Ms Now Shakes Up Daytime Line-up; Ana Cabrera To Exit

MS NOW is making sweeping changes to its daytime programming, moving hosts Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez to caller clip slots.

The changes see nan departure of Ana Cabrera, who told viewers astir her plans Wednesday. Carbera joined MS NOW — formerly MSNBC — from CNN successful 2023. Chris Jansing, nan existent 11 a.m. Eastern host, will go main governmental correspondent.

Stephanie Ruhle is nan caller anchor for MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour.”

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The moves announced by MS NOW President Rebecca Kutler are aimed astatine improving daytime ratings connected nan network, which changed its sanction from MSNBC aft being spun disconnected from Comcast into a caller institution called Versant.

MS NOW has seen improved ratings successful premier clip pinch sentiment programming since nan web was re-branded successful November. The politically progressive-leaning web will person hosts pinch a point-of-view successful nan daytime hours arsenic good erstwhile nan programming changes return effect successful June.

In a memo to unit obtained by The Times, Kutler said nan daytime programming will “still beryllium rooted successful difficult news.”

Ana Cabrera speaks astatine The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards 2018 astatine The Common Good Forum connected May 21, 2018 successful New York City.

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Ruhle will move from her 11 p.m. Eastern programme “The 11th Hour” to a daytime displacement from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Eastern. Her programme will attraction connected money and politics.

Menendez will big 2 hours successful nan day starting astatine noon Eastern.

The schedule changes will return effect successful June.

Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele and Symone Sanders Townsend of MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”

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Once Ruhle’s caller programme debuts, “Morning Joe” will return to a three-hour format. The programme co-hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski expanded to 4 hours successful 2022. Although nan description improved ratings, nan hosts person asked to standard backmost truthful they tin prosecute different projects astatine nan network.

Menendez has been portion of nan trio connected “The Weeknight,” pinch Michael Steele and Simone Sanders-Townsend. Luke Russert will return her spot connected nan programme arsenic he returns to an on-air role. Russert had been portion of nan daytime MSNBC show “The Cycle,” and precocious served arsenic imaginative head for MS NOW’s unrecorded arena series.

Ruhle will beryllium replaced connected “The 11th Hour” by Ali Velshi, who precocious served arsenic a play anchor. Jacob Soboroff, nan network’s nationalist correspondent, will return complete Velshi’s anchor duties from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern.

Kutler said location will beryllium nary occupation reductions related to nan schedule changes, saying she expects to person “more group moving astatine MS NOW by nan extremity of 2026 than we do today.”

MS NOW is nan 2nd most-watched cablegram news web down Fox News while starring CNN.