its host is moving on to tackle a broader content production agreement...
The NBCUniversal-backed cable news outlet intends to shift Stephanie Ruhle from her mid-morning role to its late-night program, “The 11th Hour” as part of a bid to expand one of its key programs, ‘Morning Joe,” according to three people familiar with the plans. The expected maneuvers, which MSNBC would not confirm Wednesday night, were previously reported by Axios.
The moves are driven by a desire to give MSNBC viewers more of the pillars of the schedule, which at present are three hours of “Joe” and two hours of Nicolle Wallace’s late afternoon program, “Deadline: The White House.” MSNBC is working to figure out a way to replace the linchpin of its primetime lineup, “The Rachel Maddow Show,” as its host is moving on to tackle a broader content production agreement...
- 1/27/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
MSNBC die-hards tune in partially because they know what they can expect on most evenings: Rachel Maddow will do her 22 minutes of connecting-the-dots news-cycle analysis at 9 p.m., and Brian Williams will wrap up the day with a vast array of knowledgeable experts at 11.
Starting next year, however, fans — and even the executives who run the place — can’t be sure what they’re going to get.
Williams announced Tuesday that he will walk away from MSNBC and NBC News after a near three-decade run, while Maddow is negotiating over a new production deal that could result in a significant scaling back of her primetime duties. The NBCUniversal-owned cable-news network needs to decide by the end of the year what they want to put in the slot currently known as “The 11th Hour,” and likely by May of next year, how they might replace Maddow in their primetime lineup.
Starting next year, however, fans — and even the executives who run the place — can’t be sure what they’re going to get.
Williams announced Tuesday that he will walk away from MSNBC and NBC News after a near three-decade run, while Maddow is negotiating over a new production deal that could result in a significant scaling back of her primetime duties. The NBCUniversal-owned cable-news network needs to decide by the end of the year what they want to put in the slot currently known as “The 11th Hour,” and likely by May of next year, how they might replace Maddow in their primetime lineup.
- 11/10/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with additional details: News writers and producers at MSNBC have voted overwhelmingly to be represented by the WGA East for the purpose of collective bargaining. The vote, which was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, was 141 and 58 opposed. The 300-member bargaining unit includes writers, producers, booking producers, and other editorial staff at every program airing on MSNBC and The Choice on Peacock. The network and the union are now expected to sit down at the bargaining table to work out a first-time contract.
The unionizing campaign was supported by many of the network’s hosts, including Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Joy Reid, Ali Velshi and Jonathan Capehart.
“We are so proud that MSNBC’s employees voted strongly in favor of unionizing with the Writers Guild of America, East for the purpose of collective bargaining,” said Lowell Peterson, the guild’s executive director. “The organizing campaign at MSNBC took...
The unionizing campaign was supported by many of the network’s hosts, including Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Joy Reid, Ali Velshi and Jonathan Capehart.
“We are so proud that MSNBC’s employees voted strongly in favor of unionizing with the Writers Guild of America, East for the purpose of collective bargaining,” said Lowell Peterson, the guild’s executive director. “The organizing campaign at MSNBC took...
- 8/25/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Rachel Maddow will stay at MSNBC, according to two people familiar with the matter, after negotiating a new pact that will keep her at the cable-news outlet beyond 2022.
Maddow, who is the linchpin of the network’s primetime lineup, had been considering her own independent content ventures, and had enlisted top executives at Endeavor to make her case to MSNBC and senior managers at NBCUniversal. MSNBC declined to make executives available to comment on the renewal.
Under terms of the new pact, described as “multi year,” Maddow will develop other projects in a new partnership with NBCUniversal. She has already established a track record for doing so. She has found success in other ventures, such as “Bag Man,” a seven-episode podcast series centered on the story of former U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew. MSNBC in 2018 featured her documentary special, “Betrayal,” which focused on the darker side of the 1968 election...
Maddow, who is the linchpin of the network’s primetime lineup, had been considering her own independent content ventures, and had enlisted top executives at Endeavor to make her case to MSNBC and senior managers at NBCUniversal. MSNBC declined to make executives available to comment on the renewal.
