MSNBC Drops Tiffany Cross From Weekend Lineup
04.11.2022 - 18:17
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MSNBC has dropped Tiffany Cross’s weekend show after a nearly two-year run.
The network chose not to renew her contract and will fill her timeslot with a series of rotating hosts in the interim, according to a source familiar with the plans. Variety first reported on the network’s decision.
Cross’ Cross Connection launched in 2020, as part of a series of changes to MSNBC’s weekend lineup that also included a new show featuring Jonathan Capehart.
Cross’s staff was informed of the decision on Friday morning, the source said, but will remain in place.
Cross did not immediately respond to a request for comment. She previously was the D.C. Bureau Chief for BET Networks.
Cross delivered pointed commentary during her show, at times singling out other media hosts. After Megyn Kelly attacked her earlier this month and called her the most “racist person on television,” Cross called Kelly “the blackface expert.” Kelly had moved to Fox News to NBC News in 2017 with a reported longterm contract worth $69 million, but her daytime show failed to make a dent in the ratings and she was beset with controversy over comments she made about wearing blackface as a Halloween costume. She later apologized.
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