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Msnbc
the news
Feb. 25, 2025
Rachel Maddow Takes On Her Own Network
Criticizing MSNBC for firing all its non-white prime-time hosts, including Joy Reid.
By
Jason P. Frank
cable news
Jan. 13, 2025
Biden’s Giving a ‘Last Word’ to MSNBC
The outgoing president’s “final interview” has been set.
By
Josef Adalian
buffering
Nov. 21, 2024
Welcome to SpinCo
Notes on the debundling of NBCUniversal.
By
Josef Adalian
2024 election
Nov. 6, 2024
Watching TV As America Descends Into the Abyss
I spent eight hours with two broadcasts that felt like stage plays from alternate realities.
By
Nicholas Quah
kornacki watch
Nov. 6, 2024
Every Single Thing Steve Kornacki Did on Election Night 2024
Tracking the master of MSNBC’s Big Board the night America decides.
By
Jen Chaney
365 party politics
July 23, 2024
News Anchors Eulogize
Brat
Summer
Kamala Harris’s historic campaign is adamant about aligning itself with 365 party girls.
By
Zoe Guy
live from the white house
Apr. 1, 2022
Press Secretary Jen Psaki Reportedly Joining MSNBC
She’s said to be in talks to leave the White House for Peacock.
By
Ashley Shannon Wu
departure
Nov. 9, 2021
Longtime News Anchor Brian Williams to Leave MSNBC by the End of 2021
Williams has been with MSNBC for 28 years.
By
Alejandra Gularte
al roker: the last airbender
Aug. 29, 2021
Al Roker Will Drop Ya ‘Like a Bag of Dirt’ If You Get Between Him and His Storms
He’s gone Roker-mode, which is like Joker-mode but likable.
By
Rebecca Alter
the dc universe
May 30, 2021
Watch Regina King Learn She May Be in the Running to Direct New
Superman
Movie
“That is news to me.”
By
Charu Sinha
nbcuniversal
May 13, 2021
Place Your Bets on Steve Kornacki As He Develops a Game Show, Heads to the Games
The MSNBC wonk reportedly signed a multimillion-dollar deal with NBCUniversal.
By
Halle Kiefer
cable news
Jan. 29, 2021
Brian Williams’s On-Air Trump Troll Had Us at Hello
“Someone is of course gonna be in big trouble.”
By
Devon Ivie
last night on late night
Jan. 26, 2021
Jimmy Fallon Cleans Steve Kornacki’s Filthy Office As a Thank You From Us All
Touch his khaki heap and die, James.
By
Halle Kiefer
cable news
Jan. 6, 2021
Joy Reid Delivers Powerful Speech on Capitol Siege and Race on MSNBC
“White Americans aren’t afraid of the cops. White Americans are never afraid of the cops, even when they’re committing an insurrection.”
By
Chris Murphy
kornacki cam
Jan. 6, 2021
Leslie Jones Reaffirms Her Love for Steve Kornacki, His Khakis
“I’m scared but Steve is here so I’m good!”
By
Charu Sinha
the industry
Dec. 3, 2020
MSNBC Taps Two New Anchors to Replace Joy Reid on Weekends
Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart are stepping in.
By
Josef Adalian
stay safe
Nov. 20, 2020
Rachel Maddow Reveals Her Partner Tested Positive for COVID-19, Warns Viewers
“Whatever you’re doing, however you’ve calibrated risk in your life, don’t get this thing.”
By
Zoe Haylock
election 2020
Nov. 7, 2020
When It Comes to Steve Kornacki, Please Don’t Cock Block Leslie Jones
“Don’t tell him I curse like that!”
By
Halle Kiefer
the coronavirus
Nov. 6, 2020
And on Top of Everything Else, Rachel Maddow Has to Go Into COVID-19 Quarantine
A “close contact” of the MSNBC anchor tested positive for the coronavirus.
By
Halle Kiefer
no sleep for map guy
Nov. 6, 2020
Steve Kornacki Has at Least Been Forced to Take a Break
“If I sit down, I’ll fall asleep.”
By
Jackson McHenry
last night on late night
Nov. 5, 2020
Steve Kornacki Recalls Accidentally Outlining a Penis on His Touchscreen in 2016
MSNBC’s touchscreen guru/Energizer bunny shared the story on
The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
on Wednesday night.
By
Chris Murphy
election 2020
Nov. 4, 2020
Fox News Won the 2020 Election Night Ratings Battle
The biggest loser? Broadcast TV.
By
Josef Adalian
election 2020
Nov. 3, 2020
Steve Kornacki Is the Only Cute Thing About the Election
A khaki king.
By
Rebecca Alter
tv
July 9, 2020
Joy Reid to Take Over Chris Matthews’s MSNBC Slot
The ReidOut
begins July 20 at 7 p.m.
By
Zoe Haylock
media
Apr. 26, 2020
Chris Matthews Admits Workplace Behavior Was ‘Inappropriate’
“I didn’t argue about it. I didn’t deny it.”
By
Halle Kiefer
encounter
Mar. 5, 2020
Super Tuesday With Steve Kornacki, MSNBC’s Wonk Superman
“He has not stopped. He has not eaten. He’s only been drinking water for the past 18 hours.”
