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The Atlantic has released the text messages that include attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen, messages that its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg received after being inadvertently added to a group text chain on Signal that included many of the highest-ranking officials in the Trump administration.

The story stunned the political and media establishment, sparking jealousy from other journalists, and shock from national security experts that people like the National Security Adviser and Secretary of Defense would play so loose with operational security.

Top officials — including President Trump — have said that no classified information was shared in the chats, though The Atlantic says that it opted to withhold the name of CIA director John Ratcliffe’s chief of staff at the agency’s request. The officials also said that no war plans were shared in the group chat.

“These statements presented us with a dilemma. In The Atlantic’s initial story...

The Atlantic published the U.S. attack plans that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared on the Signal messaging app, in a group chat that included other top Trump administration officials and, by mistake, the media outlet’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.

In his initial story about being added to the text chain, Goldberg withheld Hegseth’s texts about the attack plans, describing them in generalities rather than specifics out of concern that publication could jeopardize the lives of U.S. military personnel. The top administration officials were texting about planned strikes on Houthis rebels in Yemen.

But in their response to the bombshell story, Trump administration officials have insisted that the information shared on Signal was not classified, while they also tried to discredit Goldberg, attacking his past pieces for The Atlantic. In testimony before Congress on Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe...

Ben Affleck may not be part of the buzzy ensemble cast for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” but that doesn’t mean the writer/director/actor won’t be on set.

Affleck told GQ that he will probably visit his Artists Equity cofounder Matt Damon during “The Odyssey” shoot; Damon is playing the lead role of Odysseus. Damon and Nolan previously collaborated on “Oppenheimer.”

“I may go visit Matt [Damon] on the set [of ‘The Odyssey’] just to watch Nolan direct,” Affleck said of learning from the auteur. “I’m not even kidding at all.” He added that Nolan “is one of the great filmmaking architects to ever live.”

“The Odyssey” is Nolan’s reimagining of the iconic Greek epic about hero Odysseus who spends a decade trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War. The film was announced in December 2024 as Nolan’s 13th feature. The ensemble cast includes...

Though The Odyssey is Christopher Nolan's next big-budget blockbuster, it appears the Oscar-winning director is running his upcoming adaptation like it's on a much smaller scale. One member of Nolan's star-studded cast claims the British helmer's production operates "like an indie film."

Speaking with MSNBC's Morning Joe (via Collider), Leguizamo opened up about principal photography for The Odyssey, which began last month in Morocco. Though the film is one of Nolan's priciest, Leguizamo spoke of the director's more humble approach to the production. “Dude, you know the thing is, okay, he’s got a crazy budget. It’s not small, but he runs [it] like an indie film because he’s not doing it by committee, he’s not doing it by what the studio says. He’s like an indie filmmaker but with crazy money,” he said.

The Odyssey won't come cheap for Nolan and Universal Pictures, with the film's budget being $250 million,...

Earlier this year, the Fates rapidly began to weave the threads that would bring us yet another project from the mind of Oscar-winning filmmaker and director, Christopher Nolan, with the retelling of Homer's tale of the mighty Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War. Nolan's upcoming mythic action epic, The Odyssey, has since greatly expanded its cast with a plethora of stars, including John Wick's John Leguizamo joining the eagerly anticipated film. It is as large an undertaking as any Nolan has ever ventured into in his illustrious career. With huge expectations, some of Hollywood's brightest stars on the call sheet, and most definitely an enormous budget. Leguizamo reveals that Nolan still manages to make the entire production feel like an independent film.

“Dude, you know the thing is, okay, he’s got a crazy budget," Leguizamo said in a recent interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Sir Christopher Nolan ran 'The Odyssey' set like an "indie film" but with "crazy money", according to castmember John Leguizamo.Leguizamo is part of the star-studded cast of the Hollywood director's upcoming epic - based on the eponymous poem by Homer - and he's revealed the moviemaker didn't allow the production to feel like a big budget blockbuster.During an appearance on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe', Leguizamo explained: "Dude, you know the thing is, okay he’s got a crazy budget, it’s not small, but he runs [it] like an indie film because he’s not doing it by committee, he’s not doing it by what the studio says."He’s like an indie filmmaker but with crazy money."Matt Damon stars as Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' alongside stars including Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson and Jon Bernthal.

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film has by no means, a small premise. An adaptation of the classic “The Odyssey,” the film includes a large cast of some of the biggest Hollywood stars. But cast member John Leguizamo says Nolan still manages to make the production feel like an independent film.

“Dude, you know the thing is, okay he’s got a crazy budget, it’s not small, but he runs [it] like an indie film because he’s not doing it by committee, he’s not doing it by what the studio says,” Leguizamo said in a recent interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“He’s like an indie filmmaker but with crazy money,” he added.

