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EXCLUSIVE: The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney has teamed with Andrew Zimmern and his production company Intuitive Content to record the theme music to MSNBC’s upcoming series What's Eating America. The musician and Nashville-based Jordan Lehning have drummed up the theme for the five-part series, which kicks off Sunday…

Most of the media that has trekked to Iowa over the past few days is doing what is known as “parachuting,” or swooping in to cover a story before moving on to the next. Since Donald Trump’s shocking victory in 2016, it’s become a bit of a caricature for reporters to try to make sense of red state America by chatting…

Comcast brass made the bold claim that it is better positioned to push ahead in streaming than any other in the world as it leverages its newly announced Peacock service with divisions across the board, and that's good news for linear TV too. Peacock's ability to tap resources from wireless, cable and broadcast…

MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show drew 4.3 million viewers on Thursday, which featured the second part of her interview with Lev Parnas, the former associate of Rudy Giuliani. The Thursday viewership was the third highest in the show’s history. The first part of her interview, telecast on Wednesday, drew 4.5 million…

MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show drew its highest ever viewership on Wednesday when Maddow landed an exclusive interview with Lev Parnas, the former associate of Rudy Giuliani. The network said that 4.5 million viewers watched, according to Nielsen Media Research. That beat Hannity, which had 3.7 million viewers and…

MSNBC is talking with former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith about joining the network, according to a report in The Daily Beast, as speculation abounds that the channel will shuffle its lineup as the 2020 election nears. Smith is being courted by MSNBC president Phil Griffin. Other networks also have been interested in…

The end of Velshi & Ruhle is nigh as MSNBC plans an anchor shuffle for the new year. The NBCUniversal-owned cable news outlet has set a new weekend morning show anchored by Al Velshi that will air from 8-10 a.m. ET Saturdays and Sundays in 2020, leading in to AM Joy. The new program will replace Up with David Gura in…

Live coverage of House of Representatives’ vote to impeach President Donald Trump posted strong viewership on the cable news networks Wednesday night. During the 8-9 PM hour, when Members of Congress voted on the two articles of impeachment, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC drew a combined 11.265 million viewers. Fox News led…

One day before new hearings on the impeachment of Donald Trump are set to start, the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released its report on the ongoing process. The former Celebrity Apprentice host was unsurprisingly slammed and hit back. "The President placed his own personal and political interests above the…

It’s a tale of two Richard Spencers. One is Donald Trump’s former Navy Secretary and the other is a well-known white nationalist — and MSNBC confused one for the other. On Sunday morning, MSNBC was reporting on a story about former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, who was fired last week after he wrote an op-ed in the W…

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Saturday he refuses to appear on MSNBC, unless the cable news network issues an apology for leaving him off several on-air graphics, and only giving him a “fraction” of speaking time as other candidates at Wednesday’s debate. Yang took to Twitter to tell his…

Turns out there is a point at which America hits political overload. Specifically, it looks like that was 9 PM ET last night, when the fifth debate among the 10 leading Democrats hoping to replace Donald Trump in the White House hit the stage in Atlanta. Snaring a total viewership of 6.5 million and 1.7 million in the…