Rachel Maddow will return to MSNBC five nights a week during the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term in office. At the moment she is just there on Mondays.
Alex Wagner, who takes the time slot Tuesday-Friday in the current arrangement, must be delighted. She is leaving the cosy studio and getting sent around the country and oversees. This all begins on January 20th, the day of the inauguration, and ends on April 30.
Now, I’m a Maddow fan girl. Obviously. But swanning back in for the glamour three months having signed a mega contract that meant you got more money for less on-air work, as Maddow did, is surely not a great look. It will probably be good for MSNBC ratings though.
And will Rachel Maddow get the bug back for nightly news and stay beyond April? I suspect MSNBC bosses are secretly hoping that the answer to that is yes.
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