Pleasure Reid‘s present might be dropped from MSNBC‘s lineup as a part of a sequence of adjustments anticipated to be introduced this week.
The community is planning to launch a present that includes The Weekend anchors Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez into the 7 p.m. ET slot, in keeping with a supply conversant in the matter. The present would run for 2 hours on Mondays and for one hour from Tuesday to Friday.
Reid has anchored The ReidOut since 2020, having been put in that point interval following the departure of Chris Matthews.
Additionally anticipated are different adjustments, together with plans for who will fill the remainder of the 9 p.m. ET slot as soon as Rachel Maddow returns to a once-a-week schedule this spring. She was introduced again to a five-night-a-week schedule after Donald Trump’s inauguration, because the community appeared to spice up viewership following a post-election tune out.
Alex Wagner, who had hosted from Tuesdays to Fridays, will not be anticipated to return, and as an alternative will stay on the community as a correspondent. Jen Psaki, who hosts a Sunday morning and Monday night present, is being thought-about to take anchor duties throughout that point interval, though another anchors could also be shifted round in that slot.
The lineup overhaul is among the first main adjustments beneath new MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler, who succeeded Rashida Jones after her departure in January. Kutler is also taking a look at including Politico’s Eugene Daniels and New York College’s Melissa Murray to the lineup. Each have been serving as on-air analysts. Selection and The New York Instances first reported on the anticipated adjustments.
A community spokesperson declined to remark.