{"id":7129,"date":"2025-02-23T23:44:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T23:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=7129"},"modified":"2025-02-23T23:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T23:44:30","slug":"msnbc-cans-top-host-amid-falling-ratings-network-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=7129","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Cans Top Host Amid Falling Ratings, Network Shake-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSNBC liberal mainstay Joy Reid\u2019s show has been canceled as part of a major shake-up under the network\u2019s new president, Rebecca Kutler, according to a report.<\/p>\n

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Reid\u2019s 7 p.m. program, long known for its sharp criticism of Trump, will be replaced by a new panel show featuring co-hosts Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders Townsend, The New York Times<\/em> reported, citing network insiders.<\/p>\n

The final episode of The ReidOut<\/em> is set to air this week, marking the end of its five-year run as a staple of MSNBC\u2019s primetime lineup, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Alex Wagner, who has hosted the 9 p.m. weeknight slot\u2014except for Monday nights led by Rachel Maddow\u2014is expected to be named a contributor, according to three sources familiar with ongoing discussions, Variety reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wagner, who has been reporting from across the U.S. during the first 100 days of Trump\u2019s new presidency while Maddow anchors the 9 p.m. hour, is unlikely to return to her weeknight hosting role, the sources indicated.<\/p>\n

The changes represent the first significant overhaul by MSNBC\u2019s new president since taking charge of the liberal network earlier this month, the New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reid, a prominent critic of Trump in mainstream media, has been a long-serving anchor at the network. She has hosted the weekend talk show \u201cAM Joy\u201d since 2016 and was named anchor of the 7 p.m. slot in 2020.<\/p>\n

She has made several viral and cruel rants in recent months, including telling Trump supporters to \u201cmake your own dinner\u201d at Thanksgiving, saying they should \u201csuffer the consequences of your votes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kutler is implementing major changes at MSNBC in an effort to revamp the network, which has consistently lagged behind Fox News in ratings.<\/p>\n

In December, Nielsen Media Research reported that Reid had lost nearly half of her audience since Donald Trump\u2019s election, with MSNBC experiencing a staggering 53% drop in primetime viewership following the Nov. 5 results.<\/p>\n

That same month, MSNBC reportedly offered significant pay cuts to some of its most high-profile anchors, including Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle, if they wished to remain in their roles.<\/p>\n

Kutler, a former senior executive at CNN, has made it clear that MSNBC faces unique challenges as it navigates a Trump White House and prepares for its planned spinoff into a new publicly traded company alongside other NBCU cable networks, The Post added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur jobs are hard on a normal day, and these are not normal times,\u201d Kutler told MSNBC employees on her first day after her new position was announced by Mark Lazarus, the NBCU executive who is leading the spin-off, according to The Post.<\/p>\n

A report by\u00a0The Ankler<\/a>, which is a Substack publication produced by media writer Lachlan Cartwright, noted the pay cuts to top MSNBC talent in a column published<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

Cartwright added that the situation for all of cable news \u2014 with the notable exception of Fox News \u2014 is \u201cbleak\u201d:<\/p>\n

The overwhelming sentiment from my conversations with 20 network journalists and executives for this story is that they are exhausted and ready for 2024 to be over \u2014 even if they are scared by what next year will bring. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty bleak,\u201d one long-serving cable network producer told me. \u201cIt\u2019s past the point of hard alcohol.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, fellow MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has seen a\u00a0significant drop<\/a>\u00a0in her viewership following President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s Election Day victory, according to recent data.<\/p>\n

Since Trump\u2019s landslide win over Vice President Kamala Harris, \u201cThe Rachel Maddow Show\u201d has\u00a0lost<\/a>\u00a043% of its audience in 2024, now averaging just 1.4 million viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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