Rachel Maddow returned from a weeks-long hiatus Monday night only to tell MSNBC viewers that they will be seeing significantly less of her in weeks to come.Starting in May, Maddow will scale back her duties at MSNBC, moving from what had been a five-days-per-week role to hosting only on Mondays. She is changing her schedule after signing a new pact with NBCUniversal that gives her aegis over a broader range of projects, including podcasts and films.”I do still have all these...
Rachel
Maddow
Journalist / TV Host
Maddow signed a new pact in August 2021 with NBCUniversal that will put her in a larger creative role, helping to spur new projects that could conceivably range from podcasts to documentaries. That’s kicked off some speculation about the fate of her long running MSNBC program, “The Rachel Maddow Show,” which has been on since 2008 and features her analytical, diligent reporting. Maddow remains the cabler’s shining star, with impressive top-rated numbers that regularly beat competitor CNN’s entire primetime lineup. At MSNBC, Maddow has also found success in other ventures such as “Bag Man,” a seven-episode podcast series centered on former U.S. VP Spiro Agnew and 2018 documentary special “Betrayal,” which covered the 1968 presidential election.