MSNBC’s New Weekend Primetime Quartet Has Already Started a Conversation

variety.com:

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor MSNBC’s new Saturday and Sunday primetime panel, “The Weekend,” won’t kick off until later this month, but the show’s four hosts just got their first chance to chew over their plans.

At first glance, Ayman Mohyeldin, Elise Jordan, Catherine Rampell and Antonia Hylton don’t seem to have too much in common. Each has a distinctive background that is unlike the others.

Hylton gained traction working for upstart news outlets including Mic and Vice.com before joining NBCUniversal. Rampell has made a name for herself not only for economic analysis at The Washington Post but also as a frequent talk-show contributor to everything from CNN’s “News Night” to HBO’s “Real Time.” Mohyeldin first began to emerge at NBC News delivering reports last decade from the Middle East.

And Jordan has worked for Senator Rand Paul and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. “We all bring something a little bit different” to the mix, says Rampell, during a recent interview that marked the quartet’s first official gathering since the show’s line-up of hosts was announced. “We all have different specialties, and you’ll see those flavors” when the program launches.