Jen Psaki Moves to Primetime Weekdays in MSNBC Overhaul (Variety) [View all]

By Brian Steinberg

Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who has become a favorite at MSNBC since joining in 2023, will get even more screen time in front of viewers in April when she takes over the network’s 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday.

The move is the latest to be unveiled from MSNBC under new leader Rebecca Kutler, who has wasted little time in tearing up the network’s schedule as it faces seismic pressures. MSNBC is grappling not only with the new Trump administration, to which many of its progressive anchors and analysts are directly opposed, but it also faces a big change in its business operations once it is, along with a group of other cable networks, spun off from Comcast in a transaction slated to be completed later this year.

While Rachel Maddow is anchoring 9 p.m. five days a week during the early part of the Trump administration, she will return to hosting only Mondays soon. At that time, Psaki’s show will roll out Tuesday through Friday. Her program, “Inside with Jen Psaki,” has become MSNBC’s most-watched on the weekends and has expanded audiences at 8 p.m. on Mondays. “Since joining MSNBC, Psaki has become a crucial and trusted voice for the network,” Kutler said in a memo on Monday.

“As I shared with many of you a few weeks ago, my goal is to build on the successes that have distinguished MSNBC from its peers,” Kutler said. “We now have one of the most engaged audiences in all of television and are seeing rapid growth across digital, audio, and more. In the years ahead, we must continue to show up for our audiences in this critical moment while simultaneously best positioning ourselves for the future.”

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