MSNBC makes some Weekend Changes and 1 Early Morning Show Change

MSNBC  Cable TV News 

             MSNBC is adding programs to the weekend primetime with Alica Mendez and Joshua Johnson hosting weekend shows.   Also, the name "Way too Early" Returns with  Kasie Hunt, with her show on Sunday Evening ending this Sunday.   Also, current "First Look" anchor  Yasmin Vossoughian is moving to weekends. 

     Starting September 19th, MSNBC's new weekend afternoon and prime time line up starts. 

        Yasmin Vossoughian will anchor two hours of "MSNBC Live" on Weekends from 3-5PMET. 

     

Vossoughian will deliver sharp reporting and analysis from years of international journalism taking a no-nonsense look at the day’s important stories and focusing on solution-based conversations.

                                                                        -via press release

            "American Voices with Alicia Mendez" will air on Saturdays and Sundays from 6-8PMET.

                 MSNBC anchor Alicia Menendez will focus on the biggest political stories of the week while elevating news on under-reported issues with under-represented voices that require a national platform.

                                                                      -via press release

          "The Week with Joshua Johnson"  will air Saturdays and Sundays  8-10pmet .

               MSNBC anchor Joshua Johnson will connect everyday people, newsmakers and trailblazers for candid conversations about each week’s big stories, thinking through the challenges we all face and prepping viewers for the days ahead.

                                                              -via press release

              MSNBC is also bringing back the name of the program "Way Too Early" the original program replaced the repeat of "First Look" at 5:30amet, in 2009  and ran until 2016 when they replaced it and merged it with "First Look" to create "Morning Joe First Look" from 5-6amet.   Kasie Hunt  will be the new anchor of the program, this launches on September 21st.




Press release after the jump

Greta Van Susteren Joins MSNBC

MSNBC  TV News  

    After leaving Fox News Channel  last September after 14 years Greta Van Susteren is joining MSNBC.     She will be hosting a new 6pmet show called "For the Record" which replaces MSNBC Live which had been airing in the slot, since  "With All Due Respect" ended in December. "WADR" was Bloomberg TV show that re-aired on MSNBC from January -December 2016.    Much like her Fox News show it will be done from D.C giving MSNBC 3 hours between 5-8pmet of programming from the nation's capital.

via press release 

 Veteran Broadcaster to Host “For the Record with Greta,” Weeknights at 6 p.m. ET on MSNBC
JANUARY 5, 2017 – Veteran broadcaster Greta Van Susteren will join MSNBC, it was announced today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC.

Van Susteren will host “For the Record with Greta,” which will air weeknights from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET. The program will debut on Monday, January 9, based in Washington, D.C. It replaces the timeslot of Bloomberg’s political television show “With All Due Respect,” which ended in early December.

“For the Record” will provide news coverage and analysis of the day’s top headlines spanning politics and beyond. The early evening broadcast will build on MSNBC’s strategic shift to a breaking news focus during the day and, along with “MTP Daily” and “Hardball,” will provide one of the key bridges to primetime. MSNBC marked its most-watched year ever in 2016, and was the fastest growing top 100 cable network in weekday prime.

“Greta is a true pro with a proven record of tough journalism,” said Griffin.  “Her broad range of experience and sharp news judgment will be of great value to MSNBC as we build on our momentum going into a new year and a new administration.”

“I’m thrilled to start my next chapter at MSNBC,” Van Susteren said. “The network is the right destination for the smart news and analysis I hope to deliver every day, and I look forward to joining the talented journalists and analysts I respect there.”

A 25-year cable news veteran, Van Susteren joins MSNBC from Fox News Channel, where she hosted “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” for 14 years. Previously, Van Susteren spent more than a decade at CNN, where she served as a legal analyst and co-host of “Burden of Proof” and hosted the news program “The Point.” She is an experienced breaking news anchor and has traveled the world - including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, North Korea, Sudan, and more - often with Presidents, Secretaries of State and Defense, and other leaders.

Van Susteren was part of the investigative team that won a first place National Headliner Award for the "Attack on America." Additionally, her legal analysis and contribution to the election coverage in 2000 earned her the American Bar Association’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Journalism. Prior to her career in journalism, Van Susteren was a criminal defense and civil trial attorney.

