3.8 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States Original release 1996 – present Genre Talk show | 3.8/10 IMDb Original network MSNBC First episode date 15 July 1996 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) Secaucus, New Jersey (1996–2007)
Studio 3A, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (2007–2016)
Studio 4G, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (2016–present)
Studio 3C, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (2016-present) Running time 420 minutes (with commercials) Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV) Presented by Chris Jansing, Sheinelle Jones, Steve Kornacki Awards GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism - Segment Similar The Cycle, Way Too Early, NBC Nightly News, The Dylan Ratigan Show, The Last Word with Lawrence Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MSNBC Live, also titled The Place for Politics during election seasons, is a daily American news-talk television program on MSNBC.
Contents
- History
- Format
- Breaking News Anchors
- Special Event Anchors and Contributors
- Weekday Anchors
- Weekend Anchors
- International broadcasts
- References
"Live" is the flagship daytime news platform of NBC News, airing for eight consecutive 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, and The Weather Channel forecasts. When a story is deemed as breaking news, MSNBC producers have the discretion to replace any anchor with Breaking News Anchor Brian Williams.
History
"MSNBC Live" was 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.
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. 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.
On February 1, 2017, Hall departed from her MSNBC Live slot.
Format
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 Steve Kornacki's edition of the program is focused almost singularly on political news and campaign data. Hallie Jackson's timeslot usually originates from an on-site location of a special news event, while Kate Snow's 3pm ET show focuses on the "Top 3 at 3," the three most important stories of the afternoon.
Currently, MSNBC Live airs from 9am to Noon and 1pm to 5pm ET each weekday. Andrea Mitchell's eponymous show, Andrea Mitchell Reports, airing from 12pm to 1pm ET also takes on the "Place for Politics" branding during election seasons.
Breaking News Anchors
Special Event Anchors and Contributors
Weekday Anchors
Weekend 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.