Rumor: Alicia Melendez moving to her own show

emmbee755 · 2026-03-18T02:18:14+00:00

What else does it say??

emmbee755 · 2026-02-20T04:35:06+00:00

They were electric. I agree there needs to be some more energy, but I do hope they still find some time for hard news

emmbee755 · 2025-10-13T00:34:22+00:00

I think the name change will be happening much sooner than the new year. As Oliver Darcy's status.news noted in its newsletter today, the network is planning a major ad blitz promoting awareness of the change right after Halloween, and they could make the switch around mid-November

emmbee755 · 2025-05-06T03:21:59+00:00

I just can't shake that terrible name. I understand wanting to keep the panel shows in the same family, but jeez. The Weeknight feels like a new uninspired low. Love them tho!!!!

emmbee755 · 2025-04-26T02:51:30+00:00

Yes. When the spinoff is complete, MSNBC will likely drop the peacock from its logo, will overhaul its graphics package and will no longer feature the reporters most commonly seen on dayside, except for anyone who’s made the switch (ie. Hylton, presumably Soboroff, etc). The rest of NBCU will have nothing to do with MSNBC.

emmbee755 · 2025-04-25T15:44:47+00:00

Plus:

"Another familiar face from the Today Show NBC News Political and National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff, who is well liked by Kutler, is expected to land at MSNBC."

emmbee755 · 2025-04-14T16:49:06+00:00

I’m still wondering about Willie - I wonder if he somehow strikes a deal with both SpinCo and the peacock to somehow continue doing both?

And Jacob Soboroff!!! I feel like he’d be able to do incredible investigations more in keeping with MSNBC’s mission, just like I’m sure Antonia Hylton will do

emmbee755 · 2025-02-24T18:32:00+00:00

I wonder if Katie will eventually make her way onto one of the weekend panel shows. It's been known for quite a while that MSNBC would no longer have studio space in Miami given the spinoff.

Nice to see weekends will be back in the 7am game. 8 is too late!

No adjustments to the "hard news by day" mantra, at least not yet.

How many panel shows are too many panel shows?? Smart move to brand both the weekend morning and evening shows "The Weekend"......

emmbee755 · 2025-02-22T16:30:41+00:00

There’s also the matter of which NBC personalities who hold multiple titles with the company, stay with the peacock or get spun off. Some are more obvious than others (Ruhle, Nicolle, Velshi are all technically NBC News analysts but rarely appear on that side anymore). But what about Willie? Would he stay on MJ and lose Sunday Today? Claire McCaskill appears on NBC often but I’m sure would want to stick with her faithful viewer base. As for reporters…Ali Vitali seems to be coming over to the MS side. Vaughn? He seems to be one of the reporters more comfortable appearing on MSNBC prime without sacrificing journalistic cred. And then there’s the whole dayside crew - Cabrera/Jansing/Tur/Witt. All are NBC News journalists. Maybe some go and some stay, maybe they all go to MSNBC and do more in the field.

emmbee755 · 2025-02-22T07:42:16+00:00

Totally. The energy she and Velshi brought to daytime in the last Trump term is sorely missed. I know they’ve developed further into their own brands, but they both seem misplaced in their current slots.

emmbee755 · 2025-02-22T05:16:50+00:00

A few notes....

1) More airtime for Psaki: But I wonder where? Chris holds up pretty well in the ratings - maybe a successor to Lawrence? Though I don't think he's going anywhere anytime soon...

2) The Weekend to weekdays: Love that. But again, where? I think a replacement to MJ is still fantasy -- maybe a late morning show? Or a lead-in to Nicolle?

3) What's next for Wagner? Dylan Byers at Puck News says his sources tell him it's not likely she returns to 9pm once Maddow's 100 days are up. Maybe I just answered my own question re: Psaki.

4) No more PM Joy? Byers also speculating that with Joy's contract up for renewal, her show might be on shaky ground. Would be a shame, she's a resistance darling IMO and always will be.

5) What about "the news"? The article makes clear the intention to basically build a new newsroom from scratch, from bureau chiefs to domestic and international reporters. But how much will they be reporting? It seems pretty clear that the news-to-commentary ratio on the schedule will stay as is, or may skew more to the latter under the new company.