“The Odyssey” stars Matt Damon as Odysseus in a cast that also includes Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie and Jon Bernthal.

The film is “a mythic action...

The Odyssey star John Leguizamo has revealed that Christopher Nolan is taking an unexpected approach to his mega-budget swords and sandals epic. The actor, who recently joined the star-studded cast of the mythic action feature, touched on what it was like to work with Nolan during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe show. He compared the director's methods to those of "an indie filmmaker," though he acknowledged that the difference is that Nolan has access to "crazy money" to bring his vision to the big screen.

"You know the thing is… he's got a crazy budget, it's not small, but he runs it like an indie film. Because he's not doing it by committee, he's not doing it by what the studio says. He's like an indie filmmaker, but with crazy money."

Leguizamo will appear in The Odyssey, which is an adaptation of Homer's Ancient Greek poem of the same name,...

Mika Brzezinski had to grit her teeth on Thursday’s (March 20) episode of Morning Joe as her husband and co-host Joe Scarborough went on a fiery, table-slamming rant about Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Scarborough’s impassioned speech came during a discussion of President Trump’s proposal to shut down the Department of Education and continued federal cuts through Musk’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). “The people that are running it, they’re billionaires, and they’re disconnected,” said Scarborough, himself a former congressman. “I mean, Elon Musk is so radically disconnected. Ask Elon Musk… so how does this work when you let Florida or Utah or Ohio run education?” He continued, “If you had asked [former Governor of Florida] Jeb Bush, how does it work? Jeb would say: ‘Well, here’s what we’re doing in Florida.’ If you ask [former Governor of Massachusetts] Mitt [Romney], how would you use this money? or [former Governor] George ...

Next month MSNBC will be shaking up a big portion of its lineup.

As part of sweeping changes from president Rebecca Kutler, shows in dayside and primetime will be impacted, with notable names moving to new time periods. Among the changes is taking The Weekend, the panel show led by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele and moving it to 7 p.m. on weekdays.

The show had quickly found an eager audience on weekend mornings, and Kutler is banking that a weekday evening audience will latch onto the format as well. With those three hosts exiting, MSNBC is also betting that it can bring in new (albeit familiar) voices to the weekend program, which will be expanding from two to three hours every Saturday and Sunday.

MSNBC this week revealed that current weekend host and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, and newly-minted MSNBC correspondents Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alemany will co-host the show,...

The changes keep coming at MSNBC as the news network has hired The Washington Post‘s Jackie Alemany to serve as Washington correspondent and cohost of The Weekend. Joe Scarborough announced the news on Tuesday’s (March 4) episode of Morning Joe, revealing that Alemany will be cohosting The Weekend with Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels. “I mentioned this before, but you and Mika [Brzezinski] were the first people to book me on cable news in 2018 when I joined The Washington Post,” Alemany told Scarborough. “So this really feels like a full circle, round trip ticket moment.” She continued, “You guys have been such a champion of Washington Post journalism, and I’m so excited and very grateful.” “Well, we’re very excited and very grateful,” Scarborough responded. “And I’m very grateful that Mika sees talent, spots talent.” “Mika has been my fairy godmother,” Alemany added. According to Deadline, Alemany will...

MSNBC continued to fill out its new talent line-up on Tuesday, officially welcoming The Washington Post’s Jackie Alemany to the staff as both Washington Correspondent and co-host of “The Weekend.”

Joe Scarborough announced the news on “Morning Joe,” confirming she’ll co-host the Saturday and Sunday shows alongside Jonathan Capehart and fellow new hire Eugene Daniels. Additionally, Ayman Mohyeldin will be leading the evening edition of “The Weekend” with two hosts still to be named.

“I brought this up before, but you and Mika [Brzezinski] were the first people to book me on cable news in 2018 when I joined The Washington Post. So this really feels like a full circle, round trip ticket moment,” Alemany told the panel. “You guys have been such a champion of Washington Post journalism, too, and I’m so excited and very grateful.”

“Mika has been my fairy godmother,” she added.

“We’re very excited,...

MSNBC has hired The Washington Post’s Jackie Alemany as a Washington correspondent and co-host of The Weekend.

Alemany, who made the announcement this morning on Morning Joe, will be joining Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels on the weekend show.

The hiring of Alemany is the latest as MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler looks to build up a news division in preparation for a spinoff from parent Comcast later this year.

Alemany will begin her hosting duties on The Weekend in the coming months, and will start as correspondent this month. She is currently part of the Post’s White House team, and she previously covered congressional investigations. She also had a central role in the Post’s coverage of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. That coverage won a Pulitzer Prize. She previously worked as a White House reporter for CBS News.

