Jen Psaki Stepping Up For Msnbc As Rachel Maddow Returns To Once-a-week Schedule

Jen Psaki is stepping up - not to a podium, but to MSNBC's flagship time slot.

Former President Joe Biden's first White House press secretary, who began hosting her Sunday show "Inside" in 2023 for the network, will move regularly to prime-time starting on May 6.

She'll take over Rachel Maddow's 9 p.m. Eastern weekday hour on Tuesday through Friday when Maddow resumes her one-night-a-week schedule on Mondays. Maddow has been hosting five nights a week for the beginning of the second Trump administration.

Psaki replaces Alex Wagner, who had the daunting task of trying to hold onto as many viewers of MSNBC's most popular personality as she could. Psaki's selection was one of the early moves for new MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler, who is also navigating MSNBC's corporate divorce from NBC News.

With the new schedule comes a new name for Psaki's program, "The Briefing." Her Sunday show will end.