TV Ratings For Biden And Trump Signal An Increasingly Polarized Nation

Fox News dominated ratings for the Republican convention, and MSNBC was the clear No. 1 for the Democrats’ gathering.

MSNBC Goes Temporarily Dark On DirecTV Amid Convention Coverage

NBC News, MSNBC Talent Help Viewers ‘Plan Your Vote’ In New Campaign

MSNBC Producer Slams Network As ‘Cancer’ After Quitting Job

MSNBC Changes Up Daytime Lineup

Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House will expand to two hours and Chuck Todd’s MTP Daily will move to early afternoon as part of MSNBC’s overhaul of its daily lineup.

MSNBC, CNN Have Daytime Ratings Wins In July, Fox News Is Most-Watched

NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo Count Down To Election Day

This Sunday, with 100 days to go until Election Day 2020, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo will host an hour-long special, Decision 2020: 100 Days To Go, anchored by […]

MSNBC’s Joy Reid Facing Revived Defamation Lawsuit

Joy Reid Says She Wants Different Perspectives

When Joy Reid debuts her new MSNBC show, The ReidOut, on July 20, she will become the only black woman to host a daily primetime cable news program, a designation that takes on particular significance amid the industry-wide reckoning spawned by the killing of George Floyd and the nationwide protests that followed.

Joy Reid Takes Nightly Anchor Slot At MSNBC

She becomes one of the few Black women to anchor a major American evening news program. The move was made by new leadership at NBC News, which runs the liberal-leaning cable network.

 

Cable Nets To Team Up On Convention Coverage

CNN, MSNBC and Fox News are in talks to coordinate pool coverage to reduce the number of journalists in potentially infectious areas.

MSNBC’s Reid Expected To Fill Matthews Spot

The current host of the weekend AM Joy is expected to host a 7 p.m. daily news and opinion program, people familiar with the matter say, filling the vacancy created at the cable news channel when Chris Matthews resigned abruptly in March.

Cable Ratings: CNN No. 1 In Demo, FNC Hits Highest June Week Ever

Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Joins NBC News, MSNBC

MSNBC’s News Ticker Returns After Two-Year Absence

Trump Media Allies Recoil At Scarborough Smear

The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Washington Examiner chastised the president for his unfounded attacks on MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough.

Trump Suggests Joe Scarborough May Have Committed Murder

Trump Wants Comcast To Probe MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Over Florida ‘Cold Case’

Chris Matthews Admits To Inappropriate Behavior

In his first interview since abruptly retiring from MSNBC’s Hardball, Chris Matthews owned up to the allegations of inappropriate behavior against him.

CNN, MSNBC Deny Trump Campaign Claim

Representatives for CNN and MSNBC denied a claim made by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that the networks are intentionally delaying broadcasts of the president’s daily coronavirus briefings as part of an effort to “silence him.”

Craig Melvin To Anchor Special MSNBC Daytime Coronavirus Series

Rashida Jones To Oversee MSNBC Daytime

Rashida Jones, an NBC News executive whose oversight of special programming has put her more in demand in recent months, has been placed in charge of MSNBC’s daytime schedule. Her appointment comes after she has organized several big-headline programs during a punishing news cycle that has included town-hall events, political debates and special reports centered on the 2020 election and the coronavirus pandemic.

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Wants You To Wake The F*ck Up

NBCU Opens Its News Nets To All Pay Subs

NBCUniversal is making MSNBC and CNBC available to all video customers throughout the coronavirus crisis, similar to an announcement from Fox earlier this week, though NBCU’s viewers must authenticate by providing a pay TV password. NBCU Owned Stations, including Telemundo stations, will also be streaming their local newscasts and coronavirus-related press conferences, and NBC News NOW will be showing more content from MSNBC, CNBC and NBC News.

COMMENTARY

Chris Matthews Was Only Part Of A Much Larger Failure Of Cable News

The End Of The Chris Matthews Era

How the bombastic host got forced out at MSNBC. Matthews’s long Washington career represented a bridge from the old school of public affairs programming to the brash, conflict-charged arena of today’s cable news.

Chris Matthews Steps Down From MSNBC

Chris Matthews announced Monday that he was retiring effective immediately from MSNBC’s Hardball. His exit came after a weekend of discussions with his bosses, three days after GQ ran a column by a freelance journalist about her “own sexist run-in” with Matthews in the makeup room before appearing on his show.

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Absent From Air

Longtime MSNBC host Chris Matthews was absent from the network’s live coverage of the South Carolina primary on Saturday, one day after being accused of sexual harassment by GQ columnist Laura Bassett.

Matthews Apologizes For Nazi Analogy To Sanders Victory

NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC’s Chris Matthews apologized Monday to Bernie Sanders for comparing the Democratic senator’s win in the Nevada caucus to the Nazi takeover of France. Matthews’ self-described […]

Vegas Debate Scores Highest Dem Ratings

Coming before the Nevada primary vote, Wednesday’s debate drew 12 million viewers tuned in to NBC, with 7.6 million on MSNBC — the third-largest audience ever for a single telecast on the cable network. The debate had more than twice the viewership of two previous Democratic Presidential debates.

Why Bernie’s Team Has Had It With MSNBC

The liberal cable network’s talk of “digital brown shirts” and Fidel Castro admiration has Sandersworld seeing red. The blowback is classic Sanders-campaign ref-working — and a sign of a deepening Democratic divide.

NBC News, MSNBC Plot Week of N.H. Coverage

NBC News and MSNBC plan to be among the first and last news outlets focused on the New Hampshire primary, starting live coverage this evening on Chris Matthews’ Hardball and Chris Hayes’ All In and then continuing through Wednesday morning.

NBC News Sets Moderators For Dem Debate

Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Hallie Jackson, Noticias Telemundo’s Vanessa Hauc and the Nevada Independent’s Jon Ralston will moderate the Democratic debate in Las Vegas on Feb. 19 in Las Vegas, sponsored by NBC News and MSNBC.

Amazon, Netflix, MSNBC, Fox, Google Among Top 20 Loyalty Brands

‘Rachel Maddow Show’ Hits All-Time High With Lev Parnas Interview

Jitters At MSNBC As Brass Eyes Moving Chuck Todd And Talks To Shep Smith

MSNBC May Sideline ‘Meet The Press Daily’ To Make Room For Nicolle Wallace

MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle Named NBC News Senior Business Correspondent

Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Returns To MSNBC, Ending Feud

MSNBC Gives New Weekend Shows To Ali Velshi, Alicia Menendez