The current co-hosts of The Weekend — Symone Sanders Townsend,...

MSNBC is, like other cable-news mainstays, giving roundtable shows a harder spin.

Jackie Alemany, who has logged stints covering politics at both CBS News and The Washington Post, will move to MSNBC, where she will serve as co-host of one of its “The Weekend” panel programs and as a Washington correspondent. Alemany will anchor a morning version of “The Weekend” alongside Jonathan Capehart, who has worked Saturdays and Sundays for MSNBC for the past few years, and Eugene Daniels, the Politico correspondent whose move to MSNBC was confirmed Monday.

The new host unveiled her new role Tuesday on “Morning Joe.”

“Jackie has built a reputation of accountability journalism covering the nation’s capital from both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue,” said Rebecca Kutler, MSNBC’s president, in a statement. “Her addition as a co-host of ‘The Weekend’ in the mornings, alongside Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Capehart, solidifies this trio as a...

Revisiting Shia Labeaouf’s Feud With Alec Baldwin During Orphans Era (Photo Credit – Wikipedia)

Shia Labeouf and Alec Baldwin were set to share the stage in the 2013 Broadway production of Orphans, but things went south before opening night. Their tension reached a breaking point, leading to Labeouf’s abrupt departure from the show. According to Baldwin, it all started with a clash in rehearsal styles that escalated quickly.

Baldwin claimed that Labeouf had already memorized his lines before rehearsals began, while he preferred a slower approach. Frustrated by the pacing, the Transformers star reportedly snapped at Baldwin in front of the cast. Speaking to New York magazine, in the publication’s debut biweekly issue, Baldwin said (via Broadway Buzz): “One day he attacked me in front of everyone. He said, ‘You’re slowing me down, and you don’t know your lines. And if you don’t say your lines,...

MSNBC has officially found its new Senior Washington Correspondent in Eugene Daniels, a Politico alum who has appeared on the network multiple times. Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough welcomed the latest addition on “Morning Joe” on Monday.

“Thank you. You guys put me on TV all the time, so now they just stuck me there. So this is all your fault,” Daniels said of his full-time gig, to which Brzezinski responded, “We’ll take it.”

Daniels isn’t joking about being on TV often. In the past year alone, he appeared on MSNBC more than 100 times and has guest-hosted programs for the network, including “The Weekend.” He first joined the channel in 2021 and previously worked as a Senior Political Analyst.

As well as serving as MSNBC’s Washington correspondent, Daniels will also be a co-host of “The Weekend” on Saturdays and Sundays from 7 to 10 a.m. Et. He will host...

MSNBC is on the rebound after its post-election ratings slump, with shows such as Morning Joe up double-digits over the month. It’s no secret that MSNBC took a hit following Donald Trump‘s election victory in November, with ratings down 47% pre-inauguration. Morning Joe, specifically, dropped viewers following hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski‘s meeting with Trump. However, according to an NBC press release, citing Nielsen ratings, the first five weeks of Trump’s presidency saw Morning Joe grow its audience by 17% compared to pre-inauguration viewership. In addition, the show nearly doubled CNN’s morning audience. Ali Vitali‘s Way Too Early also improved its viewership by 18% month over month, while MSNBC’s weekend programming also experienced double-digit viewership growth compared to January, by 24% among total viewers and by 38% in the demo. The Weekend and Inside with Jen Psaki have both posted strong weekend numbers, topping CNN every month they’ve been on air.

MSNBC unveiled its new lineup on Monday, with former Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki seeing her show expand to several nights during the week and outgoing anchor Joy Reid being replaced by a new program.

The changes are being spearheaded by recently-appointed MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler, who is betting on names that are well-liked in Democratic and left-leaning circles to help the cable channel continue its rebound from a post-election viewer exodus.

The big change is that Psaki’s show, “Inside with Jen Psaki,” will now air Tuesday-Friday at 9 p.m. Et. Veteran host Rachel Maddow will return following President Trump’s first 100 days in office to host the 9 p.m. hour on Mondays.

Psaki is replacing Alex Wagner, who has anchored Tuesday-Friday at 9 p.m. since 2022; Wagner will be staying with MSNBC as a senior political analyst.

And MSNBC confirmed it is replacing “The ReidOut” with a new show...

Jenna Bush Hager has been relying on the help of various co-hosts to make her Today fourth-hour program work.

A void was left weeks ago when longtime host Hoda Kotb officially departed NBC’s Today lineup.

In addition to leaving the morning show as one of the main anchors, it also meant she was exiting Today with Hoda & Jenna.

