Here’s how it went down: On Monday, the court denied a petition to hear the case of Coral Ridge Ministries Media v. Sullivan, the ruling that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel. The court declined to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision of New York Times v. Another big decision, this one impacting the media, came down on Monday. Wade on Friday, but its work for the session didn’t end there. The United States Supreme Court sent shockwaves across the country by overturning Roe v. MSNBC has typically outdrawn CNN in terms of overall viewers.” New York Times v. CNN also won that category in primetime in the first quarter of the year. While Maddow’s appearances in June to discuss hearings held by the January 6 Committee have fared well, last month CNN’s primetime schedule outperformed MSNBC’s in the critical 25-to-54 viewership demographic that determines what advertisers pay for news programming. Steinberg writes, “MSNBC is betting that Wagner can gather the sizable live audiences that advertisers and cable distributors crave - just months ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, an event that is expected to boost viewership after a downturn following President Biden’s election in 2020. Fox News typically leads cable news in prime-time viewers and CNN is under new leadership with Chris Licht. In many ways, the stakes have never been higher, and there’s no better place to explore this moment than MSNBC. In a statement, Wagner said, “I’m honored to be anchoring a key hour of television in such a critical time for American democracy. She knows everything from foreign policy to culture.” Jones told Variety’s Brian Steinberg that Wagner has “got something to say,” adding, “She knows politics. Jones told Mullin that Maddow was not consulted on who would host the show Tuesday through Friday. I really want the takeaway from this show to be a better understanding of what’s happening in the world.” In an interview with The New York Times’ Benjamin Mullin, Jones said, “This is not a show where our hair is on fire and we’re yelling past each other, and we’re creating these manufactured moments of tension. While Maddow is known for her strong opinions, MSNBC’s choice appears to be in line with the kind of show Maddow has hosted since 2008. and abroad will help our audiences contextualize what matters.” Her unique perspective - built on more than two decades in journalism - and tenacious reporting in the U.S. In a statement, MSNBC president Rashida Jones said, “Alex Wagner in the 9pm hour was a clear choice. Guest hosts have been filling in for the past several months. It was also earlier this year that Maddow and MSNBC announced Maddow would cut back on her prime-time show, and that led to speculation on who might be her replacement. She also served as a special correspondent for CBS News and co-host of “CBS This Morning: Saturday.” Previously, she was a senior editor at The Atlantic.
She stepped away from the network in 2015 to work on other projects, including as co-host of Showtime’s “The Circus,” before returning to MSNBC in February as a senior political analyst and guest anchor. Wagner hosted a daytime program on MSNBC for several years starting in 2011. The selection might come as a surprise to some, but it’s a logical one. But Wagner will host Tuesday through Friday on her own show, which will be named soon. Maddow, who is cutting way back on her show to concentrate on other projects for NBCUniversal, will still host the program - “The Rachel Maddow Show” - on Monday nights and make regular appearances whenever there’s major news.
In a long-anticipated announcement, MSNBC has picked a permanent replacement for Rachel Maddow’s much-coveted weeknight prime-time spot.Īlex Wagner, an MSNBC veteran, has been chosen to take over one of the more valuable pieces of real estate, so to speak, in cable news: 9 p.m.
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