Van Susteren graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in economics, with distinction, from the University of Wisconsin. She earned a Juris Doctor and a Master of Law from Georgetown Law. She is the first Stuart Stiller Fellow at Georgetown Law Center and was awarded honorary Doctorates of Law from Georgetown and Stetson Law School. In 2016, the American News Women’s Club honored Van Susteren with the prestigious 22nd annual Excellence in Journalism award.

Van Susteren is the co-author of My Turn at The Bully Pulpit: Straight Talk About The Things That Drive Me Nuts. She lives with her husband John P. Coale in Washington, D.C.

MSNBC changes : Some more

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This time in MSNBC changing 2015 news:   Mediaite's  Joe Concha (who has been dead right on these MSNBC change stories)  reports that MSNBC is going to be making some more changes.

Their morning  show , Morning Joe , will be expanding to 9AMET  , News Nation , currently anchored by Tamorn Hall will expand to to 2 hours starting at 10AMET, meaning that the current 9-11AMET Jose Diaz-Balart (who is also anchor at Telemundo) will be removed.   In the afternoon , NBC News correspondent  , Kate Snow is to receive the 3-5PMET  slot.

Here's a look at that line up  :
6AM now to 10AMET  Morning Joe
10AMET-12PMET  News Nation
12-1PMET  Andrea Mitchell Reports
1-3PMET  MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts
3-5PMET  Kate Snow  (currently MSNBC LIVE)
5-6PMET   Chuck Todd  (currently MSNBC Live)
6-7PMET  MSNBC  LIVE ( replacing Sharpton as of  9/8; future Program announced)

This year  has so far Seen MSNBC scrap 6 hours of programming between  1-7PMET as they try and drift away from Lean Forward to News.


Update   (9/4) Mediaite's Concha is reporting that Jose Diaz-Balart will still be at the network , just losing one hour of his show instead the whole 2.

MSNBC's cancels 3 shows as part of their changes

MSNBC  cable news 

       As reported by Mediate last week , as part of MSNBC's changes as they go away from liberal talk channel in daytime in to so called hard news , 3 talk shows have been canceled that ran from 3-6pmet. "The Cycle" which was  hosted by Abby Huntsman, Krystal Ball , Ari Melber , and  Toure' ,  Now with Alex Wagner , and the Ed Show , hosted by Ed Schultz, have been canceled by the network , their final shows  are set for July 31st.

Per TV Newser

MSNBC Changes: “The Cycle,” “Now with Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show” will air their final shows on Friday.

— TVNewser (@tvnewser) July 30, 2015

  The 5PMET slot is expected to be taken over by "Meet The Press" host and former MSNBC anchor , Chuck Todd.     It is unknown what happens to the 3-5pm ET hours.   Toure',  Huntsman, Ball ,and Schultz  are out at the network , while Melber and Wagner are expected to stay.

 Mediate has the full memo from the MSNBC president , Phil Griffin .

Brian Willams is also set to join the network  once his suspension is over , it is unknown if he will be getting a slot.

New program line ups for Fox Business and MSNBC

FOX BUSINESS NETWORK     MSNBC 

 Tomorrow ( 2-24-2014)   is a  change for both FOX Business Network and MSNBC's  daytime schedules.

Fox Business  Network continues part 2 of changes announced this month  first off, the IMUS in the Morning  simulcast  which ran from  6-9:20AMET will be shortened to end at 9AMET , Maria Bartiromo who left CNBC last year    will be hosting a new program called "Opening Bell" from  9-11AMET replacing  Varney and Company ,which gets an extra 20 minutes added and moves to 11AMET-1PMET replacing "Markets Now".

    As we wrote on  Joshua Online , last month  MSNBC 's daytime changes  officially start tomorrow now that the Olympics are over.
   The 2PMET  program  "News Nation with Tamron Hall" moves to it's new 11AMET slot replacing MSNBC live ,"Andrea Mitchell Reports " moves to 12PMET  , then  "Ronan Farrow Daily"  starts at 1PMET , and  The Reid Report  at 2PMET.

MSNBC announces time for Ronan Farrow Show and other changes

MSNBC  Cable 
 MSNBC has now announced the date they will be adding Ronan Farrow to their line up , his program will be airing at 1PMET starting February 24th  , his slot will be taking from Andrea Mitchell Reports   who moves to 12PMET, another change is that MSNBC contributor , Joy Reid will also be getting a program it will air at 2PMET , replacing News Nation with Tamron Hall which moves to 11AMET.
from press release 

   “Tamron has established herself as one of the best news anchors in the business. It strengthens us to have her hosting during our morning news block,” said Griffin. “Andrea Mitchell is so critical to msnbc and I’ve always thought her show should be at noon. Andrea brings on the biggest newsmakers of the day and the new time slot will help showcase her work.”