Since then, Jenna’s new show, Jenna & Friends, has featured co-hosts including Scarlett Johansson, Ciara, Ego Nwodim, and Wynonna Judd.

Viewers have shared their feedback on the celebrity stars who’ve participated as co-hosts and continue suggesting the individuals they want to become permanent additions.

This week, many fans believe that Jenna finally has the best potential co-host working alongside her on NBC.

Justin Sylvester was Jenna’s latest guest co-host

On Tuesday, February 18, viewers saw Justin Sylvester as the co-host on Jenna & Friends. Justin is best known as a former...

Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary celebration will feature tons of celebrity guests, iconic cast members and the guy who bailed on the show 49 years ago.

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Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Chevy Chase would be a part of this Sunday’s SNL 50: The Anniversary Special, presumably because he’s too old to get into any behind-the-scenes fistfights at this point in his life. And now Chase’s participation in the event also includes promoting it in sit-down interviews on NBC.

Chase recently spoke with Willie Geist on Morning Joe, and he took the opportunity to single out his favorite SNL cast member (Dana Carvey) other than himself, naturally. He also slammed Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night movie yet again, arguing that the chaotic film “wasn’t anything like” the real-life experience. “Lorne and I knew exactly what we were going to do. Particularly Lorne,” Chase pointed out.

More stars are joining Saturday Night Live’s milestone celebration.

SNL50: The Red Carpet — a kickoff special airing live across NBC, E! and Peacock on Sunday night ahead of the main event SNL50: The Anniversary Special — has booked hosts Willie Geist and Leslie Jones and correspondent Matt Rogers to appear. It kicks off at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt and will feature red-carpet interviews with many of the bold-faced name guests attending the anniversary special.

SNL50: The Anniversary Special, a live three-hour telecast from Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, will include appearances by Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Chevy Chase, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Fred Armisen, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, John Mulaney, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Kim Kardashian, Kristen Wiig, Laraine Newman, Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Miley Cyrus, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon,...

As it prepares for its next chapter apart from Comcast, MSNBC has formally found its new leader.

Rebecca Kutler, who held the title of interim president at the cable news channel, was officially promoted on Wednesday, top executive Mark Lazarus told employees. Kutler will succeed Rashida Jones, who served as MSNBC’s chief from 2021-2024 during the Biden presidency.

“Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of learning how all of you do what you do so well, and you’ve been doing it for 28 years, and you’ve built something truly incredible. MSNBC is now one of the most engaged brands in all of television,” Kutler told staff. “We ended 2024 as number one in cable news on both YouTube and TikTok. That is a credit to everyone on this call and everyone who has built this brand into what it has become over the last 28 years.

Updated, with comment from the Post: Donald Trump and Elon Musk each took to social media this morning to rage against members of the media who have said or reported something they do not like, calling for the news figures to be fired.

On Truth Social, Trump blasted The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson, a columnist, who appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Trump wrote, “Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post is Incompetent! So sad to see him trying to justify the waste, fraud, and corruption at Usaid with his pathetic Radical Left Spin. He should be fired immediately!!!”

Robinson has been critical of Trump’s first weeks in office, writing in a recent column that Republicans have displayed “cowardice” as the president “vandalizes the federal government and trashes our vital international alliances.”

Musk targeted Katherine Long, reporter at The Wall Street Journal. On Thursday, Long broke the story about Marko Elez,...

MSNBC is bouncing back after a brief post-election slump late last year, as the network has seen a ratings boost over the past month since President Donald Trump officially took office. According to Nielsen ratings, as reported by The Daily Beast, MSNBC has averaged 1.37 million people in its primetime lineup since Trump’s inauguration on January 20. This is an 86 percent increase from the network’s post-election and pre-inauguration numbers. The network has also posted its best total-day ratings in a while, averaging 711,000 viewers, a 43 percent increase over the late 2024 period. This comes after news networks across the board took a fall after Trump’s election victory in November, with MSNBC down 47% and CNN down 33% for the month. Even Fox News saw a 9% dip in the week beginning November 20. Meanwhile, in prime time, MSNBC lost 52% of its viewers, while CNN dropped 39%. The news fatigue was exacerbated after Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough...

Willie Geist may have hosted Sunday Today since 2016, but a first for the show has him feeling “shocked” and “overwhelmed.”

He often fills in on Today when one of the show’s big names, like Craig Melvin or Dylan Dreyer, is out.

Willie is also a regular commentator on the MSNBC show Morning Joe and often shows up on Saturday Today next to Laura Jarrett.

But he seems most at home on the Sunday Today set, where he interviewed everyone from Hillary Clinton to Chip and Joanna Gaines.

