Joy Reid: Last News

Joy Reid‘s exit from MSNBC triggered many conservative commentators to take cheap shots at her on social media.

MSNBC has hired The Washington Post‘s Jackie Alemany as a Washington correspondent and co-host of The Weekend.

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.

Saturday Night Live hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che were locked in this week when tackling headlines, addressing disasters from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s meeting with president Donald Trump to MSNBC‘s cancellation of Joy Reid’s show.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large During this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update, co-anchor Michael Che pointed out an uncomfortable truth: NBCUniversal is losing two prominent Black news anchors at the same time. MSNBC anchor Joy Reid, who previously filled the 7 p.m. slot, has been let go as part of a massive reshuffling of talent at the news cabler.

ripped Orthodox Jews, saying they “only care about themselves” and are “in their own bubble,” and accused the group of reckless behavior during the opandemic, according to the PA.The ex-PA, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she is speaking out now that Reid’s been axed because “people should know what her character is.”“They’re the reason why COVID is spreading across New York,” the former staffer claimed Reid said unchallenged during a morning conference call. “They don’t care about COVID or spreading it to others.” “I was shocked she called out a group and generalized them,” said the ex-PA, who is Jewish, who said it was even more shocking that the “other people on the call went along with it as if it’s a normal thing to say.”About 20 people from the production team were on the call, she recalled.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amid a broad reshuffle of its programming lineup, MSNBC is initiating “mass layoffs” of 99 employees who are members of the WGA East, the union said Tuesday. Over the past two days, according to WGA East, “we learned that MSNBC is starting mass layoffs of 99 of our union colleagues from at least nine different shows.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Keith Olbermann, who dominated MSNBC as the host of “Countdown” from 2003 to 2011, railed against the network (via The Daily Beast) after it cut ties with hosts Joy Reid, Alex Wagner, Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart and Ayman Mohyeldin. He posted on X: “An MSNBC purge so brutally racist it makes you think it was done by Musk.” “They didn’t even try to hide the racism by firing an unnecessary white anchor like [Katy] Tur or [Stephanie] Ruhle as cover,” he added.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Joy Reid‘s sudden exit from MSNBC continues to draw fiery responses from current and former television news personalities. Don Lemon recently took to Instagram (via The Daily Beast) to slam Megyn Kelly, who celebrated Reid’s departure by calling Reid the “absolute worst person on television.” “Let me just say this to Megyn Kelly,” Lemon said in a direct-to-camera address.

Rachel Maddow criticized MSNBC for its cancellation of Joy Reid‘s show, telling viewers that it was a “bad mistake” that her network bosses let her go.

Jack Dunn Longtime MSNBC host Rachel Maddow sounded off during a Monday night broadcast of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on the network’s major line-up changes, which saw the exit of anchor Joy Reid. “Joy Reid’s show, ‘The ReidOut,’ ended tonight. And Joy is not taking a different job in the network.

MSNBC confirmed plans to overhaul its daytime, primetime and weekend lineup, with Jen Psaki and the three anchors of The Weekend — Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez — getting primetime shows.

Donald Trump again raged against Comcast, threatening that the media giant should “pay vast sums of money” over its MSNBC programming.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor President Trump took sharp aim at Comcast, claiming that the media giant — because of MSNBC‘s editorial content — should have to “pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done” to the U.S. Trump also railed against Comcast chief Brian Roberts, MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others in a post shared Sunday on social media. In the post, Trump insulted Roberts as “Chairman of ‘Concast'” and a “lowlife.” The U.S.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic The Joy Reid era at MSNBC is over. The liberal commentator, who will be leaving her 7 p.m. weeknight show amidst a larger shakeup, was perhaps the network’s toughest critic of Donald Trump, delivering blistering critiques of both the president and his voters.

Joy Reid‘s show will be dropped from MSNBC‘s lineup as part of a series of changes expected to be announced this week.

There’s a major shakeup happening over at MSNBC, and we have all the updates.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor MSNBC‘s evening line-up may soon look quite different from what die-hard viewers have come to expect. The NBCUniversal-backed cable network is expected to move the trio of Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele to its 7 p.m. weekday slot Tuesday through Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, and the group on Mondays will lead two hours, 7 p.m.

Donald Trump administration — have no obligation to engage with family members who supported the president-elect.Appearing on MSNBC The ReidOut, Dr. Amanda Calhoun, a psychiatry resident at Yale Child Study Center and Yale School of Medicine, spoke with host Joy Reid about how communities who feel attacked by Trump’s rhetoric or policies should cope with their post-election feelings of despair and fear about the future.Many LGBTQ advocates, especially transgender people — as well as women and racial or ethnic minorities — have argued that a vote for Trump is an act of “violence” against the marginalized communities he targets with his inflammatory statements.Reid asked Calhoun how women, LGBTQ people, and other groups should approach the holiday season if they have to interact with family members or acquaintances who are Trump supporters.“Do you recommend, just from a psychological standpoint, being around them?” Reid asked.“So I’m glad you asked this question,” Calhoun said, “because there is a push — I think, a societal norm — that, if somebody is your family, that they are entitled to your time.

Ellise Shafer Joy Reid said during MSNBC’s election coverage early Wednesday morning that “white women voters did not” show up for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. When swing state North Carolina was projected to go to Donald Trump, Reid said “we have to be blunt about why.” “Black voters came through for Kamala Harris,” Reid said (via Mediate).

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Joy Reid got the call while she was waiting in a restaurant at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to get on a plane to Paris. Nicolle Wallace received a summons, she remembers, when “I was in the middle of nowhere with my son and had no makeup.” To respond to similar requests, says Rachel Maddow, “I have made illegal U-turns on the state highway.” When “The Avengers” are needed, no one can ignore the alert.