US EditionCable News Network MS NOW Shuffles Schedule, Moving Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez to Daytime
Rebecca Kutler reshuffles MS NOW anchors and schedule to enhance midterm election coverage and address subscriber declines projected by S&P Global Intelligence.
- On March 18, Rebecca Kutler, MS NOW president, unveiled a large daytime overhaul reassigning anchors including Stephanie Ruhle to 9 a.m.–11 a.m. and Ali Velshi to The 11th Hour, with changes effective in June.
- Facing a shifting pay-TV market, MS NOW seeks to grow market share, build a subscription product, and position itself for the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 presidential cycle, Kutler said.
- Kutler wrote that MS NOW staff can shift to new roles with comparable opportunities, and she predicted more people will work at MS NOW by the end of 2026.
- Executives say MS NOW's overhaul is the channel's first since rebranding from MSNBC earlier this year, amid projected subscriber dips to 58.8 million in 2026.
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Cable news network MS NOW shuffles schedule, moving Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez to daytime
The cable news network MS NOW is shuffling its schedule, mostly in the daytime hours. The former MSNBC will give Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez two hour stints as anchors, starting in June.
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MS NOW said it will cut “Morning Joe” down to three hours in a major lineup shuffle roughly six months after being spun off from NBC, Mediaite reported. “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski had lobbied for the change, citing the demands of hosting a four-hour show, according to Mediaite. The show will now air […] MS NOW Delivers Major Announcement About Future Of ‘Morning Joe’
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After being cast out into the wilderness by NBCUniversal last year, things didn’t appear to be going well for the rebranded “MS NOW.” On Wednesday, a shakeup was announced that saw daytime completely reshaped with two anchors losing their seats with at least one already announcing that she had quit, Morning Joe experiencing some shrinkage, while a new face would appear during the 11th Hour, among other shifts. Going down the line up, first, Morn…
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