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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 02:25 PM Aug 2021

MSNBC pays Maddow $30m year; weekday show to end in '22

Last weekend, news leaked that the iconic liberal TV host decided to sign a new contract with MSNBC after The Daily Beast first reported that she was considering leaving the nightly show she’s helmed for 13 years to start her own venture.

That deal will give Maddow, the highest-rated host on MSNBC, a jaw-dropping $30 million per year to keep her with the company through the 2024 election, according to four people familiar with the matter.

As part of the deal, Maddow’s long-running 9 p.m. nightly broadcast will end next year. Instead, after stepping back from The Rachel Maddow Show, she will host a weekly program set to air roughly 30 weeks out of the year.

The contours of the deal were reported in outlets including the Wall Street Journal and CNN, which first noted the end to Maddow’s famed show. But The Daily Beast has learned that NBCUniversal News Corp., the parent company of cable news network MSNBC, made some other massive concessions in a deal that will ultimately mean less Maddow airtime overall. The deal, insiders told The Daily Beast, effectively buys the network more time to figure out an eventual replacement for the multi-faceted role Maddow plays at MSNBC.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-massive-msnbc-deal-paying-rachel-maddow-to-work-less

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MSNBC pays Maddow $30m year; weekday show to end in '22 (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP
I will probably fall out of the habit of watching her Ilsa Aug 2021 #1
I've never been a steady watcher calguy Aug 2021 #2
I think your analysis is right JohnSJ Aug 2021 #6
She could kick butt doing hour or two hour documentaries on political topics... Thomas Hurt Aug 2021 #3
Well... Mike Nelson Aug 2021 #4
I question how good of a business decision this was for MSNBC. Of course depending who JohnSJ Aug 2021 #5
Especially over the last presidential term. nt Ilsa Aug 2021 #12
Absolutely JohnSJ Aug 2021 #13
The first twenty minutes of TRMS Tbear Aug 2021 #7
She's come a long way from fairly meager beginnings. mucifer Aug 2021 #8
I'm glad she got a great contract, but I don't her show much anymore. catbyte Aug 2021 #9
No I Rebl2 Aug 2021 #10
I quit her a long time ago left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #11
Sorry to hear that. femmocrat Aug 2021 #14
Even once a week, she's worth every penny. (nt) Paladin Aug 2021 #15
I quit her long ago left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #16
I love that about her ecstatic Aug 2021 #17

Ilsa

(62,239 posts)
1. I will probably fall out of the habit of watching her
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 02:29 PM
Aug 2021

If she is on tv weekly (almost only every other week). I don't see how this will be sustainable, but I suppose with her long term income, we are lucky to see her at all.

calguy

(5,768 posts)
2. I've never been a steady watcher
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 02:37 PM
Aug 2021

Not that I don't like her. It's that I have other shows before and after hers I'd rather watch.

Mike Nelson

(10,285 posts)
4. Well...
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 02:50 PM
Aug 2021

... I congratulate Rachel! I like to see her regularly, so that's appealing, to me. Not sure where this irregular series will fall... I guess we'll see when it starts. I'm more interested in who will be added to the nightly line-up.

JohnSJ

(96,551 posts)
5. I question how good of a business decision this was for MSNBC. Of course depending who
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 03:00 PM
Aug 2021

fills in for her old time slot, I suspect they will lose viewers in her old time slot, and for her weekly series, if it on the weekends, I just don't see that gaining traction either, but we will see what happens

I can definitely understand why she would want to get rid of her daily week day gig. That has really got to be wearing


catbyte

(35,774 posts)
9. I'm glad she got a great contract, but I don't her show much anymore.
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 04:45 PM
Aug 2021

I appreciate her thoroughness in investigating a story, but many times I find myself running out of patience with her long-winded explanations and lengthy story setups, thinking to myself, "Arrgh! Get to the point!" But that's more of a "me" problem than a Rachel Maddow problem.

Rebl2

(14,709 posts)
10. No I
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 04:57 PM
Aug 2021

think many people get frustrated with her long and winding way to get to the point of what she is saying or explaining. Like you it’s probably a me problem though.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
11. I quit her a long time ago
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 05:03 PM
Aug 2021

Like you, I too found
"myself running out of patience with her long-winded explanations and lengthy story setups, thinking to myself, "Arrgh! Get to the point!"

Plus the dramatic eyerolling, head shakes, and facial expressions.
I guess she's news entertainment?

Just give me the news !

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
14. Sorry to hear that.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 09:43 AM
Aug 2021

But like others have said, I haven’t been watching as much. Those long set-ups lose me most nights, especially the ones about Watergate. Been there, done that, sorry. I usually fall asleep before they end! I’ll miss her though. Wonder who will replace her.

ecstatic

(34,376 posts)
17. I love that about her
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 11:10 PM
Aug 2021

I love the goofy expressions, etc. That said, I don't watch as much these days because I need to lower my anxiety and stress levels.

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