A top cable news network is making its first major scheduling shifts after a recent rebranding. MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, is moving several people around in its schedule. The schedule shifts include a notable change to the popular Morning Joe, hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, which will be reduced by an hour.
According to a press release, the new MS NOW programming changes begin in June.
Morning Joe will air from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET, with Jonathan Lemire co-hosting the last hour. Willie Geist stays with the morning program, and the network notes that even by dropping the fourth hour, the Morning Joe team still anchors "more hours than any other cable news program."
Taking over the 9 a.m. ET hour will be Stephanie Ruhle, who had been hosting The 11th Hour at night. Ruhle's new show will air for two hours, from 9 to 11 a.m. ET.
Ali Velshi returns to a permanent spot on the weekday schedule, as he will take over The 11th Hour. He will continue to "serve as MS Now's chief data reporter" as well.
The 11 a.m. ET hour will be covered by a yet-to-be named anchor. Alicia Menendez will take over the 12 to 2 p.m. ET hours on MS Now.
Katy Tur, Nicolle Wallace, and Ari Melber's program times remain the same as they have been through weekday afternoons into early evenings.
The Weeknight, which airs at 7 p.m. ET, will have Luke Russert join Symone Sanders Townsend and Michael Steele. Russert is the son of beloved late journalist Tim Russert, who was the longtime moderator of Meet the Press.
Chris Hayes stays put with All In at 8 p.m. ET, although he is returning to Mondays and will air five nights a week.
Then, Jen Psaki'sThe Briefing continues to air at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday through Friday nights. Rachel Maddow will continue to air Monday nights in that time slot.
Lawrence O'Donnell's The Last Word also keeps its usual spot, airing at 10 p.m. ET.
Departing MS Now is Ana Cabrera, who anchored the 10 a.m. ET time slot.
Chris Jansing, who has hosted the hours that will be taken by Menendez, will become the chief political reporter for MS NOW heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
Jacob Soboroff will take over the weekend time slots previously held by Velshi, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.
According to TV Insider, MS Now president Rebecca Kutler addressed the changes in a memo to staff. "As part of these programming changes, team members will have the opportunity to shift into new roles to support new priorities," she wrote.
Kutler added, "In most cases, comparable opportunities will be available to employees as these changes take shape. Overall, we expect to have more people working at MS Now by the end of 2026 than we do today."
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