Ms Now Lineup Goes Under Massive Shakeup With Morning Joe Losing An Hour And One Star Losing Her Show

MS NOW, nan location of authorities show Morning Joe, has announced awesome changes to its lineup, including cutting down nan airtime of its flagship programme and dropping 1 of its prima presenters.

The changes, announced Wednesday by MS NOW president Rebecca Kutler, are nan first since nan network’s divided from NBC successful November and are owed to return effect successful June.

Morning Joe, hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, will beryllium shortened from 4 hours to three, and now tally from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Both hosts person antecedently called for nan decision

“Getting up astatine 4:30 successful nan morning, and getting changeable retired of a cannon astatine 6 a.m. and pat dancing for 4 hours, there’s virtually cipher connected nan satellite that understands what that’s like, isolated from for nan personification that I’m pinch each nan time,” Scarborough told People successful November.

Ana Cabrera

Another large alteration includes nan departure of Ana Cabrera, big of nan Ana Cabrera Reports show, which antecedently aired regular from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. daily.

In a video posted online Wednesday morning, Cabrera shared her determination to leave.

“Throughout my career, I've ever sought nan champion opportunities to do this activity and person nan top effect while staying existent to myself and my ngo arsenic a journalist,” she said.

“That's what I've ever done and what I will proceed to do now, understand I americium genuinely grateful for my clip astatine MS NOW for my awesome colleagues, my astonishing squad that useful truthful difficult each day, and for you, nan viewers who put your spot successful maine to service you done this astir meaningful work.”

Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle

Meanwhile, Ali Velshi will return complete nan late-night show The 11th Hour, airing astatine 11 p.m., from Stephanie Ruhle, pinch whom he antecedently co-hosted It’s Happening.

Ruhle is moving to a two-hour greeting slot from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. pinch a attraction connected money and politics, according to Kutler’s update.

In a caller interview, Ruhle praised nan state brought to MS NOW since nan divided from NBC, telling Mediaite: “I emotion our studios, I emotion moving together, I emotion being pinch nan team.

“And benignant of nan beauty is, it’s a 25-year-old company… We person nan legacy, we person nan marque of each that we’ve built, and now we person nan nimbleness of not needfully having to inquire NBC’s permission.”

Other changes

Alicia Menendez, co-host of The Weeknight, is taking complete nan 12 p.m to 2 p.m. slot and Luke Russert is becoming a full-time portion of nan team. Elsewhere, Jon Lemire will move his co-anchor position from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m.

Despite nan awesome changes, Kutler emphasized successful a memo to unit that nan web would not beryllium cutting backmost connected resources.“As portion of these programming changes, squad members will person nan opportunity to displacement into caller roles to support caller priorities,” she wrote.

“In astir cases, comparable opportunities will beryllium disposable to labor arsenic these changes return shape. Overall, we expect to person much group moving astatine MS NOW by nan extremity of 2026 than we do today.

“I americium assured that these changes will make what is already a successful lineup moreover stronger successful nan future. We are fortunate to person truthful galore exceptional journalists connected our air, online, and down nan scenes.”