Under terms of the new pact, described as “multi year,” Maddow will develop other projects in a new partnership with NBCUniversal. She has already established a track record for doing so. She has found success in other ventures, such as “Bag Man,” a seven-episode podcast series centered on the story of former U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew. MSNBC in 2018 featured her documentary special, “Betrayal,” which focused on the darker side of the 1968 election...
- 8/22/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC’s most-watched anchor, is considering leaving the network next year at the end of her contract, the latest in a wave of newsroom personnel rethinking their future after a torrid stretch spent covering the pandemic and the Trump administration.
Maddow, who has held forth on MSNBC at 9 p.m. since September of 2008, when she used to follow Keith Olbermann, is in the midst of discussing whether she wants to stay at the NBCUniversal-owned network for another term, according to people familiar with the matter. Maddow, who is being counseled in talks by Mark Shapiro, president of the large Endeavor talent-representation holding company, as well as Ari Emanuel, the company’s CEO, is mulling work-life balance and other possible media ventures as she considers her next steps, these people said,
Maddow’s negotiations were previously reported by The Daily Beast. MSNBC declined to comment on any talks...
Maddow, who has held forth on MSNBC at 9 p.m. since September of 2008, when she used to follow Keith Olbermann, is in the midst of discussing whether she wants to stay at the NBCUniversal-owned network for another term, according to people familiar with the matter. Maddow, who is being counseled in talks by Mark Shapiro, president of the large Endeavor talent-representation holding company, as well as Ari Emanuel, the company’s CEO, is mulling work-life balance and other possible media ventures as she considers her next steps, these people said,
Maddow’s negotiations were previously reported by The Daily Beast. MSNBC declined to comment on any talks...
- 8/12/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
MSNBC and the WGA East have reached an agreement to hold an election to determine whether the writers and producers on all of the network’s shows want to be represented by the guild. The election, which will be supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, involves 315 writers, producers, booking producers, fact checkers and planners at every program airing on MSNBC and on Peacock’s The Choice.
Ballots will be go out on July 20, and must be returned by August 17.
The network’s writers, producers and support staff unionized with the guild last month, when more than 200 members of the bargaining unit signed a petition to recognize the guild as their bargaining representative – which is more than the majority needed to give the guild the right to begin negotiations for a first-time contract.
“Our election is set!” tweeted the newly formed MSNBC union. “We’ll receive our ballots next week...
Ballots will be go out on July 20, and must be returned by August 17.
The network’s writers, producers and support staff unionized with the guild last month, when more than 200 members of the bargaining unit signed a petition to recognize the guild as their bargaining representative – which is more than the majority needed to give the guild the right to begin negotiations for a first-time contract.
“Our election is set!” tweeted the newly formed MSNBC union. “We’ll receive our ballots next week...
- 7/14/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 2:23 Pm Pt: Jury deliberations are beginning in the Derek Chauvin trial after a day-long series of closing arguments as to whether the former Minneapolis police officer is guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd.
With the jury out of the room, Judge Peter A. Cahill denied a defense motion for a mistrial based on remarks made by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-ca). But the judge did say that it could form a basis for an appeal.
“I will give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” he said.
Waters told reporters on Saturday that she hoped that for a verdict of “guilty, guilty, guilty, and if we don’t, we cannot go away.” Asked what protesters should do, she said, “We have got to stay on the street. We have got to get more active.
With the jury out of the room, Judge Peter A. Cahill denied a defense motion for a mistrial based on remarks made by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-ca). But the judge did say that it could form a basis for an appeal.
“I will give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” he said.
Waters told reporters on Saturday that she hoped that for a verdict of “guilty, guilty, guilty, and if we don’t, we cannot go away.” Asked what protesters should do, she said, “We have got to stay on the street. We have got to get more active.
- 4/19/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
TV news is latching on to an old standby to help it gain attention in a new — and often less flashy — news cycle.
Coverage of the court trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with causing the death of George Floyd, will surface Monday across many mainstream TV outlets. Some of it will be gavel-to-gavel, the sort of thing that echoes the news media’s fascination with the O.J. Simpson murder trial of 1995.
