Two people familiar with the changes say Joy Reid’s evening news show on MSNBC is being cancelled, a far-reaching show carefully curated by the network’s new president Rebecca Kutler part of.
According to People, the final episode of Ms. Redd's show “reidout” was scheduled to be held sometime this week and they have no right to speak publicly. The show has been a fixture on the MSNBC lineup for the past five years, and the show has conducted in-depth interviews with politicians and other journalists.
MSNBC plans to replace Ms. Reid with a show with three anchors: Symone Sanders Townsend, a political commentator and former democratic strategist; Michael Steele, former chairman of the Republican National Committee; People say, TV reporter Ally Alicia Menendez said. They are currently co-hosting “The Weekend”, airing on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
MSNBC spokesman Richard Hudock declined to comment. Ms Reed declined to comment.
The show introduction is the first major change for Ms. Kutler, who was appointed president this month. Ms. Kutler has been building a new programming lineup to kick off the network's ratings, which outperforms rival CNN but lags behind long-term viewership leader Fox News.
Other significant changes to MSNBC are expected. In January, Rachel Maddow, the network’s most famous host, returned to her 9 p.m. performance in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, after returning to Monday. At the time, the network said that Alex Wagner, who held the 9pm show every Thursday at 9pm, would return at the end of April.
This is no longer the case. Instead, MSNBC plans to appoint a new host to fill Ms. Wagner’s place, the two said. People say the possible candidate for the hour is Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary of the Biden administration, who hosted shows at noon Sunday and at 8 p.m. on Monday, although he added that decision Not completed yet.
Ms. Wagner did not immediately respond to a request for comment and was expected to stay at MSNBC as an air correspondent.
Puck and Breation earlier reported on some aspects of the restructuring of the MSNBC program.
Ms. Reed has long been one of the most prominent anchor points of MSNBC. Since 2016, she has been named the host of “AM Joy” and is a weekend talk show on the web, and she has been named the host of MSNBC. NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde covers NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo.
MSNBC is separated from the group, the result of a company-derived product planned by NBCuniversal’s parent company, Cable Giant Comcast. MSNBC will join most other cable channels at Comcast, including CNBC and USA Network, a new company led by experienced NBCuniversal Executive Mark Lazarus. One of the people said that although Ms. Kutler introduced the changes to Mr. Lazarus, he was not involved in the details of the programming overhaul.
MSNBC can also go beyond the network’s existing anchor lineup to fill in its programming lineup. MSNBC is considering the role of Eugene Daniels, co-author of Politico’s influential script newsletter and Melissa Murray, a professor at NYU Law School, which will complement their current role, he said his current position will complement their current job. , with changes.
