MSNBC Taps Washington Post’s Jackie Alemany as ‘Weekend’ Co-Host

variety.com:

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor MSNBC is, like other cable-news mainstays, giving roundtable shows a harder spin. Jackie Alemany, who has logged stints covering politics at both CBS News and The Washington Post, will move to MSNBC, where she will serve as co-host of one of its “The Weekend” panel programs and as a Washington correspondent.

Alemany will anchor a morning version of “The Weekend” alongside Jonathan Capehart, who has worked Saturdays and Sundays for MSNBC for the past few years, and Eugene Daniels, the Politico correspondent whose move to MSNBC was confirmed Monday.

The new host unveiled her new role Tuesday on “Morning Joe.” “Jackie has built a reputation of accountability journalism covering the nation’s capital from both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue,” said Rebecca Kutler, MSNBC’s president, in a statement. “Her addition as a co-host of ‘The Weekend’ in the mornings, alongside Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Capehart, solidifies this trio as a trusted roundtable of experts and insiders our audience is looking forward to waking up with every Saturday and Sunday.” Alemany’s hire is just the latest personnel move by Kutler, who has wasted little time in overhauling the network as it grapples with being a progressive monitor of an era when conservative politics hold considerable sway and as MSNBC prepares to be spun off along with other cable networks into a new publicly-traded entity, sundering its long-held ties with NBC News.

The network has, like rival CNN, had to contend with a downturn in viewership following the 2024 election. Both outlets have overhauled their TV lineups in response.