MS NOW Moves Weekend Night Programming to Taped Podcast Format; Alex Witt to Depart After 25 Years
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Ted Johnson
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MS NOW is restructuring its weekend evening programming, moving MS NOW to a taped podcast format in the post-6 p.m. ET weekend slots. The network cites success from its content agreement with Crooked Media. The Weekend: Primetime will end on Saturdays, with co-anchor Antonia Hylton moving to weekend daytime hours (1-4 p.m. ET). Co-anchors Ayman Mohyeldin, Elise Jordan, and Catherine Rampell will remain at the network as contributors. Longtime anchor Alex Witt, who joined in 1999, has announced she will depart later this summer.
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The Weekend: Primetime will end on Saturday, with co-anchor Antonia Hylton moving to the 1 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET weekend hours in the coming months.
Alex Witt also has announced that she is departing MS NOW later this summer, having first joined pr
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