MSNBC has found its new 9 pm host: Former MSNBC dayside host and CBS News anchor Alex Wagner.
Wagner effectively succeeds Rachel Maddow, who shifted to a weekly format earlier this year. Maddow continues to host the hour on Monday nights, and when there is breaking news coverage (for example, she led coverage after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade reversal last week). Wagner will lead the hour Tuesday-Friday nights, beginning in August, someone familiar with the deal confirmed.
Maddow signed a new long-term contract last summer, a deal that included a broader development role at NBCUniversal including podcasts, documentaries, and other programming. Among the projects is a scripted film based on her book and podcast Bag Man.
Wagner, who initially joined MSNBC as an analyst, launched her own dayside show in 2011. In 2016, Wagner joined CBS News as the co-anchor of CBS This Morning Saturday, and also wrote for The Atlantic. Wagner also appeared on Showtime’s political docuseries The Circus.
A spokesperson for MSNBC had not responded to a request for comment as of writing.
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