MS NOW Overhauls Lineup From ‘Morning Joe’ Through ‘The 11th Hour’ In Major Move
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Stephanie Ruhle, Ali Velshi, Jacob Soboroff and Alicia Menendez get new shows, 'Morning Joe' cut to three hours, Chris Hayes returns to Mondays at 8, and Ana Cabrera exits in the sweeping changes.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment MS NOW is overhauling its lineup from morning through night, moving anchors around and adjusting time periods as the Versant-owned cable channel prepares to cover the looming 2026 midterm elections. MS NOW president Rebecca Kutler announced the changes on the channel’s daily editorial call Wednesday. The changes will include Ali Velshi taking over the late night show The 11th Hour from his friend and It’s Happening co-host Stephanie Ruhle, with Ruhle moving to a new daytime time period from 9-11 a.m. weekdays where she will delve into money and politics as the opening bell rings. Related Stories TV TV Ratings: Cable News Grows With Iran War Coverage TV TV Ratings: State of the Union Draws 32.6 Million Viewers, Down From 2025 With that new change, Morning Joe will return to three hours from 6-9 a.m. Joe Lemire, who had been co-anchor of the 9 a.m. hour, will become co-anchor of the 8 a.m. hour. Morning Joe’s ratings have been strong, but the demands of leading a four-hour show five days a week has taken its toll, as Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have noted before. The change will also allow the team to build new offerings for MS NOW’s upcoming digital subscription product. Alicia Menendez, co-host of The Weeknight , will take over the 12-2 p.m. time period, with Luke Russert (who has been a frequent fill-in host on the show) joining the program full time (her family is in New Jersey, and she had been commuting to Washington D.C.). The Weeknight will also go from two hours to one hour on Mondays, with Chris Hayes once again anchoring Mondays at 8 p.m. after cutting back in 2023. Russert, of course, leads MS NOW’s live events business, and is a former anchor on MSNBC. Jacob Soboroff will take over Velshi’s time period over the weekend fr...
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