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Brian Williams ended his MSNBC show The 11th Hour – and his long career at NBC – with a warning of what is happening to democracy, telling viewers in his sendoff, “My biggest worry is for my country.” “The truth is I am not a liberal or a conservative. I’m an institutionalist,” he said. “I believe in this place and in…

Brian Williams devoted the closing segment of The 11th Hour to the news of his departure from NBC News and MSNBC. He suggested that the show will continue — just without him. “I ask all those of you who are a part of our loyal viewing audience to remain loyal,” Williams said on the show. “The 11th Hour will remain in…

Brian Williams is leaving MSNBC and NBC News at the end of the year but says he’ll “pop up again somewhere.” The news came in a memo to staff from MSNBC president Rashida Jones. "After nearly three decades as an award-winning journalist and anchor at MSNBC and NBC News, Brian Williams has informed us he would like to…

When MSNBC’s Brian Williams promised “exclusive video” of the meeting between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and former President Donald Trump, the result was a clip from Jerry Maguire. The scene was a famous one. “You complete me,” Maguire, played by Tom Cruise, tells Dorothy Boyd, played by Renee…

Brian Williams closed out MSNBC’s The 11th Hour on Tuesday with a segment on the California wildfires, including the unprecedented nature of the “extreme red flag warning” issued by the National Weather Service and the long hours and poor working conditions faced by firefighters. But he also addressed the level of…

MSNBC’s town hall with Sen. Kamala Harris becomes the second most watched of this election cycle, behind only Sen. Bernie Sanders on Fox News Channel, in April. Delivering 2.209 million total viewers including 307K in the 25-54 “news demo,”  Tuesday’s Lawrence O’Donnell-moderated town hall, bests all 21 of CNN’s town…

The broadcast networks that once hosted Upfront Week mostly have been gobbled up by media behemoths, and the traditional dog-and-pony show gradually is being replaced by daily disgorging of corporate buzzwords. Still, the week had some very memorable moments. Here are few: Most Stunning Star Appearance "Why is that…

Brian Williams was back on the upfronts stage Monday after a couple of years out of the annual confab’s spotlight, talking about the upcoming "most consequential Presidential election in our country for generations to come.” Williams, host of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour With Brian Williams, was part of the NBC News portion…

Beto O’Rourke energized plenty of folks during his campaign to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas, but his concession speech fired some other folks up tonight. Animated, gesturing and live on MSNBC — but not CNN, notably — he said: ” I want to thank  this amazing campaign — of people, not a dime from a single PAC. All…

MSNBC's president Phil Griffin has a new multi-year contract, according to an informed source, settling one personnel question about the network. Still no announcement on 10 PM star Lawrence O'Donnell, who tweeted May 17 that his contract expires June 4, promising to let fans know “where you can watch me June 5 if…

Brian Williams’ return to TV news program hosting attracted 1.007M viewers, with 242K viewers in the news demographic. In overall audience, Monday’s debut of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams secured a 52% improvement for the timeslot compared with 2016 to date. In the news demo, the slot came out 34% ahead of the…

MSNBC’s new 11th Hour with Brian Williams is neither an hour nor, as Williams noted in his much-discussed-by-media debut as host, does it air at 11 PM in most time zones. But, he quipped, “We are rapidly nearing the 11th hour for this presidential campaign. So we will be here at this hour from now until Election Day…