Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC is still trying to perfect its weekend formula.The NBCUniversal-backed cable-news outlet is expected to announce Tuesday that Ayman Mohyeldin, an NBC News correspondent and anchor who hasn’t shied away from offering opinion and analysis in his past coverage of events in the Middle East, will get a new show, “Ayman,” on MSNBC’s weekend primetime lineup starting September 18.
Mohyeldin, who currently anchors MSNBC’s 3p.m. hour, will also launch a new Friday-night program on The Choice, MSNBC’s channel on the Peacock streaming-video hub.MSNBC is also expected to announce that Joshua Johnson, who has been anchoring a primetime program on the weekend schedule, as well as on The Choice, will leave those.
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