{"id":1529805,"date":"2022-06-27T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529805"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:49:55","slug":"msnbc-picks-rachel-maddows-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-picks-rachel-maddows-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Picks Rachel Maddow\u2019s Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnbc-picks-rachel-maddows-successor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>MSNBC has chosen Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel Maddow as host of its nightly program, marking a major change in leftist media.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC revealed the change on Monday regarding the 9 PM ET slot on Tuesday through Friday nights. However, Maddow intends to continue hosting the show on Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am absolutely thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back home to @MSNBC to host the 9 PM hour, beginning August 16th. LET\u2019S DO THIS,\u201d Wagner tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am absolutely thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back home to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSNBC<\/a> to host the 9PM hour, beginning August 16th. LET&#8217;S DO THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bgJAcmuDtt\">https:\/\/t.co\/bgJAcmuDtt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 alexwagner (@alexwagner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexwagner\/status\/1541465024245514240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wagner also shared her excitement in a statement regarding the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to be anchoring a key hour of television in such a critical time for American democracy,\u201d Wagner <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/alex-wagner-msnbc-9pm-rachel-maddow-1235304177\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cIn many ways, the stakes have never been higher, and there\u2019s no better place to explore this moment than MSNBC. I\u2019m thrilled to be coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC President Rashida Jones noted the importance of Wagner\u2019s experience in political journalism as critical as the network prepares to cover midterm election issues in the months leading to November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a show where our hair is on fire and we\u2019re yelling past each other, and we\u2019re creating these manufactured moments of tension,\u201d Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/27\/business\/media\/alex-wagner-rachel-maddow-msnbc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The New York Times. \u201cI really want the takeaway from this show to be a better understanding of what\u2019s happening in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report also noted Wagner as the only Asian American to host a prime-time cable news show.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner had recently served as one of the program\u2019s rotating guest hosts. The longtime journalist has also been the co-host of Showtime\u2019s \u201cThe Circus\u201d and wrote the 2018 memoir \u201cFutureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wagner\u2019s background already included previous experience with MSNBC. She hosted a daytime show on the network, which was canceled in 2015, and has also served as a guest host for Chris Hayes on the network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe pulls in perspective. She brings in some of the context throughout her discussion,\u201d Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/alex-wagner-msnbc-9pm-rachel-maddow-1235304177\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Variety in sharing the news. \u201cShe knows politics. She knows everything from foreign policy to culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maddow had already stepped back from hosting after a new deal with NBCUniversal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/27\/msnbc-alex-wagner-rachel-maddow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Axios. The host planned to leave her position but decided to remain active as the program\u2019s Monday host.<\/p>\n<p>The program, running since 2008, announced Maddow\u2019s plans to take a hiatus in January.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rachel-maddow-taking-hiatus-from-her-msnbc-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the news of Maddow\u2019s break from hosting came after she signed a new contract with MSNBC last summer. Maddow\u2019s new contract was reported at $30 million a year to keep her at the network through the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>The long-running program has remained popular for the network. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/alex-wagner-msnbc-9pm-rachel-maddow-1235304177\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to<\/a> Variety, Maddow\u2019s show \u201ccaptured $45 million in advertising in the first ten months of 2021, according to Standard Media Index, a tracker of ad spending.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC has chosen Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel Maddow as host of its nightly program, marking a major change in leftist media. MSNBC revealed the change on Monday regarding the 9 PM ET slot on Tuesday through Friday nights. However, Maddow intends to continue hosting the show on Mondays. \u201cI am absolutely thrilled and honored &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1529855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1529805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1529855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}