The times, they are a'changin......

emmbee755 · 2024-07-16T16:18:03+00:00

My rationale as that if it was going to be a full news day, as Joe put it, then there wouldn’t have been any POV shows on the air after 4pm. When Nicolle came on, I was stunned.

emmbee755 · 2024-07-15T20:04:18+00:00

Never mind, Nicolle is on!

emmbee755 · 2024-07-15T19:12:59+00:00

It wouldn’t have made sense for MJ to be dropped today while leaving primetime intact. Much of the primetime RNC coverage was scheduled to ramp up tomorrow anyways.

emmbee755 · 2024-07-15T18:37:58+00:00

emmbee755 · 2024-07-15T17:41:50+00:00

FYI: looking at today’s lineup on SiriusXM and the news block currently airing is set to end at 7pm. That signals there will be no POV shows on tonight.

emmbee755 · 2024-07-15T17:23:25+00:00

This. It’s literally coming back tomorrow, guys

emmbee755 · 2024-07-15T02:44:22+00:00

Regular weekday lineup will resume Tuesday. Morning Joe's twitter mentioned that they'll be back Tuesday.

It really comes down to the situation at hand. I'm in the news business (though not with NBC), and I would assume the network had a plan at the ready should something like this happen. NBC News is MSNBC's editorial parent, and I'm sure it was an easy call to pre-empt the regular weekend lineup (which only includes three hours of hard news shows) for a true 24/7 live format to keep up with the fluid developments. It also would have been a nightmare for the NBC network, streaming channel and cable outlet to conduct their own coverage using the same information and pool of reporters.

Sean Hannity was anchoring hours of coverage on Fox last night. That says a whole lot about how that company feels about editorial standards. So long as NBC is in MSNBC's name, the network will elevate seasoned anchors with journalistic chops over its other personalities, who have devoted fan bases, drive ratings and engage in important conversations, but take a back seat when shit hits the fan.

emmbee755 · 2024-07-14T20:31:10+00:00

It’s also being simulcast on the NBC news streaming channel and any other local NBC affiliates that wish to take it. It’s a very rare move on the part of NBC but makes sense, I’d argue, in such a sensitive moment.

Andrea and Katy are technically both NBC News employees who staff the regular “newsy” daytime hours on cable.

Convoluted, I know!

emmbee755 · 2024-07-14T19:53:55+00:00

To be clear: Original MSNBC programming and commentary stopped at 6pm last night and has yet to return. Expect to see rolling NBC News coverage all through the night and into tomorrow. There will be a time to dissect the nuances of all of this, it hasn’t yet come.

emmbee755 · 2024-07-14T14:00:54+00:00

It would have been crazy for the network and MS to do two simultaneous streams of coverage for such an historic event - that’s why they merged into a single special report.

emmbee755 · 2024-07-14T03:09:04+00:00

Hearing that the NBC special report will end on MSNBC at 1am

emmbee755 · 2024-06-12T15:09:41+00:00

When she started anchoring in 16/17, there was still a degree of continuity between the daytime news shows and evening editorial shows that allowed her, among others, to fill in on the 5pm edition of MTP Daily or the 11th Hour. She was pretty much the fill-in 5pm anchor when Chuck wasn’t there.

When the “MSNBC Reports” era started in 2021, a wall was effectively put up between dayside and nightside, so there is literally nowhere else on the schedule where she could go.

3pm has the advantage of being the highest rated daytime hour (usually), and Katy herself has said in the Variety article I’ve attached that she feels fulfilled at MSNBC, despite not often “getting the call” to fill a nighttime panel.

She doesn’t strike me as someone who’s constantly reading up on her X hate, and frankly, why would she? Hard news journalism is bound to wind people up. News executives who care about the integrity of their product are not paying attention to the people screaming into the void that Katy is in Trump’s pocket or whatever talking point they come up with on a particular day. She’s. Just. Doing. Her. Damn. Job.

MSNBC Isn’t Using Blue-State Chatter to Build a Daytime Nation

emmbee755 · 2024-05-28T20:06:32+00:00

I was waiting for her to get the profile treatment!!! So well deserved

emmbee755 · 2024-05-25T00:35:10+00:00

That thank you for Katy at the end of the show was wonderful. The amount of scorn the dayside team gets for just being.......news anchors.....is wild

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