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Serving in Secret.The documentary, a co-production of MSNBC Films and TIME Studios, is one of several films in Trevor Noah’s documentary series “The Turning Point,” a collection that examines hot-button issues in the United States. Serving in Secret focuses on the historical prohibitions put in place to prevent gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals from serving in the U.S.

book. Reports of Maddow scaling back her schedule have been made ever since she signed a new multi-year deal with MSNBC and NBCUniversal, allowing her a broader range of projects.The new contract keeps her at the company through 2024.”I do still have all these other irons in the fire, all these other things I’m working on that I want to bring to fruition, none of them are fast, all of them take a long time, and I’m still working on all of them,” Maddow said on her program Monday.She clarified that for bigger news events, such as the lead-up to the election, she plans to be in the anchor spot more than once a week. “This might change….We will see how things go, but that is the plan as of now,” Maddow said. Rotating hosts will fill in the 9 p.m. slot the rest of the week, and there are no immediate plans for a permanent replacement host, according to a network spokesperson.

@MSNBC host, to leave NBC after nearly 3 decades. «The 11th Hour is way bigger than any one man or woman.

MSNBC’s star anchor Rachel Maddow has reportedly renewed her contract with the cable news network — but the multi-year deal will see her five-day-a-week show transition into a weekly show.

Advocate reports.The emotional monologue came while Maddow continues to quarantine at home, after announcing just before Election Day that Mikula, who she called the “organizing principle” of her life, had tested positive.“My relationship with Susan, at the end of the day, is the only thing that I would kill or die for without hesitation,” Maddow said. “And Susan has been sick with COVID these past couple of weeks.

President-elect Joe Biden.«I was in the studio by about 5 a.m. on election day.

Crossfire .  Reid's inaugural show will feature three Black women: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. It’s not just her content that separates her from the pundits most of us grew up watching, but also the way she shows up to do her work.

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.

Teyana Taylor was determined to celebrate the class of 2020 in her new Made It video after homeschooling meant she missed out on her own graduation.

Sean Penn is on a mission to get the whole of America tested for the Covid-19 virus.

Rashida Jones, an NBC News executive whose oversight of special programming has put her more in demand in recent months, has been placed in charge of MSNBC’s daytime schedule.

Daytime talk show “Tamron Hall” is making some behind-the-scenes changes.

Bill Maher came to the defense of Chris Matthews Friday and mocked the woman whose accusations of unwanted flirting supposedly played a role in his departure from the network.

Chris Matthews is abruptly stepping down from “Hardball” amid scrutiny of recent on-air remarks as well as speculation about behind-the-scenes behavior.

A freelance journalist said in a column published Friday that veteran MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews made inappropriate comments to her while she was getting ready to appear on his program – the latest account of allegedly insensitive behavior over the years by the longtime political commentator.

Vice is to relaunch its nightly news show, “Vice News Tonight,” in a new hour-long live format on March 4 on Vice TV. Vice has named TV news veteran Nikki Egan as executive producer of the newscast, which will air live, Monday through Thursday. Prior to Vice, Egan was at MSNBC for 17 years.

NBC News and MSNBC plan to be among the first and last news outlets focused on the New Hampshire primary, starting live coverage this evening on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” and Chris Hayes’ “All In” and then continuing through Wednesday morning.

The Iowa caucus which, for the Democratic Party at least, devolved into a disaster involving delayed numbers and a faulty app, drew a total of 8.5 million viewers across the three major cable networks.

In the era of the Trump-dominated news cycle, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist have to balance hot political talk on “Morning Joe” with the audience’s occasional need to cool down.

As if TV news needed more headlines…

The Nielsen ratings for the second night of Rachel Maddow’s interview with Lev Parnas Thursday on MSNBC fell short of Wednesday’s record-breaking viewership (4.5 million viewers), notching down slightly at 4.3 million.

NBC News is winding down Peacock Productions, an in-house unscripted production unit that has had a hand over the years in everything from true-crime serials to one of daredevil Nik Wallenda’s high-wire walks.

There’s likely little common ground between MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, but the executives who run their respective news outlets have found something upon which they both can agree.