By
Jen Chaney
debates
Nov. 21, 2019
More Than 6.6 Million People Watched Last Night’s Democratic Debate
It’s the smallest audience this year for a Democratic debate, but it’s common for ratings to slip as the campaign wears on.
By
Josef Adalian
sexual harassment
Oct. 26, 2019
Maddow Calls Out NBC, Network Releases Employees From Confidentiality Agreements
“It would be impossible for me to overstate the amount of consternation inside the building around this issue.”
By
Halle Kiefer
podcasts
Jan. 29, 2019
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Is Doing a Live Podcast Taping With Stacey Abrams
The Democratic star will join Hayes for a special episode of
Why Is This Happening?
at Gramercy Theatre in February.
By
Josef Adalian
frank ocean sighting
Jan. 10, 2019
Why Frank Ocean Gave Us the Gift of His Instagram
“I feel like there was dissonance between how I was seen by the audience and where I was actually.”
By
Dee Lockett
cable news
Nov. 7, 2018
In Praise of MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki
He’s the best election night analyzer there is. He also might be a robot.
By
Jen Chaney
tv ratings
Aug. 20, 2018
For an Hour Last Week, Rachel Maddow Was the Most-Watched Person on TV
The Rachel Maddow Show
was No. 1 on
all
of television during its 9 p.m. hour Friday.
By
Josef Adalian
a long talk
July 27, 2018
MSNBC’s Ari Melber Wants to Bring Hip-hop to Cable News
The host of
The Beat
explains why “culture is everywhere” in the Trump era — especially the nightly news.
By
Josef Adalian
Jan. 16, 2018
The Rachel Maddow Show
Just Had Its Best Ratings Week Ever
Maddow beat her Fox News rival Sean Hannity by nearly 400,000 viewers.
By
Josef Adalian
Jan. 12, 2018
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Trump, Cable News, and Why Voters Are ‘Ripsh*t Mad’
“This is not a partisan observation — people are out of their mind!”
By
Josef Adalian
msnbc
Dec. 7, 2017
MSNBC Admits It Screwed Up, Will Re-Hire Sam Seder
“Sometimes you just get one wrong — and that’s what happened here.”
By
Dee Lockett
msnbc
Dec. 4, 2017
MSNBC Cuts Ties With Sam Seder Over Roman Polanski Rape Joke
Seder said the 2009 tweet was a satirical response to Hollywood’s defense of Polanski that is now being “willfully misinterpreted.”
By
Dee Lockett
Oct. 5, 2017
In the Age of Trump, Comfort Food TV Is Working
And two more early lessons about the 2017 fall season.
By
Josef Adalian
tv ratings
Sept. 19, 2017
Hillary Clinton Just Notched Another Popular Vote Win
Rachel Maddow’s interview with Clinton was the top-rated cable news broadcast last week.
By
Josef Adalian
Sept. 11, 2017
Joy Reid Wants to Argue With You
MSNBC’s rising star on the value of having knock-down, drag-out debates.
By
Josef Adalian
2016 election
Nov. 8, 2016
Chris Matthews Has Weird Story About JFK & Porn
Supposedly that’s how the president got his mind off Election Day.
By
Tolly Wright
July 21, 2016
Kate McKinnon Stopped by ‘Weekend Update at the RNC’ as Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Weekend Update aired its first live convention special at the RNC last night, and after some commentary on the celebrity and politician […]
By
Megh Wright
tv
July 21, 2016
Kate McKinnon Suited Up As Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Dish Out Ginsburns on MSNBC
And that’s a Ginsburn!
By
Jordan Crucchiola
July 19, 2016
Colin Jost and Michael Che to Cover the Conventions with Weekend Update on […]
SNL’s Weekend Update is returning for two special segments covering the Republican and Democratic conventions, but not on the channel you might […]
By
Megh Wright
June 30, 2016
Best TV Networks of 2016 (So Far)
Including two that saw big bumps from political coverage and one that’s thriving on a sturdy foundation of reality TV.
By
Josef Adalian
artists being leaders
Aug. 18, 2015
Lil B Spent His Birthday Talking Politics on TV
What a guy.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
Mar. 27, 2014
Samantha Bee Does Another Interpretive One-Woman ‘Daily Show’ Performance
Back in January, the wonderful Samantha Bee delivered an epic one-woman show reimagining the Fox News show The Five as a tragically romantic […]
By
Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2013
Alec Baldwin’s New MSNBC Series Won’t Be Like ‘The Daily Show’
Alec Baldwin new MSNBC show Up Late With Alec Baldwin may be titled like a late night comedy show, but Baldwin said earlier this week that it […]
By
Elise Czajkowski
Sept. 5, 2013
Alec Baldwin Is Hosting a Talk Show for MSNBC Starting in October
Alec Baldwin has found his first post-30 Rock TV job: hosting a primetime talk show for MSNBC. Although word got out about the show last month, […]
By
Bradford Evans
June 18, 2013
Watch Some Cable News Anchors Be Weird to Russell Brand
Here’s Russell Brand on MSNBC’s Morning Joe yesterday, dealing with a trio of news anchors who spend the bulk of the interview talking about […]
By
Bradford Evans
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