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TV News Goes Crazy for Creators: Will Digital Mavericks Add Life to Old Format or Wipe It Out?
Apr 20, 2026 8:45am PT TV News Goes Crazy for Creators: Will Digital Mavericks Add Life to Old Format or Wipe It Out?

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Alex Wagner has returned to primetime hours on MS NOW — but not in the way viewers might expect.

Wagner is among a bevy of hosts from progressive outlet Crooked Media who can be seen on MS NOW every Saturday night at 9 in clips from the collective’s sundry podcasts. When Wagner held forth as a regular weekday primetime anchor on predecessor outlet MSNBC not too long ago, she didn’t often swear or look mischievous. Now viewers can hear her and her colleagues drop a more-than-occasional f-bomb and launch provocative broadsides against the Trump administration that might even make Lawrence O’Donnell blanch.

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