June 15, 2026
(New York – June 15, 2026) – Today, MS NOW will debut its new weekday lineup, featuring several new titles across its mornings, dayside, and primetime programming slate, including Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle, On the Line with Alicia Menendez, The Moment with Katy Tur, and The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi. In addition, Symone Sanders Townsend and Michael Steele will be joined by new co-anchor Luke Russert on The Weeknight.
These inaugural episodes come days after the launch of Connect with Jacob Soboroff, airing Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 1 p.m. ET, and ahead of Peter Alexander's debut as anchor of the 11 a.m. weekday hour later this summer.
MS NOW is home to more than 25 on-air anchors, dozens of Pulitzer, Murrow, Peabody, and Emmy Award-winning reporters, and airs more than 120 live news programs each week. MS NOW reaches more than 31 million Americans weekly on television and has one of the most engaged audiences across all of television, with the average viewer watching more than nine hours each week, more than any broadcast network.
MS NOW posted double-digit audience gains in May, up 12% among total viewers and 39% among the demo year over year, and averaged 1.34 million total viewers in weekday prime. The network has also seen rapid and sustained success across digital, social, and audio, with nearly eight billion views across YouTube and TikTok combined and over 140 million audio downloads in 2025.
This strengthened lineup builds on the organization’s continued success ahead of a consequential midterm election season, and is part of VERSANT’s continued investment in the network’s original programming, premium content, and non-linear offerings.
Tune in today on MS NOW.
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