Many TV-news outlets have seen key ratings tumble as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic and in the wake of the end of President Donald Trump’s term in office. The looming trial could serve as new means of winning audiences. “There’s always pressure in television news to find stories that bring in ratings, but especially now because viewer numbers have dropped so much without Trump in the White House,” says Mark Feldstein,...
Coverage of the court trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with causing the death of George Floyd, will surface Monday across many mainstream TV outlets. Some of it will be gavel-to-gavel, the sort of thing that echoes the news media’s fascination with the O.J. Simpson murder trial of 1995.
Many TV-news outlets have seen key ratings tumble as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic and in the wake of the end of President Donald Trump’s term in office. The looming trial could serve as new means of winning audiences. “There’s always pressure in television news to find stories that bring in ratings, but especially now because viewer numbers have dropped so much without Trump in the White House,” says Mark Feldstein,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Four progressive Peacock talk hosts expressed strong reservations about “platforming” Republican guests on their streaming shows in the currently divisive political and media atmosphere.
Mehdi Hasan, Zerlina Maxwell, Michael Smith and Michael Holley, on a virtual TCA panel during Peacock’s winter press tour day, tackled the topic that has become increasingly relevant. The lively panel reflected how unsettled the matter remains in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Hasan, host of Peacock’s The Mehdi Hasan Show and also an MSNBC contributor, poured cold water on the idea of inviting Republicans on his show. While he insisted he relishes debate, citing a recent on-air “row” with conservative former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton, he said it is a “supply-and-demand issue.”
The supply aspect rests on the question, “Do Republicans want to come on a show like ours when they have their own safe space of right-wing...
Mehdi Hasan, Zerlina Maxwell, Michael Smith and Michael Holley, on a virtual TCA panel during Peacock’s winter press tour day, tackled the topic that has become increasingly relevant. The lively panel reflected how unsettled the matter remains in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Hasan, host of Peacock’s The Mehdi Hasan Show and also an MSNBC contributor, poured cold water on the idea of inviting Republicans on his show. While he insisted he relishes debate, citing a recent on-air “row” with conservative former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton, he said it is a “supply-and-demand issue.”
The supply aspect rests on the question, “Do Republicans want to come on a show like ours when they have their own safe space of right-wing...
- 2/17/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Rachel Maddow returned to her show on MSNBC on Thursday with a lengthy explanation for why she has been away and in quarantine for an extended period: Her longtime partner Susan Mikula has been seriously ill with Covid-19.
In a segment, she went into great personal detail about how much she is in love with Mikula, “the center of my universe,” and how frightening it was when she got sick. Maddow talked about the experience as a warning for those who are frustrated at the ongoing pandemic and may be getting more lax about taking precautions.
“Susan has been sick with Covid these past couple of weeks, and at one point we thought that it might kill her, and that’s why I have been away,” said Maddow, who hosted her show from her home where she is still in quarantine.
Maddow announced on Nov. 6 that she was going into...
In a segment, she went into great personal detail about how much she is in love with Mikula, “the center of my universe,” and how frightening it was when she got sick. Maddow talked about the experience as a warning for those who are frustrated at the ongoing pandemic and may be getting more lax about taking precautions.
“Susan has been sick with Covid these past couple of weeks, and at one point we thought that it might kill her, and that’s why I have been away,” said Maddow, who hosted her show from her home where she is still in quarantine.
Maddow announced on Nov. 6 that she was going into...
- 11/20/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
While America waits anxiously for a winner to be projected in the presidential election, another man has stepped in to be our fearless leader: MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki.
The embodiment of tired and wired, Kornacki is MSNBC’s national political correspondent, “map daddy,” khaki king and, dare we say, chief thirst trap. The 41-year-old has earned himself sparkly fan cams and legions of horny fans on social media who have become infatuated with his caffeinated delivery, spot-on calculations and relentless desire to stay on-air to track the vote count — so much so that the poor man had to be forcibly removed from the building so he could get some sleep.
Included in his die-hard fans? Comedian Leslie Jones, who has let her followers watch in real-time as she has “fallen in love” with Kornacki.
Rest assured, Kornacki hasn’t let his renewed fame get to his head — or in the way of delivering the numbers.
