Donald Trump again raged against Comcast, threatening that the media giant should “pay vast sums of money” over its MSNBC programming. Trump has long railed against Comcast, but his post on Truth Social late Sunday appeared to have been triggered by the news that MSNBC was dropping Joy Reid and Alex Wagner from its primetime
Joy Reid, the most outspoken host on progressive news channel MSNBC, is leaving the network. Reid, who signed a new contract with the Comcast-owned channel last year, will have her final show this week,
Donald Trump celebrated MSNBC's cancellation of Joy Reid's show as part of a major shakeup of the network's prime-time lineup. In a late-night Truth Social post, the president attacked Brian Roberts,
An MSNBC representative declined comment on Reid's status. Reid, 56, occasionally made Comcast executives uncomfortable with her harsh critiques of President Trump and his supporters. Her exit will be seen as another example of TV news divisions reining in journalists and commentators who are viewed as hostile to the Trump administration.
Jen Psaki will host four night a week as Rachel Maddow returns to a Monday-only schedule. Joy Reid's show has been canceled.
The network also canceled several other programs and expanded others, leaving a number of on-air personalities to shift to new roles.
The network is making plans to launch a show featuring The Weekend anchors Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez into the 7 p.m. ET slot, according to a source familiar with the matter. The show would run for two hours on Mondays and for one hour from Tuesday to Friday.