Alex Wagner Wins MSNBC’s 9 P.M. Slot, Will Succeed Rachel Maddow

WATCH: Chrissie Swan and Karl Stefanovic present at the 2022 TV WEEK LogiesThe new Masked Singer panellist reveals to WHO exclusively that the rumour female TV personalities are constantly being put in competition is just that – a myth.“I’ve never seen a single example of this in my 20-year career,” Chrissie says boldly.

“The Highland shooting and every Fentanyl overdose death among the young are teaching us the same lesson, and we refuse to learn it, the “Dilbert” comic artist tweeted on July 6. “It’s difficult, but I’m qualified to give you this lesson (unfortunately). This won’t be easy to read,” he wrote before adding this: “When a young male (let’s say 14 to 19) is a danger to himself and others, society gives the supporting family two options: 1.

A low-key love! After nearly a decade together, Winona Ryder and Scott Mackinlay Hahn’s romance has continued heating up.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHorizon Media, the independent media buying company, has acquired a controlling stake in First Tube, a company that specializes in a practice that has intrigued a growing number of advertisers: digital experiences.First Tube is one of a number of companies that works to give consumers a way to interact with concerts, gatherings and the like. The company has helped create a video hub centered around fitness for Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Michelob Ultra and helped launch a series of streamed musical performances for the GrubHub delivery service.“We are trying to anticipate consumer interest,” says Donald Williams, executive vice president and chief digital officer of Horizon Media, in an interview.Other advertising companies are also interested in these tactics are more consumers grow accustomed to experiencing live events in new ways, some of them via streaming video, or at times of their own choosing.

@MSNBC to host the 9PM hour, beginning August 16th. LET’S DO THIS.”I am absolutely thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back home to @MSNBC to host the 9PM hour, beginning August 16th.

Alex Wagner has been picked to succeed Rachel Maddow in Maddow’s lynchpin 9 p.m. time slot at MSNBC. Wagner, a political veteran who recently returned to MSNBC as a senior political analyst and guest anchor in February, will host a show Tuesday-Fridays, with Maddow to continue on Mondays.

Don’t plan on seeing Winona Ryder walking down the aisle anytime soon!

Supporting their colleagues. The General Hospital cast has been doing anything they can to be there for Jack Wagner and Kristina Wagner as they grieve son Harrison Wagner’s death.

Jack and Kristina Wagner lost their son, Harrison.Several of the cast members walked down the red carpet ahead of the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards and opened up to ET's Deidre Behar about how they've all come together to support the Wagners during the most difficult period in their lives. The Wagners were not in attendance at the Pasadena Civic Center, but their presence was felt with the cast's outpouring support.Kelly Monaco, who portrays Sam McCall on the long-running ABC soap, tells ET she knows exactly what they're going through due to a tragedy last year.«I had a similar experience in November with my best friend and the cast was amazing,» Monaco said. «It's a family, and the same grace has been extended to Kristina and Jack.

Moving at their own pace! After more than a decade of dating, Winona Ryder and Scott Mackinlay Hahn are in no rush to take their relationship to the next level.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIndependent media-buying operation Horizon Media plans to test a local-TV audience measurement technology from Comscore, the latest big advertising or media entity to enlist a Nielsen rival for the purpose of counting TV viewers.Horizon plans to examine Comscore’s local TV solution to see if it could serve as a new benchmark for advertising transactions in 2023. Horizon in April said that it intended to commit “up to 15% of its deals” in the industry’s  upfront market to be based on new measurement currencies that don’t rely on the sector’s longtime tabulator of audiences, Nielsen.

A blended brood! Two years after Zooey Deschanel and Jacob Pechenik finalized their divorce, she is still grateful for their coparenting commitment.

ABC has set fall premiere dates for its new and returning series, including a plum post-Grey’s Anatomy spot for the Hilary Swank starrer Alaska Daily from Oscar winner Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) and the debut of the newest primetime game show Celebrity Jeopardy!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRebecca Kutler, a longtime CNN talent and development executive who had had a hand in the success of anchors and contributors including Abby Phillip and Van Jones, is leaving the news outlet, a move that is said to be raising eyebrows among some of the Warner Bros. Discovery outlet’s team of journalists.Kutler had most recently been senior vice president and head of programming for CNN+, the much-promoted streaming video hub that was scuttled by  CNN’s new corporate parent quickly after the merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia.

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) will star in the cycling drama Hard Miles, which is currently in production in Los Angeles and Lone Pine, CA.

As we’ve been reporting, soap opera star Jack Wagner’s son Harrison passed away last week. He was found dead in a parking lot in Los Angeles.