The Weeknight

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The Weeknight
GenrePolitical news program
Presented by Alicia Menendez
Symone Sanders-Townsend
Michael Steele
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsWashington, D.C. [1]
Camera setupMulti-camera
Original release
Network MSNBC
ReleaseMay 5, 2025 (2025-05-05) –
present
Related
The Weekend

The Weeknight is an American political news discussion program broadcast by MSNBC. Premiering on May 5, 2025, the program is co-hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele. It airs on weeknights at 7:00 p.m. ET, with an additional 8:00 p.m. hour also airing on Mondays.

Contents

The series is a weekday spin-off of The Weekend —a similar show that Menendez, Sanders-Townsend, and Steele had hosted from its January 2024 premiere through April 2025.

History

The Weekend originally premiered in January 2024 as part of a revamp of MSNBC's weekend morning lineup, featuring Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele. [2] [3] In February 2025, new MSNBC head Rebecca Kutler announced a revamp of the network's weekday primetime lineup, including the release of Joy Reid and cancellation of her show The ReidOut (which originally premiered in 2020 as a replacement for Hardball ), [4] and that Menendez, Sanders-Townsend, and Steele would move to a new weeknight program in its place. [5] [6]

The new program was later announced as The Weeknight, with a premiere set for May 5, 2025; the program replaced The ReidOut in its 7 p.m. ET timeslot. It also airs a second hour on Monday nights as a substitute for All In with Chris Hayes (which had moved to a Tuesday–Friday schedule in 2023 to accommodate Hayes' other projects; this hour was previously filled by a Monday edition of its weekend program Inside with Jen Psaki , which was supplanted by the Tuesday–Friday program The Briefing with Jen Psaki to replace Alex Wagner Tonight). [7] [8]

Format

The Weeknight and both editions of its sister programs,The Weekend and The Weekend: Primetime, roughly follow the same format as each other – featuring roundtable discussions and interviews with the show's anchors and then with key newsmakers and politicians. The show also features commentary from the anchor team.

References

  1. ↑ "MSNBC brings unique, colorful new look to 'The Weekend' schedule". NewscastStudio. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Ted (November 30, 2023). "MSNBC To Drop Mehdi Hasan's Show, Launch 'The Weekend' As Part Of Overhaul Of Saturday And Sunday Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "MSNBC Shakes Up Schedule With New Panel Show 'The Weekend'". The Hollywood Reporter. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ Ryu, Jenna. "Joy Reid takes over Chris Matthews' MSNBC time slot to host nightly news show". USA Today. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Ted (February 24, 2025). "MSNBC Confirms Schedule Overhaul With Jen Psaki And 'The Weekend' Anchors Getting Primetime Slots; Joy Reid's Show Canceled". Deadline. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  6. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (February 23, 2025). "Joy Reid and Alex Wagner Axed From MSNBC Lineup in Major Network Shakeup". Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ Mwachiro, Mark (April 23, 2025). "MSNBC Announces Premiere Dates for New Primetime Shows". Adweek. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Ted (September 7, 2023). "'Inside With Jen Psaki' Expanding To Mondays On MSNBC". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 7, 2023.
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