Media Decoder Blog: Chris Hayes to Take Over 8 P.M. Slot on MSNBC

The MSNBC channel announced that Chris Hayes will take over the 8 p.m. time slot on MSNBC in the next month. 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 prot?g? of Rachel Maddow, the highest-rated host on the channel. The change is predicated on the belief that MSNBC can win a wider audience with Mr. Hayes.

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Media Decoder Blog: Chris Hayes to Take Over 8 P.M. Slot on MSNBC