MSNBC Live

MSNBC Live
Presented by

Brian Williams, Chris Jansing, Stephanie Ruhle, Ali Velshi, Hallie Jackson, Craig Melvin, Katy Tur, Richard Lui

Raymond Berrios
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 719
Production
Production location(s) Secaucus, New Jersey (1996–2007)
Studio 3A, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (2007–present)
Studio 3K, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (2011-2016)
Studio 4E, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (2016–present)
Studio 3C, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (2016-2017)
Running time 420 minutes (with commercials)
Release
Original network MSNBC
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release July 15, 1996 – present

MSNBC Live, also titled NBC News and The Place for Politics during election seasons, is a daily American news-talk television program on MSNBC, originating from both New York City and Washington, D.C. studios throughout daytime hours.

"Live" is the flagship daytime news platform of NBC News, airing for six hours per day on MSNBC. Focusing on live news coverage, the program consists of guest analysis and interviews around the stories of the day, in addition to feature-like stories, in-depth special reports. When a story is deemed as breaking news or a special event, MSNBC producers have the discretion to replace any anchor with MSNBC Chief Anchor Brian Williams.

History

"MSNBC Live" is the name of several hours of straight news programming on the network (both weekdays and weekends), similar to dayside programming on other cable news channels. Beginning in 2009, MSNBC began to fill in these hours with branded programming during dayside hours. During the network's pivot back to hard news in 2015, the name returned during daytime hours. The brand is also used during holidays and as fill-in programming when a show ends or is canceled until a new show is ready.

The program aired at various times through the years, but most recently aired Saturdays from 2-4pm ET, and Sundays from 3-4pm ET until late 2014, when the program's anchor, Craig Melvin, was reassigned, seeing the end of the program.

Following major changes to MSNBC's dayside lineup announced in February 2015, Thomas Roberts was appointed to a new weekday time slot from 1-3pm ET under the Live branding, beginning on March 2.

An additional 3 hours of MSNBC Live debuted on August 3, 2015, airing from 3-6pm ET, replacing the canceled The Cycle, Now with Alex Wagner, and The Ed Show.

On October 5, 2015, Jose Diaz-Balart's morning program, 'The Daily Rundown,' and Tamron Hall's show of five years, 'NewsNation', were reverted to the 'Live' branding, airing at 9am ET and 11amET, respectively. In July 2016, Diaz-Balart left the program to begin his new duties as anchor of NBC Nightly News Saturday. Today Show weekend anchor Craig Melvin replaced Diaz-Balart.[1]

On December 15, 2016, MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts was quietly cancelled with no public announcement made, and was removed from the show the day after. MSNBC moved Roberts into a weekend anchor role at the network, as well as a contributor role to the Today Show.[2][3][4] In January 2017, Hallie Jackson was confirmed to host the 10am ET time slot and Katy Tur were confirmed to host the 2pm ET for the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency.[5]

On February 1, 2017, Hall departed from her MSNBC Live slot.[6]

In March 2017, NBC News Chairman Andy Lack indicated that Live editions would begin receiving more "NBC News" branding, as both the show and its parent network continued to streamline their resources and news-gathering staff.[7]

On April 21, 2017, Kate Snow hosted her final edition of the program. Snow transitioned away from her anchoring duties on the show toward more long-form reporting and an expansion of her role at NBC Nightly News.[8]

On May 8, 2017, Steve Kornacki hosted his final edition of the program. Kornacki's 4pm time slot was revamped and given to Nicolle Wallace under the new name Deadline: White House. Kornacki remains with the network as the new national political correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC.

Format

MSNBC Live, broadcasting from NBC News' Studio 4E.

For the most part, each block of the program maintains an element of autonomy and different segments depending on who is hosting. For example, Stephanie Ruhle's edition of the show is formatted similarly to a morning news show, while Hallie Jackson's edition usually originates from the White House, where she is based, or an on-site location of the President's travels. However, all editions of the program focus on, breaking news events notwithstanding, live political news and developments. This portion of the news is primarily reported through daytime Washington, D.C.-based staffers such as NBC congressional correspondents Kasie Hunt and Mike Viqueira, judicial correspondent Pete Williams, Pentagon correspondent Hans Nichols, White House correspondents Hallie Jackson and Kristen Welker and national correspondents Peter Alexander and Chris Jansing

Currently, MSNBC Live airs from 9am to Noon and 1pm to 4pm ET each weekday. Andrea Mitchell's eponymous show, Andrea Mitchell Reports, airs from 12pm to 1pm ET.

Special Event Anchors and Contributors

Weekday Anchors

Saturday Anchors

Sunday Anchors

International broadcasts

MSNBC and NBC News programming is shown for several hours a day on the 24-hour news network OSN News in MENA Region, including MSNBC Live and several other MSNBC shows.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jose-diaz-balart-leaves-msnbc-as-hes-named-permanent-nightly-news-saturday-anchor/298924
  2. ↑ "MSNBC quietly cancels 'Live with Thomas Roberts'". Fox News. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  3. ↑ Balluck, Kyle (2016-12-19). "MSNBC cancels 'Live with Thomas Roberts'". TheHill. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  4. ↑ "MSNBC Quietly Axes 'Live With Thomas Roberts'". Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  5. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (January 18, 2017). "Katy Tur, Hallie Jackson Get Expanded Duties at NBC News, MSNBC". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Koblin, John (February 1, 2017). "Tamron Hall Leaves 'Today' Show and MSNBC". The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/msnbc-nbc-news-logos-1202015277/
  8. ↑ http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/kate-snow-leaves-msnbc-to-expand-her-duties-at-nbc-news/327159
Preceded by
Meet the Press		 MSNBC Live (Saturdays and Sundays)
3:00 PM–4:00 PM		 Succeeded by
Dateline Extra
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