MSNBC Adds New Shows to Sunday Lineup

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Kasie Hunt is getting her own 2-hour show on Sunday nights.
MSNBC, riding high on recent ratings growth, announced plans to add more live programming on Sundays, including a two-hour evening show called Kasie D.C. hosted by Capitol Hill correspondent Kasie Hunt.

The network also announced that Yasmin Vossoughian will host the 4 p.m. hour of MSNBC Live (MSNBC Live With Yasmin Vossoughian) and Ayman Mohyeldin will host the 5 p.m. hour (MSNBC Live With Ayman Mohyeldin).

The new schedule, which begins Oct. 15, will include programming until 9 p.m. on Sundays. It was reported in July that Hunt was in talks to get her own show and in September that Mohyeldin would get his own show, though the network would not confirm either report.

Hunt's show will include her "interviewing newsmakers and previewing Monday's key headlines to help viewers jump-start the week ahead," according to the announcement.

With the success of MSNBC's weekday programming, the network has been expected to start adding more original and live content to its weekend lineup. Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt was recently given his own 30-minute show on Saturday mornings.


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/msnbc-adds-new-shows-sunday-lineup-1048041



Bummer... no more Prison Lockup?

[calimary]

1. And what for Joy Reid?

How 'bout giving her a better time slot? Preferably during the week.

[lillypaddle]

6. I don't know

two 2-hour shows on the weekend is pretty good, I think. Plus she subs a lot for popular shows, such as Maddow, Lawrence, and 11th hour.

[not fooled]

2. I don't know any of these people

(no teevee) but at least none appear to be faux snooze retreads.

Oh, and it's great news that megyn's show is crashing and burning--good to see that after years of being a reliable faux lies spouting bimbo, she can't just act like now she's above the political fray.

[pnwmom]

3. Good for Kasie!

[jodymarie aimee]

4. Good God Hugh Hewitt

is a Republican stinkhead.

[spanone]

9. i can't believe they give that asshole 30 seconds.

[WinkyDink]

5. Two hours?! Sorry, too long. And who are Yasmin and Ayman??

[lillypaddle]

7. Yasmin and Ayman

do the morning lead in before Morning Joe. They're pretty good. Hey, don't you watch 24/7 news on MSNBC?

[WinkyDink]

13. I should have Googled. I've seen them and don't care for them. I watch something else until MJ!

[PDittie]

8. No Sunday evening politics shows for me

That is a pretty crowded teevee night, with sporting events and HBO series and CNN's Bourdain/Ling and what not.

And a good reminder to avoid Hewitt like the plague on Saturday morning.

[Hortensis]

10. Kasie Hunt's was part of the Scarborough gang, a very BAD sign.

EVERYONE here should remember that on Joe and almost every other cable daytime show all participants were required to bash Hillary whenever she was discussed -- which was every show. And that the crew on Morning Joe worked to defeat Democrats all through 2016. Those who would not were not invited back.

I'm definitely not cheering this promotion. Just like Katie Tur's, t's a BAD sign. The last thing America needs is a whole new generation of journalists who've already proven they'll play whatever game is required to rise.

[jodymarie aimee]

12. Totally agree

look what they did with Kornacki...he was part of the Toure and Krystal Ball show....now, he is just embarrassing....a schill..

[Hortensis]

15. I don't think any of the daytime heads were able to survive without

selling out. The incredibly stupid thing is that this apparently started with a really ignorant and naive conservative billionaire, Richard Scaife, and his attempt to destroy Gov. Clinton, the rise of the 24/7 news cycle and Scaife's funding of scandal to fill it, and conservative DC social leaders, like WaPo columnist Sally Quinn especially, mounting a vendetta against Hillary when she became first lady. Andrea Mitchell was one of them.

After that anyone who wanted to be included in the A list, or become a talking head on daytime cable or columnist for the NY Times, has had to bash her. They probably can't admit to themselves how despicable and poisonous their behaviors have been.

Reminds me of our nominating Hillary last year. Even knowing how absurdly Andrea acted out her despair on camera every time Hillary did well, the act she put on at that time made me wonder if she were seriously ill and about to be carried off to the hospital. Nope, just her inspired to play tragedy queen.

Our nation's been brought to this point above all by incredibly petty people elevated far above their level of moral competence.

[eppur_se_muova]

11. I've been really impressed with Ari Melburn on The Beat at 6:00 ET.

It's as informative as the evening shows, but the conversations are just a *little* slower-paced -- much easier to keep up, particularly if you're semi-obligated to be working on something else while you watch.

[WinkyDink]

14. Melber. I skip MTP at 5:00 p.m., because...Chuck Todd. But Ari? Yes, please! ;-)

[eppur_se_muova]

16. Ari gives me a further excuse to skip Hardball at 6:00PM (CT). nt