Here is the new dayitime line up which looks like a divide of news shows and opinion shows
 9AMET  Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd
10AMET  Jansing and CO
11amet  News Nation with Tamron Hall (new time slot )
12PMET   Andrea Mitchell Reports  (New time slot )
1PMET    Ronan Farrow  (new show)
2PMET   Joy Reid          (new show )
3PMET    The Cycle
4PMET   Now with Alex Wagner  

MSNBC moving Thomas Roberts to Early Morning

MSNBC  Cable News  
  Yesterday , The Daily Caller reported that  MSNBC was going to move it's 11AMET news anchor to it's Early morning news program "Way to Early" which comes on at 5:30AMET after  "First Look".  The Program was launched  in 2009 as a spin-off lead in to Morning Joe , original anchored by Willie Geist  until last year when he was moved to the Today Show.   
  Today MSNBC confirmed that Brian Shactman ,who become anchor last year, will be replace by Roberts.


MSNBC's press release is  below

MSNBC Making some changes

MSNBC Cable News 

    It was announced Last night  that MSNBC will be making some changes to it's line up :  Ed Schultz announced on  his show "The Ed Show " That tonight (Thursday)  will be his last night at 8PMET and moving  in April to Weekends from 5-7PMET.
Video:

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 Also,  it has been announced that current Saturday and Sunday Morning host, Chris Hayes, will be moving to the 8PMET weeknight slot.  His program "UP with Chris Hayes" started back in 2011, as MSNBC stared expanding it's opinion programming into weekends. This also continues the trend of MSNBC airing less documentary/reality programs , which it was known for,  and expanding it's opinion programs it also expanded it's weekend news blocks as well.
     Now we will see who replaces his weekend Slot.
Meanwhile the NewYork Times has more about Hayes.

2 Media Things for you to know for 7-16-2012

Media
By Skyler


1.  MSNBC.com is gone (for now) , On July 15th  1996, cable news channel, MSNBC was launched Mircosoft and NBC, so was their website, now on July 15th , 2012 Msnbc.com is gone. NBC has taken full control of the website and renamed it NBCNEWS.COM .  The 2 reasons I can factor why NBC NEWS did this , is A) they wanted full control of their web presence , and B) MSNBC TV has moved more to a left leaning opinion channel that they wanted to separate the MSNBC and NBC NEWS NAME, msnbc to get a new site in 2013.  
related link  : A question : Is NBC NEWS trying to distance itself from msnbc?


2. CNN  changes morning hosts. CNN's morning show "Early Start" , which started earlier this year , is changing co-host Ashleigh Banfield  with former ABC NEWS reporter ,John Berman. He joins Zoraida Sambolin as co-host.  "Early Start" airs on CNN Weekdays  5-7AMET. 2-4AM PT.  Banfield is moving to a daytime news position on CNN. 

What is Rachel Maddow? [VIDEO]

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   On "Jeopardy"  last night , 2 TV personalities were answers (or question)  One was ABC NEWS' George Stephanopoulus  (a contestant got him) , the other was MSNBC'S Rachel Maddow but...

Watch the video (from News Busters)

Review of the Media on the Iowa Caucus

Media  Choice2012 
  By Joshuaonline Staff

CNN 
     CNN seems to pride themselves on their election coverage . This year , the network  moved it's election coverage from New York to it's Atlanta HQ.  It also added a bunch more graphics and gadgets to it's use age. Using heavy hitter anchors, Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer ,John King and their "Best Political team on TV" CNN made their election coverage interesting.
   Goods:  CNN kept the coverage fair and kept going through out the night waiting for every vote to be counted.  Its setup was great overall.
  Bads: CNN did use too many things, even though the GCI "Weebles" seem like a good idea it's just something for mockery. The "Flex " touch screens maybe a bit much and twitter is good but trying to use it in coverage may be too much.
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Keith Olbermann Suspended.

Today , MSNBC host ,Keith Olbermann, was  suspended  after it was found out that he gave money to 3 democratic candidates.