MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry gets weekend show

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Continuing its makeover of the weekend mornings, MSNBC will add a talk show next month that will be hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry, a Tulane University professor of political science.

The untitled program will begin on Feb. 4 and will be shown on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. until noon, MSNBC announced on Thursday.

MSNBC has pretty firmly established itself as a political channel on the weekdays, but it has lagged on the weekends. So it has been gradually replacing its weekend morning newscasts with political conversations. In September it started a roundtable show called “Up,” hosted by Chris Hayes, which has been well-received and has impressed people inside MSNBC with its political I.Q.

“Weekend mornings are a time when our audience wants intelligent political conversation, as the success of Chris Hayes has shown, in addition to coverage of all the headlines,” Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, said in a statement Thursday.
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Good!

[Renew Deal]

1. Good.

I like her.

[riverbendviewgal]

2. I wish they would get rid of those Lockdown shows

and let O'Donnell on Friday nights lke he is on Monday to Thursday and have the repeats of Ed and Rachel on Fridays like the other weeknights

[Kahuna]

5. Those Lockdown shows get more viewers. Go figure...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. I'm sure the programming guys know more than me but I can't help thinking they hurt the brand.

You have to wonder if that prison & predator crap on weekends scares away people from sampling the news shows the rest of the week. I have a real hard time believing (and maybe I'm in for a rude awakening) that there's much overlap in the audiences.

[Kahuna]

16. You have a point. nt

[Cleita]

3. You mean their programming directors finally realized that all

those prison shows aren't being watched by most of their viewers that watch during the week.

[hlthe2b]

4. I've long been a fan, though...

less so than earlier, following her snarky comments re; OWS. Nonetheless, I am hopeful she takes this opportunity and runs with it. Perhaps concentrates on racism where it is blatantly obvious, rather than so determinedly seeking it among those who have most supported the President and the ideals of equality.

Good luck Melissa. I'll be watching... supportive and hopeful. But, no free passes.

[sufrommich]

6. I figured she was getting close, she's

been all over MSNBC lately. I like her, good for her.

[Ikonoklast]

7. I like Melissa when she fills in for Rachel.

Good addition to Hayes for the Saturday lineup.

[SidDithers]

8. Awesome. I really like her...

Sid

[Romulox]

9. This is the woman who recently accused the President's critics of being racist?

I don't watch much tv, so forgive me if I'm mistaken.

[frylock]

13. yes, she has made that argument

[spartan61]

11. Does this mean that Alex Twit is out of a job????

Not that I care about her. Melissa Harris-Perry is sooo much better than Twit.

[AtomicKitten]

12. That's great news.

I love it when she sits in as host. I saw Michael Eric Dyson subbing for one of the MSNBC lineup and he also was absolutely spectacular. I could see him getting his own show too.

[CTyankee]

14. Good! Another liberal talk show!

Keep beating that drum!

I like Melissa. She a valuable addition to the line up...

[blogslut]

15. Good.

Glad to see the professor get her own show. Even gladder to see MSNBC filling up its weekends with more news and politics programming.