MSNBC star Rachel Maddow will lose much of her staff as part of the network’s production cuts, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
Maddow’s team is expected to be slashed in April after she finishes broadcasting five nights a week as part of MSNBC’s primetime coverage of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. “The Rachel Maddow Show” will then revert to only Mondays, an arrangement the network’s most powerful host has brokered despite her lofty salary.
Much of the staff being laid off also worked on “The Alex Wagner Show,” the now-canceled program that previously took over Maddow’s 9 p.m. ET time slot Tuesday through Friday, when “The Rachel Maddow Show” only airs on Mondays. “Inside with Jen Psaki” will be taking its place in MSNBC’s revamped programming lineup, with the Maddow-Wagner shared staffers being let go.
Maddow’s most senior producers were spared and staffers being cut have been invited by the network to reapply for open positions. MSNBC does not consider these “widespread layoffs,” and resources are being reallocated to support new programs and priorities.
MSNBC declined Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
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