Rachel Maddow Msnbc Channel. Rachel Maddow MSNBCs most popular prime-time host is taking a two-month hiatus from her nightly program starting next week. She is the bedrock of the channels.
An MSNBC representative confirmed that Maddow will be back in at the NBCUniversal-owned channel on a full-time basis. Rachel Maddows absence from MSNBCs primetime lineup is costing the channel viewers. Finance her MSNBC salary is 7 million.
The new schedule has an end-of-an-era feel for MSNBC since so much of the channel has been built around Maddow for more than a decade.
Maddow in August signed a new long-term deal with NBCUniversal one that will see her develop other types of. Maddow has hosted MSNBCs 9 PM hour since 2008 and has since become the cable news channels most-watched show averaging 23 million. Rachel Maddow MSNBCs most popular prime-time host is taking a two-month hiatus from her nightly program starting next week. MSNBC executives arent sweating Rachel Maddows future at the cable news channel.