The embodiment of tired and wired, Kornacki is MSNBC’s national political correspondent, “map daddy,” khaki king and, dare we say, chief thirst trap. The 41-year-old has earned himself sparkly fan cams and legions of horny fans on social media who have become infatuated with his caffeinated delivery, spot-on calculations and relentless desire to stay on-air to track the vote count — so much so that the poor man had to be forcibly removed from the building so he could get some sleep.
Included in his die-hard fans? Comedian Leslie Jones, who has let her followers watch in real-time as she has “fallen in love” with Kornacki.
Rest assured, Kornacki hasn’t let his renewed fame get to his head — or in the way of delivering the numbers.
- 11/7/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Leaders of the WGA East, which represent thousands of news writers and producers, condemned comments made Tuesday by President Donald Trump when he told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh that he was happy to have seen police rough up a journalist. Police in Minneapolis, he said, had thrown aside a reporter “like he was a little bag of popcorn,” which Trump called “a beautiful sight.”
Trump was talking about an incident in May when MSNBC’s Ali Velshi was covering a protest over the death of George Floyd and was hit by a rubber bullet fired by police. The president had called him a “CNN” reporter and said Velshi was hit with “a canister of tear gas.”
“Yesterday, President Trump praised violence against journalists, saying it was ‘actually a beautiful sight’ when police officers and others physically attack journalists doing their jobs, observing and reporting the news,...
Trump was talking about an incident in May when MSNBC’s Ali Velshi was covering a protest over the death of George Floyd and was hit by a rubber bullet fired by police. The president had called him a “CNN” reporter and said Velshi was hit with “a canister of tear gas.”
“Yesterday, President Trump praised violence against journalists, saying it was ‘actually a beautiful sight’ when police officers and others physically attack journalists doing their jobs, observing and reporting the news,...
- 9/24/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump again mocked MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi for the moment when he was struck by a rubber bullet while covering protests in June, and told a rally crowd that it was a “beautiful sight” when police targeted an unidentified reporter and “threw him aside like he was a bag of popcorn.”
Speaking at a rally in Moon Township, Pa, Trump singled out Velshi, who was struck by a rubber bullet last June while covering protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Trump incorrectly identified Velshi as working for CNN and wrongly said that he was struck by a gas canister.
“Remember that beautiful sight? The street was a mess. That idiot reporter from CNN got hit with a canister of tear gas. And he went down. ‘I’ve been hit. I’ve been hit.’ He’s been hit,” Trump said, as the rally crowd laughed.
Speaking at a rally in Moon Township, Pa, Trump singled out Velshi, who was struck by a rubber bullet last June while covering protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Trump incorrectly identified Velshi as working for CNN and wrongly said that he was struck by a gas canister.
“Remember that beautiful sight? The street was a mess. That idiot reporter from CNN got hit with a canister of tear gas. And he went down. ‘I’ve been hit. I’ve been hit.’ He’s been hit,” Trump said, as the rally crowd laughed.
- 9/23/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC is getting closer to making some important weekend plans.
The NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet is expected sometime this fall to decide on a successor for Joy Reid’s mid-morning weekend slot, according to two people familiar with the matter. Figuring out who might be among the contenders hasn’t been difficult. Some of the leading candidates have been filling in for Reid ever since she took over MSNBC’s weekday 7 p.m. hour earlier this summer.
Zerlina Maxwell, Jonathan Capehart and Tiffany Cross are among the people being considered for permanent duties in the two-hour weekend time period Reid anchored for four years. Executives are said to be interested in someone who brings with them a sizable following that they could harness for digital projects like podcasts, and other content initiatives. Other candidates may be in the mix and there’s no guarantee at present that any member of...
The NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet is expected sometime this fall to decide on a successor for Joy Reid’s mid-morning weekend slot, according to two people familiar with the matter. Figuring out who might be among the contenders hasn’t been difficult. Some of the leading candidates have been filling in for Reid ever since she took over MSNBC’s weekday 7 p.m. hour earlier this summer.
