The Weekend (2024 TV series)

The program was announced in November 2023 as part of a revamp of MSNBC's weekend lineup. Hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend (who both previously hosted the weekend shows American Voices and Symone, respectively), and Michael Steele, MSNBC president Rashida Jones stated that The Weekend would feature "provide thoughtful analysis and coverage on the state of our country from three trusted voices familiar to the MSNBC audience."^[1][2]

In February 2025, new MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler announced that Menendez, Sanders-Townsend, and Steele would move to a new evening show to replace Joy Reid's The ReidOut. It was concurrently announced that The Weekend would receive both a new panel, as well as a new evening edition with a separate panel. The new show—The Weeknight—premiered on May 5, 2025.^[3][4][5] On May 3, the existing morning edition of The Weekend expanded to three hours and debuted a new panel, featuring Jonathan Capehart, Jacqueline Alemany, and newly-named senior Washington correspondent Eugene Daniels.^[6][7] The Advocate noted that the presence of Capehart and Daniels made The Weekend the first program on U.S. national TV to feature two openly gay Black American men as hosts.^[8]

The Weekend Primetime
Genre	Political news program
Presented by	Ayman Mohyeldin Antonia Hylton Elise Jordan Catherine Rampell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Original release
Network	MSNBC
Release	May 3 (2025-05-03) – November 9, 2025 (2025-11-09)
Network	MS NOW
Release	November 15, 2025 (2025-11-15) – present

MSNBC also premiered The Weekend Primetime, which is hosted by Ayman Mohyeldin (who previously hosted the weekend show Ayman), Catherine Rampell, Antonia Hylton, and Elise Jordan.^[6][7]