It is at Sunday Today that, in a first for the veteran interviewer, he commented on the speed at which tickets for a Live show sold out.

Willie has hosted Sunday Today for years but has never performed in front of a live audience until now. It is astounding to learn how many people love him and the show.

Willie is ‘overwhelmed...

Joe Scarborough is ready for even more changes to come into play at MSNBC. Following Rashida Jones’ exit from the network earlier this month, Scarborough said he sees things heading in a different direction. For one, he’s ready to start expanding the scope of his Morning Joe interviews to cultural icons, rather than just political figures. “We had done a lot of that in the past,” he pointed out to The Hollywood Reporter. “In the pre-[Donald] Trump days, I’d say pre-2015, it would be very normal for us to have Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Bradley Cooper, Pete Townsend, all of these pop culture figures on the show. And then when Donald Trump was running and got elected, he consumed most of the bandwidth of not only the show but also news in general.” Scarborough said he’s been trying to return to the show’s “original concept” of mixing politics,...

Is America eager for a bit of political detox? Maybe, maybe not, but MSNBC’s Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough thinks there could be interest in some escapism. The veteran morning host is ramping up his longform interviews with cultural figures like musicians, actors and directors, betting that there’s an eager audience. And he’s hoping that they also click on YouTube, where Morning Joe garnered some 338 million views last year, up nearly 30 percent from the year prior.

Of course, MSNBC is itself going through major changes. The company got new leadership following the exit of president Rashida Jones and elevation of Rebecca Kutler, and the cable channel will be spun out from Comcast into a new venture (“SpinCo,” for now) later this year. And Scarborough himself took some flak from viewers after he and Mike Brzezinski disclosed that they met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election,...

As rumors continue to circulate regarding Jim Acosta‘s potential exit from CNN, fans have taken to social media to suggest he move to MSNBC and take over the Morning Joe slot. The news comes after CNN announced it was changing up its schedule, which included replacing Acosta’s morning show with veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown for a two-hour edition of The Situation Room. Acosta was reportedly offered the midnight “graveyard” shift, which sources claimed he was shocked by. Acosta is now nowhere to be seen in CNN’s upcoming schedule, and reports from Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter and Fox News claim the long-time anchor is set to depart the network. The veteran news reporter joined CNN in 2007, becoming the network’s chief White House correspondent in 2018. Throughout his time at CNN, Acosta was a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, with whom he has clashed...

MSNBC’s Morning Joe spent a fair amount of time on Tuesday’s show discussing Donald Trump’s day-one actions, including his pardoning of the Jan. 6 rioters.

And the exchange, between married co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough and guest Donny Deutsch, grew tense.

Way Too Early host Ali Vitali said of the president’s pardoning of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, “The fact that that can just be done with the stroke of a pen, I think that it all served to underscore for Republicans on the hill, for Democrats on the hill, for everyone in Washington and beyond, support him or not, but this is how it is now.”

Scarborough responded that Democrats were “quietly reminding themselves” that Trump only beat Vice President Kamala Harris by 1.5 percent in the popular vote in the 2024 election and that “Republicans have a...

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski looked furious on Tuesday’s (January 21) episode of the daily news program as she clashed with guest Donny Deutsch over President Donald Trump‘s January 6 pardons. The topic arose after MSNBC’s Way Too Early host Ali Vitali spoke on the show about Trump’s controversial first act as president. Following Monday’s (January 20) inauguration ceremony, Trump held a televised Oval Office event where he pardoned approximately 1,500 Capitol riot defendants and prisoners and commuted the sentences of eight more. As reported by Mediaite, co-host Joe Scarborough chimed in to remind everyone that the presidential election was close, “1.5 percent,” and that the Republicans only have a “one vote majority in the House.” That is when Deutsch spoke up, saying, “But I just want to add one thing to that, we can say that to ourselves, [but Trump] has co-opted America’s heartbeat.” Brzezinski took issue with Deutsch’s statement,...

Ben Stiller revealed that one of the biggest shows on the planet was a big inspiration for “Severance” – NBC’s “The Office.”

While talking with “Morning Joe” for the second season premiere of the Apple TV+ series, Stiller said the office place sitcom was a “huge influence” on “Severance” because of how it examined the inner workings of big companies.

“I have to also say one of the shows for me that was a huge influence on ‘Severance’ is ‘The Office,'” Stiller said. “And that’s another show that’s incredibly simple – brilliant, and one set that they really are always in. Corporate culture right now, these huge corporations, you know, this kind of faceless, nameless sort of sometimes ideology of the company, these big companies, it’s weird. So, you know, I think people relate to that.”

