Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show is going weekly starting in May
Starting in May, MSNBC's highest-rated star Rachel Maddow will be hosting her 9 p.m. Eastern show just one day a week — on Mondays
while she pivots to other projects for parent company NBCUniversal.
The network said it will rotate guest hosts the other four weeknights on a show called “MSNBC Prime.”
“For big news events, for things like the leadup to the election, I will of course be here more than that, but that is the general plan,” Maddow said on her show Monday
Maddow announced that her show will be weekly on Monday nights beginning May 2
It’s a tough blow for the NBCUniversal-owned channel, where Maddow draws the largest audience in her 9 p.m. slot.
Many people believe she was stepping back completely from the program this summer to work on developing podcast and film projects as part of her recently signed deal with NBCUniversal.
Rachel Maddow indicated that she could appear more often as the mid-term elections draw closer and when major news stories break