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though they had a rough start. Since then, there have been murmuring among some about the two Republicans and who would be the greater evil.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor One of the benefits of hosting any sort of news or discussion program on TV is an authorization to talk. Now some TV journalists and personalities are also being given permission to bite. NBCUniversal needs to get out the proverbial Bactine after being savaged earlier this week by many of its top news personalities over the hire made by NBC News executives of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel.

Ronna McDaniel is out at NBC News.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CAA, the agency that helped broker the recent deal that brought former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel to NBC News as a political analyst, has parted ways with her, according to a person familiar with the matter, as she wrangles with the media outlet over appropriate terms for an exit. McDaniel has been advised to seek an attorney to represent her, this person said. A representative for CAA did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Ronna McDaniel was supposed to be the new star contributor at NBC News. Now her position there is looking increasingly untenable. NBC News hired the former Republican National Committee chief last week, betting that her recent access to the Trump campaign and Republican politicians would make her a valuable analyst as the 2024 election cycle intensified.

CNN went first, but other cable news outlets were cautious today in showing the horrific police body cam video footage of the fatal January 7 arrest of Tyre Nichols. “I’m just trying to get home,” Nichols can be heard telling screaming police as they push him to the road and beat him.

California congressman Eric Swalwell is offering voters a bleak outlook on the future if Republicans take control of the House in the midterm elections. A new digital ad he released this week depicts a family left traumatized when their matriarch is arrested at gunpoint for a previous abortion.Swalwell, who has served as a Democratic U.S.

recent poll found that over two-thirds of Republicans would like to see Biden impeached if the party takes control of the House of Representatives again. “This will be the end of Congress.

MSNBC’s “The Culture Is” will be returning for another installment, this time focused on Latina women. The special will be hosted by “One Day at a Time” actress Justina Machado.During the one-hour special, Machado will interview Rosie Perez and also hold a roundtable discussion with Julissa Arce, Gloria Estefan, Maria Hinojosa, Gloria Calderón Kellett, Bricia Lopez, Janel Martinez, Mónica Ramírez and Gina Torres.The roundtable discussion topics include differences in Latina culture, the role of identity, the impacts of the Latina vote and more.

Kurtz tweeted on Monday. “My apologies to Alex and to my followers for not being more careful, given dangers of quick-response tweeting.”Kurtz’s tweets follow the news that Alex Wagner will take over Rachel Maddow’s 9:00 p.m.

Ellise Shafer Malcolm Nance, an analyst of terrorism and intelligence who frequently contributes to MSNBC, appeared on Joy Reid’s “The ReidOut” on Monday evening to announce he has joined the fight against Russia in Ukraine.Nance, who is the executive director of think tank The Terror Asymmetrics Project, has joined the International Legion of Territorial Defense in Ukraine. As Reid reported on MSNBC, there are about 20,000 people from 52 countries currently serving in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.“I spent quite a bit of time here in the pre-war period and when the invasion happened, I had friends who were in Donetsk, who were in the Ukrainian army, who were writing to us and telling us, ‘We’re not going to survive tonight.

Rachel Maddow plans to return from her MSNBC hiatus on April 11.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAnchors like Don Lemon, Joy Reid and Sean Hannity have long looked at Nielsen ratings as one of the primary measures of their performance on air. Soon, they may have another.Magna, the large media-buying firm owned by Interpublic Group, has enlisted NewsGuard, a company that examines the veracity of news content and the ways in which it is produced, to grade news programing on TV for the parent company’s media clients, which include Johnson & Johnson, Grubhub and Merck, among others.

Rachel Maddow will return from her hiatus on Thursday evening to cover the breaking news out of Ukraine.

NAACP Image Awards’ visual ceremonies.The Image Awards’ non-televised kudos are being handed out during five virtual ceremonies stretched across the week starting Feb. 21, leading up to the live telecast, when the top categories, including entertainer of the year, will be awarded Feb.

NEW YORK -- Janet Jackson's four-part documentary on Lifetime was the network's most-watched non-fiction show since “Surviving R. Kelly” three years ago, and viewership is continuing to grow.The documentary series debuted Friday and Saturday night on Lifetime and was simulcast on the A&E network.

recent Washington Post editorial, as an “existential threat” against American democracy posed by the Republican Party. Boot credited the “alarming” possibility of Trump once again winning the Republican presidential nomination to “the complete moral abdication of the Republican party leadership.”Reid chimed in that the courts were also to blame, pointing out that sentences for the Jan.