“The Office” followed employees across many departments of a regional branch of paper company Dunder-Mifflin.

A week after clashing with regular Morning Joe panelist Michael Steele, Joe Scarborough again got into a heated debate with a guest on Wednesday’s (January 15) episode, leading to co-host Mika Brzezinski interrupting him and throwing to a commercial break. This most recent back-and-forth involved Financial Times columnist and Morning Joe regular Ed Luce, whom Scarborough described as “a very good friend.” The pair debated President Joe Biden‘s final days in office and his cognitive capabilities, with Scarborough arguing that Biden still seemed up for the role when he interviewed him from the White House. “Did he occasionally jumble a few words or a few names? Yes,” Scarborough said, per RawStory.com. “But he corrected those as well. So after two, two and a half, three hours of it with him in the White House, going all over the White House, I did not see that.” Luce responded that...

Rashida Jones is stepping down as president of MSNBC as the network prepares to be spun off from Comcast along with other cable channels.

At a staff meeting Tuesday morning, Jones said that she decided it was the “right time for me” to move on from the network and the company, where she has worked for the past 11 years.

“I’m really excited about what we’ve done. I’m excited about what’s next. I’m excited about what you guys are going to do next,” Jones told staffers, per a source. “I’m excited to watch it from afar, but I’m really excited that this is the right time for me, so, I wanted to share that with you guys directly.”

She said that Mark Lazarus, who is leading the spun off cable assets, asked her to stay on during a transition period.

Rebecca Kutler, Senior VP Content Strategy,...

Rashida Jones, a respected news operator who has led MSNBC for four years, will leave the NBCUniversal cable outlet to pursue other opportunities, she informed executives and staffers Tuesday.

She will be replaced on an interim basis by Rebecca Kutler, a veteran news executive with a long track record of managing talent and devising innovative programming concepts. She takes the lead role at MSNBC as it faces not only the challenges of covering the Trump administration for its demoralized liberal audience, but also the prospect of being spun off into a new publicly traded company by corporate parent Comcast.

The executive swap takes place as MSNBC is grappling with a significant downturn in its ratings. Between the election and the end of 2024, MSNBC’s primetime audience between the ages of 25 and 54 — the demographic most prized by advertisers in news programming — fell 65%, according to data from Nielsen. There has been concern that the network,...

Don Lemon has chimed in on the Morning Joe debate regarding whether people should “be civil” towards President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration. The former CNN anchor blasted MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for their recent discussion about “civility” towards Trump and Maga supporters. On Friday’s (January 10) Morning Joe, Scarborough and former RNC chair Michael Steele got into a heated debate after the former praised Barack Obama for being friendly with Trump at Jimmy Carter‘s funeral. On the latest episode of The Don Lemon Show podcast, the former CNN This Morning co-host referenced a comment made by The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser during the Morning Joe discussion. Glasser warned against too much “civility,” comparing it to Vladimir Putin’s rise in Russia. “Do you guys understand what she said? Do you guys get what she said?” Lemon said, per Mediaite. “They’re trying to make people civil,...

Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are getting fresh backlash over their controversial meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in November, this time directly from one of their own regular guests. On Friday’s (January 10) episode of the MSNBC news program, former chairman of the Republic National Committee, Michael Steele, challenged the hosts on their argument that people should “be civil” to Trump as he prepares to return to the White House later this month. Steele, who serves as a co-host on MSNBC’s The Weekend, tried to make his point only to be talked over by Scarborough, who clearly took issue with what his co-worker had to say. “Joe, you had your moment; let me just finish my point,” Steele said. “I’m telling you something you seem to forget, so let me make my point. You may not like it, but I’m going to make it.

Former President of the United States Jimmy Carter’s funeral service is taking place today.

The late 39th President’s casket arrived in Washington D.C. on Tuesday (January 6), followed by a procession to the U.S. Capitol, the Rotunda service and the start of the lying in state.

The national day of mourning began on Thursday (January 9) as U.S. officials, loved ones and members of the public say their final goodbyes to Jimmy Carter, who will be buried beside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, at the home they built in Plains, Georgia.

He will be honored with two funeral services: one in Washington, D.C., and one in his small hometown.

Several news networks will be covering the Washington, D.C. ceremony, and there is also a way to watch via livestream.

Keep reading to find out more…

ABC‘s ABC News Live First will begin coverage...

Former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral services involved a few steps that led up to Thursday, Jan. 9. Following a funeral in his home state of Georgia Jan. 4, the 39th President of the United States’ casket arrived in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 7 followed by a procession to the U.S. Capitol, the Rotunda service and the start of the lying in state.

