{"id":37497,"date":"2025-07-04T07:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/37497\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T07:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:37:12","slug":"msnbcs-prime-time-pinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/37497\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC\u2019s Prime Time Pinch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this year, MSNBC\u2019s<\/strong> newly appointed chief Rebecca Kutler <\/strong>made the kind of prime time shakeup that\u2019s rare in television news. Viewers get attached to hosts, and habit is a powerful force. But Kutler, looking to put her stamp on the network and improve audience numbers at the progressive news channel, made some high-profile moves. She pulled the plug on \u201cThe ReidOut,\u201d Joy Reid\u2019s<\/strong> 7 p.m. program, and replaced \u201cAlex Wagner Tonight\u201d <\/strong>in prime time\u2014programming changes that weren\u2019t without controversy, generating backlash from some of the network\u2019s top stars internally and among some viewers loyal to the existing lineup.<\/p>\n

Now, with about two months of data in, the numbers suggest the overhaul of the lineup is, at the very least, off to a slow start out of the gate\u2026<\/p>\n

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