Zerlina Maxwell, Jonathan Capehart and Tiffany Cross are among the people being considered for permanent duties in the two-hour weekend time period Reid anchored for four years. Executives are said to be interested in someone who brings with them a sizable following that they could harness for digital projects like podcasts, and other content initiatives. Other candidates may be in the mix and there’s no guarantee at present that any member of...
- 8/26/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Brianna Keilar isn’t looking for a fight in the early afternoon on CNN. Sometimes, she gets one anyway.
In recent weeks, Keilar has tilted at Fox News Channel anchor Tucker Carlson in a fact-checking segment about his criticism of U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, and appeared to be on the verge of tangling with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after asking her if she trusted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows when negotiating a coronavirus relief package. “That’s not an appropriate question for you to ask,” Pelosi responded. Keilar used tough words with Tim Murtaugh, the communications director of the Trump 2020 Campaign, who kept asking her to “hold on a second” as she questioned him about the administration’s coronavirus policy.
Keilar’s reply: “I can’t hold on a second when you’re not being honest.”
Anyone who keeps pace with the anchor’s program...
In recent weeks, Keilar has tilted at Fox News Channel anchor Tucker Carlson in a fact-checking segment about his criticism of U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, and appeared to be on the verge of tangling with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after asking her if she trusted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows when negotiating a coronavirus relief package. “That’s not an appropriate question for you to ask,” Pelosi responded. Keilar used tough words with Tim Murtaugh, the communications director of the Trump 2020 Campaign, who kept asking her to “hold on a second” as she questioned him about the administration’s coronavirus policy.
Keilar’s reply: “I can’t hold on a second when you’re not being honest.”
Anyone who keeps pace with the anchor’s program...
- 8/6/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
In an obvious attempt to deflect blame from President Trump’s dismal handling of the coronavirus pandemic in America, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro went on an extended rant on Friday, tossing out unproven conspiracy theories as if he were holding court in a QAnon forum.
Navarro, a now-infamous, bomb-throwing advocate of Trump’s more than suggested that China was somehow able to “weaponize” the virus to kill Americans, while at the same time allowing many other countries to contain the spread.
China “spawned the virus,” Navarro said. “They hid the virus.
Navarro, a now-infamous, bomb-throwing advocate of Trump’s more than suggested that China was somehow able to “weaponize” the virus to kill Americans, while at the same time allowing many other countries to contain the spread.
China “spawned the virus,” Navarro said. “They hid the virus.
- 7/4/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Comcast Corp. shareholders have rejected a proposal that called for the company to commission an outside investigation of sexual harassment issues at the media giant and NBCUniversal.
The proposal was made during the company’s annual shareholders meeting held via webcast on Wednesday morning. Another shareholder proposal to split up the job of chairman and CEO at the company, now held by Brian Roberts, was also rejected. The voting tallies were not immediately available. The Roberts family has control of Comcast through its ownership of preferred Class B shares that cover about 33% of voting rights in the company.
Comcast has faced numerous calls for an independent sexual harassment investigation following the 2017 firing of “Today” anchor Matt Lauer and other reports of questionable behavior within NBCUniversal. The shareholder proposal was introduced by Natasha Lamb, managing director of Boston-based Arjuna Capital.
At the meeting, Lamb criticized the company’s focus on internal investigations of misconduct.
The proposal was made during the company’s annual shareholders meeting held via webcast on Wednesday morning. Another shareholder proposal to split up the job of chairman and CEO at the company, now held by Brian Roberts, was also rejected. The voting tallies were not immediately available. The Roberts family has control of Comcast through its ownership of preferred Class B shares that cover about 33% of voting rights in the company.
Comcast has faced numerous calls for an independent sexual harassment investigation following the 2017 firing of “Today” anchor Matt Lauer and other reports of questionable behavior within NBCUniversal. The shareholder proposal was introduced by Natasha Lamb, managing director of Boston-based Arjuna Capital.
At the meeting, Lamb criticized the company’s focus on internal investigations of misconduct.
- 6/3/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi has covered conflict zones around the world throughout his lengthy career in broadcast journalism, but he never expected one of those places to be Minneapolis, Minnesota.
That's where Velshi was shot by a rubber bullet on Saturday night while covering the protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd.