Several main news networks will provide coverage of the events Thursday, as they have of the week’s previous moments and transport. Those schedules are outlined below. Find also below, a link to livestream the funeral service via PBS:

ABC

“ABC News Live First” Jan. 9 will begin coverage with anchor Diane Macedo at 8 a.m. Est for the Capitol Hill procession. There will then be a simulcast of network-wide coverage. ABC News coverage has been available to watch on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu.

CBS

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Donald Trump lashed out this weekend at those referring to Elon Musk as “President Musk,” but the hosts of “Morning Joe” don’t think Trump is quite ready to fully dump the billionaire just yet. According to the MSNBC hosts, it’ll probably require a bigger hit to Trump’s ego.

During a rally on Sunday, Trump said “Elon’s done an amazing job, but no, he’s not going to be president. That, I can tell you. And I’m safe, you know why? He can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country.” And using that logic particularly amused host Jonathan Lemire.

“We know Donald Trump hates it when anyone challenges him for the spotlight. The fact that he had to address it over the weekend shows that clearly getting under his skin,” he said. “The fact that he had to point to the Constitution as an example of ‘Hey,...

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is doubling down on his criticism of Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, calling for the news network to fire them both. Penning an article for Variety, Olbermann wrote about what MSNBC can do now that Donald Trump is returning to the White House and “Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski went on their show and welcomed our new insect overlords.” “I mean, obviously you have to fire Mr. and Mrs. Scared-Bro,” wrote Olbermann, who hosted Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC from 2003 to 2011. “However: Continue their banal but largely benign political coffee klatch show without them and their insistence we all join their MSNVichy. Nobody will remember they were ever there.” Last month, Olbermann blasted the Morning Joe hosts after they revealed on-air that they’d flown to Mar-a-Lago to meet with president-elect Trump following his election victory. “Breaking News: I Told You So,...

After his on-air rant earlier this month, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough seems to be back to criticizing Donald Trump and the Republican party over recent cabinet picks. Certainly, it had fans wondering if the show has done something of a u-turn after seemingly trying to “appease” Trump after his election win. On Tuesday’s (December 17) Morning Joe, Scarborough took aim at Trump’s controversial cabinet picks and how his pressure tactics are “backfiring.” His comments come after Trump gave a press conference on Monday (December 16), where he seemed to soften his stance on pressuring senators to push through his cabinet picks. Trump said he would call for primary challenges to Republican senators who voted against his nominees for “stupid reasons” but would show restraint on those voting for “reasonable” reasons. “Boy, yesterday we were talking about the back-and-forth, a lot of the Republican senators saying, ‘Hey, you know what?...

What does MSNBC do now? After Trump accomplished the Undead thing and retook the White House? After Comcast announced plans to spin off the network (along with others) in such haste that its new company was named “SpinCo”? After Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski went on their show and welcomed our new insect overlords? After its audience vanished?

Nothing.

Stay the course. The audience is exhausted and needs a break. It’ll be back — and Resistier than ever. Suffer the ratings trough. I mean, obviously you have to fire Mr. and Mrs. Scared-Bro. However: Continue their banal but largely benign political coffee klatch show without them and their insistence we all join their MSNVichy. Nobody will remember they were ever there.

Plus, the next money is coming from more fervent opposition to Maga, not less. Wasn’t the Scarborough disaster (41% of the demo audience gone in three days) instructive enough?...

The viewing figures for Morning Joe and other MSNBC shows don’t appear to be getting any better following the fallout of Donald Trump‘s presidential election victory in November. In a report from rival network Fox News, based on figures from Nielsen Media Research, Morning Joe is down 35% among total viewers, averaging 720,000, and down 37% in the key 25-54 demographic. However, Fox News does not specify which figures it is comparing these numbers to. As previously reported, the morning show hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski saw a dip in ratings following their meeting with Trump. The Monday, November 20 episode, where the hosts discussed their meeting with the president-elect, brought in 839,000 total viewers and 113,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo, while the Tuesday, November 21 episode dropped to 680,000 total viewers and 76,000 in the key demo. Despite this dip, Morning Joe has remained relatively steady since. The show averaged 691,000 total viewers during...

MSNBC and Morning Joe are getting a shake-up just days after host Joe Scarborough went on a 20-minute rant at critics who claimed he was trying to appease the incoming Trump administration. As reported by Variety, NBC News’ Ali Vitali will leave her correspondent role in Washington to anchor the 5 am Way Too Early show, which serves as the lead-in to Morning Joe. Meanwhile, Jonathan Lemire, who currently anchors Way Too Early, will move to Morning Joe‘s 9 am hour as a permanent co-host alongside Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. Vitali, who has worked for NBC News for a decade covering politics, campaigns, and Capitol Hill, will start her Way Too Early role on January 6, per Variety. In a statement, Vitali told the outlet she looks forward to “anchoring a show that’s been helmed by some of the smartest reporters in Washington,” adding, “I’ll continue working my sources and...

