NEW YORK — MSNBC on Monday solidified its prime-time lineup by appointing Alex Wagner to fill Rachel Maddow’s time slot 4 nights per week, Tuesday by means of Friday.
Wagner, who has labored at CBS Information, as a co-host of Showtime’s “The Circus” and as an editor at The Atlantic, is on her second stint at MSNBC. She rejoined MSNBC in February after internet hosting a present on the community a decade in the past.
Maddow will proceed to work in her 9 p.m. Jap time slot on Monday nights, MSNBC mentioned.
“I’m honored to be anchoring a key hour of tv in such a essential time for American democracy,” Wagner mentioned.
It’s an essential transfer for the liberal-leaning information community and its president, Rashida Jones. Maddow has been MSNBC’s hottest character, and her determination earlier this yr to step again from a weeknight present that was a linchpin of the community’s schedule was a blow.
Since she went to her Monday-only schedule, the hour has been crammed with subs, however the nightly present retained her identify. Often, throughout huge information weeks, Maddow has been on the air extra typically.
A primary-generation Asian American whose mom emigrated to the U.S. from Myanmar, Wagner wrote a e book about her experiences, “FutureFace: A Household Thriller, an Epic Quest and the Secret to Belonging.”
Moreover The Atlantic, she has additionally been an economics reporter for HuffPost and White Home correspondent for AOL’s Politics Day by day. She was editor-in-chief of The Fader, a culture-oriented journal, and was govt director of an advocacy group that aimed to cease mass atrocities.
“Her distinctive perspective, constructed on greater than twenty years in journalism, and tenacious reporting within the U.S. and overseas will assist our audiences contextualize what issues,” Jones mentioned.
Wagner’s new present will premiere Aug. 16. A continued rotation of anchors will fill in on the 9 p.m. hour till then.
In the meantime, CNN continues to be trying to fill its 9 p.m. Jap time slot regularly following the firing of Chris Cuomo.
