“We are incredibly lucky to have him here at MSNBC and I’m really really grateful that he helmed things so ably while I was gone.”Īs with her hiatus, Maddow is expected to return to the network to co-anchor big news nights. “You should be so lucky to ever have a co-worker as great as Ali Velshi,” Maddow said last month. But they are renaming the show MSNBC Prime on those nights, another sign Maddow’s move is permanent.įor now, the network will turn to a series of guest hosts, which will include Ali Velshi, a regular fill-in during Maddow’s hiatus earlier this year. So far, MSNBC isn’t announcing a permanent host to replace Maddow at 9 p.m. Not surprisingly, ratings dipped during Maddow’s hiatus earlier this year.
It has grown into the most-watched program on the network, regularly drawing more than 2 million viewers, going toe-to-toe on most nights with Fox News host Sean Hannity (CNN remains a distant third). In some ways, it’s the end of an era for MSNBC, where Maddow has hosted her popular show for nearly 14 years. It’s part of a new contract she signed with the network that will allow her time to work on other projects for MSNBC and NBC, including a film version of her award-winning podcast Bag Man, directed by Ben Stiller. Maddow will only host her MSNBC show on Monday nights going forward.
After a five-week hiatus, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow jokingly reintroduced herself to her viewers when she returned to her show last month.
