Alex Wagner

The new show is set to debut August 16, just in time for the heat of the midterm elections. The New York Times, which broke the news Monday, said the Maddow- ...

She is currently a co-host on Showtime’s The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show On Earth. The David Nevins-led premium cabler is hoping to find a way to keep Wagner on board with Circus co-hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, and Jenn Palmier going forward, we hear. The network has been looking to stabilize the ratings of the high-profile slot, which have dropped with fill-in hosts. At the time of her return, she said that there “may eventually be another hiatus again sometime in my future, but for now we’re just taking it one step at a time.” “Alex Wagner in the 9pm hour was a clear choice. Wagner is also contributing writer at The Atlantic in addition to her current duties at MSNBC, where she is a senior political analyst and a guest anchor. Earlier this year, Maddow took a hiatus from the The Rachel Maddow Show from early February to early April, saying she was taking a break to work on a movie version of her Bag Man podcast and other projects.

The long-time journalist, editor, and producer has served as a senior political analyst and guest anchor for MSNBC since February 2022, and has been a familiar ...

The journalist previously hosted NOW with Alex Wagner on MSNBC from 2011 to 2015. Wagner will host the 9 p.m. hour Tuesdays through Fridays starting August 16. “In many ways, the stakes have never been higher, and there’s no better place to explore this moment than MSNBC. I’m thrilled to be coming home.” I am looking forward to watching Alex thrive in MSNBC’s primetime lineup.” Maddow announced her shortened hours on April 12 after a two-month hiatus. Alex Wagner has secured Rachel Maddow‘s 9 p.m. ET time slot at MSNBC, the network announced Monday, June 27.

MSNBC has answered its Maddow succession question, with the former daytime cable host taking on the coveted—and highly competitive—9 p.m. slot four nights a ...

“Woooooooooot!” she tweeted. “She did a really good job at Showtime,” someone who knows her told me. “I think it was a period where she got to spread her wings a little bit.” She was also a special correspondent for CBS News and cohost of CBS This Morning: Saturday. Earlier in her career there were stints at The Atlantic and HuffPost. She rejoined MSNBC this past February as a senior analyst and substitute anchor. In many ways, the stakes have never been higher, and there’s no better place to explore this moment than MSNBC. I’m thrilled to be coming home.” How do we get unique new voices to add to the conversation?” It’s more about: How do we continue to add to the conversation?

MSNBC says that journalist Alex Wagner will take over Rachel Maddow's prime-time slot four nights a week, beginning in August.

Occasionally, during big news weeks, Maddow has been on the air more often. Meanwhile, CNN is still looking to fill its 9 p.m. Eastern time slot on a regular basis following the firing of Chris Cuomo. Besides The Atlantic, she has also been an economics reporter for HuffPost and White House correspondent for AOL's Politics Daily. She was editor-in-chief of The Fader, a culture-oriented magazine, and was executive director of an advocacy organization that aimed to stop mass atrocities. A first-generation Asian American whose mother emigrated to the U.S. from Myanmar, Wagner wrote a book about her experiences, “FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest and the Secret to Belonging.” “I'm honored to be anchoring a key hour of television in such a critical time for American democracy,” Wagner said. Wagner, who has worked at CBS News, as a co-host of Showtime's “The Circus” and as an editor at The Atlantic, is on her second stint at MSNBC. She rejoined MSNBC in February after hosting a show on the network a decade ago.

MSNBC announced that Alex Wagner will take over the timeslot left vacant by Rachel Maddow, who rolled back her primetime show to just Mondays, ...

MSNBC has struggled to attract viewers from this coveted group since President Biden took office, and the progressive network averaged only 70,000 demo viewers during the month of May compared to 229,000 for Fox News Channel. The scaled-back version of her show began in May and the Monday program averaged 218,000 demo viewers during the month to finish as the No. 16 cable news show in the category, but no other MSNBC shows landed in the top 20. Maddow, who makes roughly $30 million per year, announced earlier this year that she would only host "The Rachel Maddow Show" once a week so that she could focus on other projects. Wagner, a frequent guest host of "The Rachel Maddow Show," has a lengthy history in progressive activism and liberal media. In 2015, MSNBC canceled her daytime program "Now" after a four-year run. "In many ways, the stakes have never been higher, and there’s no better place to explore this moment than MSNBC. I’m thrilled to be coming home."

MSNBC says Wagner is the only Asian American to host a prime-time cable news program.

Yes, but: Maddow will still host "The Rachel Maddow Show" at the 9pm hour on Mondays, CNN reports. - Maddow was expected to fullyleave her positionbut later decided to host her show on Mondays, Axiosreports. Details: Wagner tweeted that she will host the 9pm show four days per week from Tuesday to Friday beginning on Aug. 16,

The longtime network journalist will take over its most prized timeslot after Maddow scaled back her involvement.

MSNBC President Rashida Jones said in a statement that Wagner was “a clear choice” for the role. She may be best known for her role as co-host and executive producer of the Showtime documentary series “The Circus,” which focuses on politics. Maddow’s show finished fourth among cable news programs in 2021 with an average of 2.6 million total viewers each night, compared with 3.2 million for ratings leader Tucker Carlson of Fox News. Her Monday-only show averaged about 2 million viewers per episode in May, and the numbers were far lower for guest-hosted prime-time shows on other nights of the week. It’s unusual for a cable news network to split a prime-time slot like 9 p.m. between multiple hosts on different days, which could confuse viewers. Wagner is not a new face for MSNBC viewers. She also worked as a co-host of the CBS News program “CBS This Morning Saturday,” and as a correspondent for the network.

Alex Wagner, a former MSNBC daytime host who returned to the network earlier this year as a senior political analyst and guest anchor, is stepping in for ...

MSNBC has named Alex Wagner as the new host for its 9 pm ET hour, following Rachel Maddow stepping back from weeknight hosting duties.

This, by the way, is an approach that CNN under new boss Chris Licht thinks is the way forward there, as well, as the ratings-obsessed cable news business continues to grapple with how much of its emphasis ought to shift toward digital formats. The network pointed me to the following statement from Wagner, who said today that “I’m honored to be anchoring a key hour of television in such a critical time for American democracy. With the Wagner announcement, MSNBC has now (for the most part) answered that question, leaving CNN as the only network with uncertainty still hanging over its 9 pm hour.

Alex Wagner is set to be the only Asian-American woman hosting a solo news show when she steps in for Rachel Maddow, who reached a contract renewal ...

The change comes after Maddow previously reached a contract renewal agreement with MSNBC to continue her series only one night per week. Alex Wagner will take over as the majority host of MSNBC's 9 p.m. news hour. Then Wagner will host with her own, as-yet-unnamed show Tuesday through Friday.

MSNBC Taps Alex Wagner as Rachel Maddow's Successor ... Wagner, a former MSNBC dayside host and CBS News anchor, will host the 9 p.m. hour Tuesday-Friday, ...

“In many ways, the stakes have never been higher, and there’s no better place to explore this moment than MSNBC. I’m thrilled to be coming home.” “I am looking forward to watching Alex thrive in MSNBC’s primetime lineup.” Maddow continues to host the hour on Monday nights, and when there is breaking news coverage (for example, she led coverage after the Supreme Court’s Roe v.