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Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson It is over a month until The Comey Rule limited series premieres on Showtime, but the still raging drama between Donald Trump and fired FBI Director James Comey was live tonight on cable news on Night 1 of the Republican National Convention.“If you put it in a script, I’m sure it would get rejected for not being realistic enough, that the chairman of the President’s campaign is working with a Russian intelligence officer,” Comey told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid

When Claude Taylor started his Room Rater account on Twitter (@ratemyskyperoom) in April, it was to continue the jokes he and his girlfriend were making with each other about cable news talking heads' bleak film-from-home setups.

MSNBC anchor Joy Reid talked about the rise in support for the Black Lives Matter movement from non-Black and -brown people following the murder of George Floyd in May in an appearance on NBC's Late Night With Seth Meyers. Reid, who has been covering the Black Lives Matter movement since Trayvon Martin’s killing in 2012, told Meyers on Wednesday'sLate Nightthat the difference in leadership has led to the uptick in support.

Ted Johnson MSNBC said that the debut of ReidOut, Joy Reid’s new nightly 7 PM show, averaged 2.6 million total viewers and scored the second highest rating for a regularly scheduled show on the network for that hour.Reid’s guests included Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum drew 2.1 million viewers and Erin Burnett OutFront drew 1.3 million.Fox News’ The Story did beat ReidOut in the 25-54 demographic, drawing 334,000

not be last place on cable news if you counted HLN, but this is generally considered a three-horse race.Also Read: Former Fox News Anchor Alisyn Camerota Says Network Is 'Rotten to the Core' (Video)Reid’s overall audience sum made the “ReidOut” launch the second most-watched regularly scheduled episode in the MSNBC time slot ever. A “Hardball” episode from Sept.

Ted Johnson Joy Reid’s first guest on her new nightly MSNBC show The ReidOut was presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who gave her an update on his search for a running mate.Reid generally posed questions to Biden that reflected some of his campaign’s talking points, including President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but she also put him on the spot when she asked whether he would commit to picking a Black woman as a running mate.“I am not committed to naming any but

the new host of MSNBC’s 7 p.m. weeknight hour, should again face a defamation lawsuit over a woman’s claim that, in Reid’s social media posts, she falsely accused her of making racist remarks at a 2018 Simi Valley, CA city council meeting.The plaintiff in the case, Roslyn La Liberte, contends that in one of Reid’s social media posts on Instagram, she defamed her by attributing racist remarks to her.

Ted Johnson An appellate court has ruled that Joy Reid, the new host of MSNBC’s 7 PM weeknight hour, should again face a defamation lawsuit over a woman’s claim that, in Reid’s social media posts, she falsely accused her of making racist remarks at a 2018 Simi Valley, CA city council meeting.The plaintiff in the case, Roslyn La Liberte, contends that in one of Reid’s social media posts on Instagram, she defamed her by attributing racist remarks to her.

MSNBC has officially named as Joy Reid the new host of its 7 p.m. hour, filling the key early primetime slot that was vacated by Chris Matthews earlier this year.

Also Read: MSNBC Eyes Joy Reid for Chris Matthews' Old Time Slot (Report)Thursday’s announcement follows weeks of speculation that MSNBC executives were eyeing her as the replacement for longtime host Chris Matthews, whose “Hardball” previously aired in that slot.“I’m thrilled to have Joy on five nights a week,” said MSNBC President Phil Griffin in his own statement. “She’s thoughtful and brings so much depth to her reporting.

Joy Reid is about to make MSNBC history. The longtime anchor for the network, 51, has been tapped to host The ReidOut, a new show airing weeknights at 7:00pm — the time slot held by Hardball for 23 years. Before Joy moves from mornings to evenings on July 20, here’s what you should know about her:

Ted Johnson Joy Reid will start her new weeknight MSNBC show on July 20, filling the 7 PM ET slot that has been vacated since the departure of Chris Matthews.The ReidOut will be based in Washington.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC said it would give Joy Reid the 7 p.m.

Ted Johnson Joy Reid is in talks to fill the 7 PM ET slot once held by Chris Matthews and his longtime MSNBC show Hardball, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.Reid currently hosts AM Joy, a weekend program on the network, and has been a substitute host for other nighttime hosts including Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes. She will host a special on Friday, The Road to Reform: A Special Report with Joy Reid, in that time slot.An MSNBC spokeswoman declined comment.