According to The Mercury News, Somerville wanted to add a tagline to a segment about the Petito case pointing out the disparity in coverage of missing persons cases of white women relative to women of color. The disparity has become part of the national conversation surrounding the Petito case after MSNBC host Joy Reid brought it up on her show “The ReidOut” this past Monday.“The Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice,” Reid said.

Nicki Minaj is explaining why she won’t be in attendance at this year’s Met Gala.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe staff of MSNBC has voted to form a union with WGA East, marking the first such successful organizing drive in cable news.The membership voted 141-58 to organize, according to a tally by the National Labor Relations Board.

Rep. Ilhan Omar said Tuesday night that Fox News hosts “know how to whip up their base into frenzy” about Afghan refugees.

by Washington Post reporters Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta, early in the pandemic Donald Trump wanted to send American citizens infected with COVID-19 abroad to America’s most infamous prison instead of allowing them to return to their homes. Which is how Trump qualified as Joy Reid’s “The Absolute Worst” on Monday’s episode of her MSNBC show.

journalist accused him of making inappropriate comments to her when she was a guest on his show. The accusation came just as Matthews was already enduring heavy criticism for making what many observers said were sexist remarks in a post-debate interview with Elizabeth Warren during the Democratic primary.

Chris Matthews will return to MSNBC on Tuesday with an appearance on ReidOut, the show hosted by Joy Reid that now occupies the former Hardball timeslot.

has died. She was 47.

As America attempts to recover from the Capitol riot, everyone from President-elect Joe Biden and NBA star LeBron James to members of the mainstream media such as Joy Behar and Joy Reid have vilified police officers for their role in the tragic event. While Democrats and media members have waffled on whether or not riots are a good idea, they have remained consistent when it comes to criticizing cops.

MSNBC host Joy Reid compared Trump supporters to members of Al Qaeda who were willing to die for Usama bin Laden when condemning the violence that erupted when a group of the president’s followers stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

MSNBC’s Joy Reid did not hold back when reporting on the angry supporters of Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOne of the advocacy organizations calling for MSNBC anchor Joy Reid to apologize for comments she made about Muslims in her broadcast earlier this week said it was disappointed by the host’s handling of the situation, leaving open a controversy in Reid’s early tenure on the cable-news outlet’s weekday schedule.On Monday, Reid compared President Trump’s recent rhetoric around protesting to the efforts of radical Muslims to galvanize extremism.

Also Read: CAIR Thanks NBC News for Meeting, Calls on Joy Reid to Apologize for 'Muslims' CommentThe question led figures like Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, as well as groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations, to call on Reid to apologize for her comment, which they described as hurtful and Islamophobic.

“Thank you @NBC for meeting to discuss our concerns about @JoyAnnReid‘s inaccurate, offensive remarks,” tweeted the council.The tweet went on, “We appreciate your pledge to avoid Islamophobia in all forms. As we discussed, Ms.

Ted Johnson MSNBC host Joy Reid said that she plans to address the anger over comments she made earlier this week that made comparisons to radicalized Muslims and extreme supporters of President Donald Trump.“There’s been some thoughtful commentary but also some willful distortion of the points I tried to make yesterday.

Like Fredo at Fake News @CNN, the very untalented Joy Reid should be fired for this horrible use of the words ‘Muslim Terrorists’. Such xenophobia and racism on MSDNC.

a lot nervous — that Donald Trump might win a second term as president.“Maybe it’s just that their convention bump got to me.

To listen to television pundits wrapping up the Republican convention and evaluating President Donald Trump's acceptance speech, the nation heads into the fall campaign as divided as it ever was. “This was unquestionably the best Donald Trump production ever,” ABC News analyst Sara Fagen said as fireworks burst over Washington.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC is getting closer to making some important weekend plans.The NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet is expected sometime this fall to decide on a successor for Joy Reid’s mid-morning weekend slot, according to two people familiar with the matter. Figuring out who might be among the contenders hasn’t been difficult.