Rachel Maddow will host nightly shows on MSNBC for Trump’s first 100 days

Rachel Maddow reduced her on-air schedule during President Biden’s time in office, reducing her popular primetime program on MSNBC to once a week.

With President Donald J. Trump’s return to power, she will return to full-time service.

MSNBC said Monday that Maddow would temporarily return to airing her one-hour show every weeknight at 9 p.m. Eastern for the duration of Mr. Trump’s first 100 days in office.

Through April 30, Alex Wagner, the anchor who filled in for Maddow from Tuesdays through Fridays, will instead file reports from around the country “on the effects of Trump’s early policies and promises on voters,” the network said.

Maddow signed a lucrative contract in 2021 that significantly raised her compensation while lowering her on-air obligations. She has since followed several podcasts and documentaries, though MSNBC viewers regularly saw her hosting coverage of major events like election night and last summer’s political conventions.

After April 30, Ms. Maddow will return to hosting only on Mondays, with Ms. Wagner taking time the rest of the week.

MSNBC’s ratings dropped in the wake of Mr. Trump’s re-election in November. Network executives are hopeful that audiences will return when Mr. Trump takes office and viewers look to dissect his early policy moves. Among other changes is a new fact-checking segment to be hosted by Chris Hayes called “Here’s What’s True.”

Fox News also announced a program change Monday. Will Cain, a conservative pundit who hosts “Fox & Friends” weekend, will leave his morning role and take over the weekday hours at 8 p.m. 16.00 on the network. That time slot had previously been occupied by a straight-talking newscast hosted by Neil Cavuto, a veteran business journalist who resigned from his show in December.