Such moves would be a signal that MSNBC will retain its progressive bent in the spin off. The network saw an audience drop following the 2024 election, but there has been an uptick since Donald Trump’s inauguration, with Rachel Maddow returing to a five-night-a-week format for the first 100 days of the new administration.

MSNBC is poised to give more screen time to Jen Psaki and 'The Weekend' trio of Michael Steele, Alicia Melendez and Symone Sanders-Townshend

Kutler replaced Rashida Jones as the network’s chief last month. She joined the network in 2022 after being hand-selected by Jones and was part of the team that oversaw the development of “Inside with Jen Psaki” and “The Weekend” — the latter of which has seen an ratings increase of 35% since it launched in January 2024.

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

President Trump took sharp aim at Comcast, claiming that the media giant - because of MSNBC's editorial content - should have to "pay vast sums of money for the damage they've done" to the U.S. Trump also railed against Comcast chief Brian Roberts,