Ana Navarro and Whoopi Goldberg clashed on The View over their opposing perspectives about how to take on Donald Trump’s erratic policies ahead of his inauguration in January amid the holidays.

The ABC morning talk show got tense on Monday, December 9, when Navarro pointed out that she disagreed with Goldberg, noting their privilege.

The co-hosts discussed Donald Trump, and the president-elect is doing a lot that is causing panic among those who might be affected by his policies.

As Goldberg attempted to wrap up the segment, she tried to convey a message to people to try to steer clear of the noise to enjoy the holidays.

“[Trump] makes lots and lots of noise. He says he’s going to do all these things, and he does this — I try to say this at least once a week — to keep you all in a panic,” Goldberg said. “All we have to do now,...

Ali Vitali will become the new host of MSNBC’s Way Too Early starting on Jan. 6.

Vitali will succeed Jonathan Lemire, who is moving to an expanded role as host of the 9 a.m. hour of Morning Joe along with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. Lemire has been the host of Way Too Early since October, 2021.

Vitali, who joined NBC News in 2012, has been Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News and is based in Washington. During her tenure she reported on the January 6th Committee and Kevin McCarthy’s protracted speakership election and eventual ouster. She also reported on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during the 2020 campaign, served as an NBC News “Road Warrior” than cycle, and previously covered the Trump administration as a White House reporter for NBC News Digital. Variety first reported on her new assignment.

Way Too Early, which airs before Morning Joe, was launched...

In its latest post-election move, MSNBC has found a new host for its Morning Joe lead-in Way Too Early.

Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali will take over as host of Way Too Early beginning on Jan. 6 at 5 a.m. Et, while current host Jonathan Lemire will be getting an expanded role in the 9 a.m. hour of Morning Joe, a flagship show anchored by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

Vitali, who joined NBC News in 2012, covered the Trump administration as White House reporter for the news organization’s digital side before covering the midterms and then the campaigns of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg during the 2020 Democratic primary.

During the Biden administration, Vitali was on-site as Capitol Hill reporter during the dramatic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. Vitali is also author of the 2022 book, Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put A Woman In the White House…...

Ali Vitali is moving from the Capitol Hill beat to the Dawn Patrol.

Vitali, who has spent a decade at NBC News covering politics, campaigns and Capitol Hill, will leave her correspondent role in Washington for a new job anchoring “Way Too Early,” the 5 a.m. program that serves as sunrise lead-in to the cable-news outlet’s “Morning Joe.” Jonathan Lemire, the current anchor of the program, will lend analysis and commentary to “Joe’s” 9 a.m. hour as a co-host. Vitali’s new job starts January 6.

In a statement, Vitali said she looked forward to “anchoring a show that’s been helmed by some of the smartest reporters in Washington,” adding that “I’ll continue working my sources and bringing viewers into the halls of power with fresh reporting and news-making interviews from Capitol Hill and across Washington.”

Vitali has worked her way up through the NBC News ranks,...

In an awards season that is looking pretty wicked on a number of levels, the Golden Globes pulled back the curtain on some magical contenders this morning.

With nominations announced by Mindy Kaling and a slightly named challenged Morris Chestnut very early Monday, the formerly HFPA-run ceremony waved a wand of aspiration in front of the likes of Hacks, Cate Blanchett, Slow Horses‘ Gary Oldman, Emilia Perez, Jodie Foster, Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking’s stars, The Bear & more. However, even with so many categories it sometimes feels impossible anyone could be left out, for some it will not be “the party of the year,” to quote Globes boss Helen Hoehne this Am.

Take a look at our list of who was not invited to the Nikki Glaser (who did get a comedy special nom Btw) fronted January 5 shindig on CBS and Paramount+. Plus, no streamer pun intended, a...

Alisyn Camerota, whose steadying presence on air helped make her a prominent face of CNN during the first Trump administration, is leaving the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet, she disclosed via social media on Sunday.

“I’ve had such l incredible opportunities here these days 10+ years, I’ve interviewed presidents and heroes and extraordinary people – the kind of peak career experiences that I had dreamed of since I was a teenager?” she said during her final minutes on the air Sunday. ” I’m always touched when a viewer comes up and tells me that I helped get them through these challenging times.” She indicated that she had some future projects that would become known soon.

Camerota joined CNN in 2014 after a long stint at Fox News Channel. She served more than six years as a co-anchor on “New Day,” a flagship morning program that a previous management team led by...