MS NOW Shake-Up: Ali Velshi Seizes ’11th Hour,’ ‘Morning Joe’ Cedes 9 A.M., Ana Cabrera Slides in Daytime Overhaul

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Brian Steinberg

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Rebecca Kutler‘s second year as MS NOW chief won’t look a lot like her first.

Kutler, president of the Versant-owned cable-news outlet on Wednesday unveiled a large series of programming changes at the network that will put some familiar faces in new hours and overhaul MS NOW’s daytime schedule. The network’s new schedule will go into effect in June.

Veteran Ali Velshi, who has long hosted weekend hours, will move to “The 11th Hour,” the network’s last original show of the programming day. The current anchor, Stephanie Ruhle, will take up a two-hour mid-morning program that starts at 9 a.m. — the result of MS NOW mainstay “Morning Joe” ceding that time slot and returning to a three-hours-per-weekday schedule. Chris Hayes’ “All In” will return to Mondays, where it had been pre-empted by a two-hour block of “The Weeknight.”

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