"I have never prior to this assignment worn my ballistic vest in the United States," he said. "I've never carried a gas mask in the United States."
Velshi, who relocated from Minnesota to Chicago on Monday before heading back to New ...
That's where Velshi was shot by a rubber bullet on Saturday night while covering the protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd.
"I have never prior to this assignment worn my ballistic vest in the United States," he said. "I've never carried a gas mask in the United States."
Velshi, who relocated from Minnesota to Chicago on Monday before heading back to New ...
“We put our hands up and yelled, ‘We’re media!’”
That’s what MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi said on the network in a broadcast after police shot a rubber bullet at him while he was reporting on a protest in Minneapolis, Mn on Saturday. “They responded, ‘We don’t care!’ and they opened fire a second time.”
Elsewhere in Minneapolis, Vice News correspondent Michael Anthony Adams reported as police threw him to the ground and pepper sprayed him in the face while he was covering protests on Saturday. Adams recorded the incident in a video, where he repeatedly told law enforcement that he was press. An officer responded that he did not care. Adams was screamed at to get up and get in a car several seconds later.
Velshi and Adams are among at least several dozen journalists who have been attacked or arrested by police since Friday as protests...
That’s what MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi said on the network in a broadcast after police shot a rubber bullet at him while he was reporting on a protest in Minneapolis, Mn on Saturday. “They responded, ‘We don’t care!’ and they opened fire a second time.”
Elsewhere in Minneapolis, Vice News correspondent Michael Anthony Adams reported as police threw him to the ground and pepper sprayed him in the face while he was covering protests on Saturday. Adams recorded the incident in a video, where he repeatedly told law enforcement that he was press. An officer responded that he did not care. Adams was screamed at to get up and get in a car several seconds later.
Velshi and Adams are among at least several dozen journalists who have been attacked or arrested by police since Friday as protests...
- 6/1/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
The weekend’s images of protests of the death of George Floyd also saw widespread reports of members of the media being attacked, harassed, injured and arrested as they covered everything from peaceful marches to looting and unrest.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, run by the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said that they “are in the process of documenting at least 100 different incidents of aggressions against the media over the weekend” — from May 29 to May 31. The numbers may go higher as incidents are reported from Sunday evening. Of the more than 60 assaults on journalists they have tracked, 10 include damage to news equipment.
Still to be determined is how many of the incidents involved police action against journalists covering the protests, as reporters shared stories of being injured by members of law enforcement.
Just on Sunday evening, MSNBC’s Garrett Haake was on air, reporting on...
A spokesperson for the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, run by the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said that they “are in the process of documenting at least 100 different incidents of aggressions against the media over the weekend” — from May 29 to May 31. The numbers may go higher as incidents are reported from Sunday evening. Of the more than 60 assaults on journalists they have tracked, 10 include damage to news equipment.
Still to be determined is how many of the incidents involved police action against journalists covering the protests, as reporters shared stories of being injured by members of law enforcement.
Just on Sunday evening, MSNBC’s Garrett Haake was on air, reporting on...
- 6/1/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi usually gets to do his job from the comfort of a New York studio, surrounded by a helpful crew and the latest technology. On Saturday, he had to worry about being tear-gassed on the streets of Minneapolis.
Velshi, who has been delivering reports from the streets of that protest-torn city, was struck by a rubber bullet while covering the scene, just one of a number of mainstream press operatives confronted by new realities as they set about their job of trying to provide information to the public about a story that is more dangerous than the norm. Protesters have gathered in cities across the nation, ranging from Los Angeles and New York to Minneapolis and Salt Lake City, largely in reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
I’m hit in the leg by a rubber bullet but am fine.
Velshi, who has been delivering reports from the streets of that protest-torn city, was struck by a rubber bullet while covering the scene, just one of a number of mainstream press operatives confronted by new realities as they set about their job of trying to provide information to the public about a story that is more dangerous than the norm. Protesters have gathered in cities across the nation, ranging from Los Angeles and New York to Minneapolis and Salt Lake City, largely in reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
I’m hit in the leg by a rubber bullet but am fine.
- 5/31/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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