{"id":75204,"date":"2022-02-01T04:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/rachel-maddow-is-taking-a-hiatus-at-msnbc\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T04:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:30:55","slug":"rachel-maddow-is-taking-a-hiatus-at-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/rachel-maddow-is-taking-a-hiatus-at-msnbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Maddow Is Taking a Hiatus at MSNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rachel Maddow, the top-rated anchor on MSNBC and one of the most influential figures in liberal media, is set to take a hiatus from her nightly cable program, according to two people at the network with knowledge of her plans.<\/p>\n
Her break is expected to last several weeks, and no return date has been specified, the people said, requesting anonymity to describe private discussions. She is expected to address her viewers on Monday and to begin her leave after Thursday\u2019s broadcast.<\/p>\n
It is hard to overstate the importance of Ms. Maddow to the MSNBC brand. Her 9 p.m. show is a beloved destination for liberal viewers, and it is routinely the only prime-time program in cable news that comes close to Fox News\u2019s ratings.<\/p>\n
Ms. Maddow was widely expected to take time away from her show this year to pursue other projects, although many in the industry had predicted her break would happen in the spring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Whether she returns to a full slate of nightly broadcasts, or dials back her schedule to something less grueling, has been the subject of speculation among some MSNBC anchors and producers. The network declined to comment ahead of Ms. Maddow\u2019s broadcast on Monday.<\/p>\n
Ms. Maddow will not be entirely absent: She is expected to make occasional return appearances on MSNBC throughout her hiatus, including for the network\u2019s coverage of President Biden\u2019s state of the union speech in March. For now, a rotation of fill-in anchors will handle the network\u2019s 9 p.m. slot.<\/p>\n