Antonia Hylton and Elise Jordan will be a part of Ayman Mohyeldin and Catherine Rampell as hosts of MSNBC‘s upcoming The Weekend: Primetime, to debut in early Could.
The present is an extension of the community’s weekend morning present. The nighttime version will air from 6 p.m. ET to 9 p.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays.
Jordan is an MSNBC and NBC Information political analyst, and Hylton is an NBC Information and MSNBC correspondent.
MSNBC is also increasing the morning version of The Weekend to 3 hours, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET. Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alemany will host. The present morning staff — Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez — are shifting to the 7 p.m. ET weekday primetime slot.
Along with their roles as hosts, Jordan will function MSNBC contributor and Hylton as MSNBC correspondent. The community is increase its expertise pool as will probably be spun off from mother or father Comcast, which means that NBC Information not will likely be a sister information outlet. Scott Matthews will function MSNBC’s senior vp of newsgathering.
Hylton was beforehand a correspondent and producer for Vice Media and for HBO’s nightly Vice Information Tonight. Jordan beforehand served in press and communications roles within the George W. Bush administration, together with within the White Home and on the Nationwide Safety Council and State Division.
