The ‘Ed Show' Moves To Weekends On MSNBC

UPDATEEd Schultz

UPDATE 1:30pm 3/14/13: According to reports, Chris Hayes will take over the 8 p.m. time slot on MSNBC in the next month, the channel announced on Thursday morning, the day after the current host of that hour, Ed Schultz, said he was moving from the weekdays to the weekends.

Mr. Hayes, a liberal intellectual who has hosted a well-regarded weekend morning program on MSNBC for the past 18 months, is a protégé of Rachel Maddow, the highest-rated host on the channel. On April 1 he will become the lead-in for her 9 p.m. program, “The Rachel Maddow Show.”

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The Ed Show is exiting MSNBC’s primetime for weekends, host Ed Schultz.

According to deadline.com,  Schultz announced the change during Wednesday night’s cableTV show.

“And in the big finish tonight, a big personal and professional announcement. MSNBC will be expanding its weekend programming and this opens a big opportunity for “The Ed Show” and my brand. I will be leaving this time slot at 8 pm ET and moving to Saturday and Sunday from 5 to 7 PM,” Schultz said.

The change to weekends will happen in April.

The hour long Ed Show debuted on the liberal leaning MSNBC with the syndicated radio host as frontman in April 2009 at 6 PM ET.  Schultz’s radio show will continue.

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