Some insiders speculated that he would be in line for 11 p.m. Velshi anchors on the weekends and fills in across the weekday prime time schedule, like a Swiss Army Knife. He typically posts some of the channel’s highest ratings outside prime time. hour and serves as MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent. In the past she has resisted management’s suggestions to move her later in the day, sources said, because she prioritizes time in the evenings with her son.
hours and appears on special event coverage. All three are very well-liked by MSNBC viewers. The list would start with the people who fill in for Maddow: Nicolle Wallace, Ali Velshi and Ari Melber. Who could take over? Who could retain most if not at all of Maddow’s famously loyal audience? So the talk inside MSNBC has turned to succession. At least one senior staffer expressed the hope that, having won a lot more flexibility in her new contract, Maddow will decide to stay at 9 p.m. While Maddow stays in the MSNBC fold, she has opportunities to develop movies, podcasts and other types of projects.īeing on cable news, however, keeps Maddow in the public eye in the way that a typical podcast host isn’t. Indeed, Maddow’s new contract stretches across NBCUniversal’s news and entertainment divisions. “You don’t hire Ari Emanuel just to renew your deal at MSNBC,” said one fellow MSNBC anchor. Hiring Endeavor was seen internally as a signal that she was changing lanes. Simply put, she has lots of other interests and wants to make time for them.Īs the Insider website first reported on Sunday, Maddow’s longtime agent Jean Sage retired earlier this year, and the host signed up with the massive talent agency Endeavor, led by CEO Ari Emanuel and president Mark Shapiro, to sort through her options. Colleagues have sensed for years that Maddow’s burnout was leading to this point.
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And on a personal level, Maddow is a treasured colleague: People at MSNBC speak about her work ethic and storytelling skills in glowing terms.īut none of the people interviewed for this story were surprised that she wants a change of professional pace. It is a sensitive subject because “The Rachel Maddow Show” is the network’s tentpole. Maddow and MSNBC management have not commented. When the time comes, Maddow will start to host specials for MSNBC one of the sources described it as a weekly format while another pegged the number of specials at around 35 a year. While some sources insisted that the specifics have not been determined yet, two other sources said that the transition will happen next spring.
She will still appear on MSNBC, but far less often. Maddow’s expected departure from her daily time slot is seismic for MSNBC, since she is the highest-rated host by far, sometimes doubling the channel’s other shows in key demographics.ĬNN Business reported earlier this week that the five-day-a-week version of her show will come to an end in 2022. “She’s our Oprah,” one senior staffer remarked. Maddow’s expected departure from her daily time slot is seismic for MSNBC, since she is the highest-rated host by far. MSNBC staffers are abuzz, since prime time changes are relatively rare across the cable news landscape. host Lawrence O’Donnell signed an extension earlier this year, so both men have multi-year agreements. host Chris Hayes signed a contract extension last year and the 10 p.m. MSNBC’s even-numbered hours seem to be stable. newsman Brian Williams may be leaving his program “The 11th Hour.” Williams’ contract will expire in the next six months and he wants to move off the late-night hour, three people familiar with the matter said. The eleven people who spoke on condition of anonymity for this story agreed that it’s a significant challenge. Eastern, the channel’s most profitable hour. So MSNBC management needs a new plan for 9 p.m. The weeknight edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show” will come to an end sometime next year, according to multiple sources with knowledge of her new contract with MSNBC’s parent company NBCUniversal. MSNBC’s evening lineup will look very different one year from now.
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