So MorningJoeScum has lost an hour starting Monday

[malaise]

Stephanie Ruhle is launching a new two-hour morning program on MS NOW titled Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle. Airing weekdays from 9 to 11 a.m. ET, the show debuts on June 15 and replaces her late-night spot on The 11th Hour

https://deadline.com/2026/05/ms-now-new-lineup-stephanie-ruhle-1236900859/

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[SocialDemocrat61]

1. Thankfully I never watch MS NOW in the morning

and look forward to watching the 11th Hour again now that Velshi is taking over.

[PatSeg]

36. Same here

Most of their morning programming is like a totally different planet. Though that evening show The Weeknight is just as bad and now Luke Russert is coming back to MS NOW as a regular on The Weeknight. I'm trying to figure out who watches it.

[hlthe2b]

2. Ruhle seemed to be so hyped up on her 11 PM ET show it was stressful to me the few times

I was up late enough to see it. I don't dislike her, but it will be interesting to see if that frenetic energy follows her to the mornings--not necessarily a bad thing then, I'd guess.

[Grim Chieftain]

13. Not a fan of Stephanie Ruhle's

I'll give it a try, but I'll probably go to NPR or some other credible news source during that time.

[LR3]

19. Nor am I

But reducing the Joe & Mike show can only be a positive

[mopinko]

25. money, power and politics is what it's all about.

i always loved those segments when she had a morning show. i dont have cable anymore, and infrequently catch her segments on yt. but she always brings receipts.

[PatSeg]

39. Same here

I don't dislike her either, but that is too much energy and hype for 11 pm. I really miss Brian Williams in that time slot. He was so mellow and professional.

Plus he had a quirky understated sense of humor. My favorite was "Senator-No Relation-Kennedy" whenever there was a story involving the senator from Louisiana. Or "translated for you from the original Russian". He slipped these in so smoothly and effortlessly, that sometime I had to rewind to see if I'd heard it right.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. She's earned it, and far exceeded my expectations

Morning Joe is 25 years in the rear view mirror and should be retired.

[Starbeach]

4. MJoe

is a mixed bag. Many of Joe's rants against Trump are useful and viral, despite the backdoor relationship. Mika is good when she's by herself.

Velshi is a treasure at any hour. Ruhle's energy and exasperation are a bright spot at MS.

[BComplex]

14. I agree that Velshi is a treasure at any hour!!

I can totally do without either Joe Scarborough or Stephanie Ruhle. There are already too many republicans in media...moderate or not.

[PatSeg]

40. Even when I agree with Joe's rants,

he goes on and on forever, sucking all the energy out of the room. He talks over people and treats Mika like crap. I'm glad he finally saw the light, but I still can't listen to him no matter what political bias he is espousing.

Right or left, a self-absorbed bully is still a self-absorbed bully.

[Greybnk48]

5. I can't handle that nasal whiney jerk, Joe Scar. I love Stephanie! Good news!

[PCIntern]

16. Best shoulders on cable news!

[TommieMommy]

6. Looking forward to the new lineup 😁

[LAS14]

7. I've always wondered...

...which has the most prestige/money? 11 pm or 9 a.m?

[spanone]

8. K&R

[samplegirl]

9. Yeah

I like Stephanie Rhule

[3Hotdogs]

10. Click bait title. Losing an hour of Joe is not a loss.

An hour of Bugs and Porky would be a better use of the time/

[malaise]

11. LOL

Means they’re losing clout the way they lost viewers

[CTyankee]

23. They might have lost interest in doing the show.

Don't they live in Florida now? Weren't they doing a lot of it remotely?

[malaise]

27. Possible

[displacedvermoter]

21. Beavis and Butthead...

[AverageOldGuy]

12. Not a Stephanie Rule fan

Followed her 11:00 pm show for less than a month. She interrupts guests; her questions are not questions they are her opinions followed by a question mark. Will not watch her morning performance.

MSNOW now has a great nighttime lineup:
9:00 pm: Rachel Monday, Jen Psaki Tue-Fri
10:00: Lawrence
11:00: Velshi replacing Ruhle - HUGE improvement

[malaise]

29. I rarely watched her

Bed time

[Betty Boom]

44. Agree -- plus she flirts with the male guests

She gives off way too much of a sexual, flirtatious vibe to me. I wouldn’t mind that in another setting, but it feels unprofessional to me on a news program.

[Totally Tunsie]

45. Please don't forget the wonderful Chris Hayes at 8:00 p.m.

I find him to be a great lead-in into the night.

[SCantiGOP]

15. MorningJoeScum?

Is that a name Trump gave him, or are we playing the Junior High nicknames game now?

[Scrivener7]

28. I'm OK with it. Scarborough was largely responsible for normalizing Cankles before the 2016 election.

I wonder if Cankles would ever have been elected if it wasn't for him and Mika.

(And if "cankles" is JH, so be it.)

[Dr. T]

33. I was always leery of Scar as he was a Repug before going

to MS NOW. But after him and Mika went to Mar-A-Lardo and kissed the Orange Flatulent Ass, I lost what little respect I had.

[Seinan Sensei]

37. I haven't watched them since that trip to Mar-a-Lardo

[JoseBalow]

30. Welcome to DU!

[ToxMarz]

17. He never needed 4 hours to begin with (and a weekend show compiled of OLD news from the previous week).

At least an hour of those 4 hours was a complete repeat of the first hour anyway. I have no doubt they won't be constrained by the reduced time (other than in their wallets).

[Joinfortmill]

18. Cool!

[CTyankee]

20. Does anyone know why this happened? Did Joe and Mika get tired of doing their show?

Or were ratings the cause?

[malaise]

22. The way it was presented was that Rhule was moving

but not a word was mentioned about the dropped hour.
While I agree that there is a lot of repetition on MJC, I think the dropped hour is a big story.

[Fla Dem]

24. Looking forward to Stephanie at 9:00. Usually taped her 11:00 show.

It was too late for me to stay up and watch. Although I do like Ali Velshi, not sure I'll be taping him. Now if they would just put him on in the 2 hour slot before Stephanie that would work for me.

[malaise]

26. You win the thread

😀.

[yorkster]

31. I'll definitely tape Ali on the nights when I'm

starting to fade. Very glad that he is finally in the primetime lineup.

[SergeStorms]

32. I like Steph......

Good for her, and up yours, Joe and Mika.

[TheDemsshouldhireme]

34. Love Stephanie Rhule

Has great panels and good insight. I like her business perspective also.

[Tetrachloride]

35. what does Susan Collins think?

[Dr. T]

43. Gravely concerned, I'm sure.

Collins. What a joke. A bad joke.

[Faux pas]

38. I wonder why he even has a show.

I haven't watched him for eons. I don't like Ruhle either.

[milestogo]

41. Yay Stephanie!

I always learn a lot from her.

Even though I have Morning Joe on, its almost all Jonathan Lemier.

[Nixie]

42. It's just the repeat hour that was dropped.

And Joe is a former Republican, which is apparently an asset now to certain folks.

[GoodRaisin]

46. Good. 3 hours of anything is too much. Especially that.

[oasis]

47. Go Steph. Bring the energy.