Meanwhile, Psaki’s Sunday and Monday shows this year have a combined average of 777,684 total viewers and 70,658 demo viewers.
Wagner is currently traveling the country covering the impact of Trump’s first 100 days and will transition to MSNBC’s senior political analyst as part of the larger programming overhaul.
Back at home, Kutler is in the midst of a rebuild as MSNBC will soon be separating from NBCUniversal News Group to join the spin-off company SpinCo. The network will continue to be based in New York following the split and has announced plans to hire over 100 journalists to build up its newsgathering operations.
But with Maddow returning to a once-a-week schedule, MSNBC also faces losing a consistent performer on its primetime schedule. With the cable news industry at large facing challenges as a result of changing viewership habits, the presence of familiar faces in familiar time slots is one proven way to retain existing audiences.
