The Rachel Maddow Show
{{Short description|US weekly news and opinion television program}}
{{About|the television show|the Air America radio show of the same name|The Rachel Maddow Show (radio program)}}
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| executive_producer = Cory Gnazzo
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| channel = MSNBC
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The Rachel Maddow Show (also abbreviated TRMS) is an American news television program that airs on MSNBC, running in the 9:00 pm ET time slot Monday evenings.{{Cite web |last=Tornoe |first=Rob |title=Where's Rachel Maddow? MSNBC host won't be on the air much moving forward. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/tv/rachel-maddow-return-msnbc-host-20220503.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517140846/https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/tv/rachel-maddow-return-msnbc-host-20220503.html |url-status=live }} It is hosted by Rachel Maddow, who gained a public profile via her frequent appearances as a progressive pundit on programs aired by MSNBC. It is based on her former radio show of the same name. The show debuted on September 8, 2008.
History
The Rachel Maddow Show premiered on September 8, 2008. Keith Olbermann, then host of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, was Maddow's first guest. Olbermann has been credited for persuading MSNBC to give Maddow her own program. Maddow had served as a regular guest host for Countdown when Olbermann was absent. The Rachel Maddow Show replaced Verdict with Dan Abrams.
In a 2019 segment about One America News Network (OANN), Maddow called the network "literally [...] paid Russian propaganda" based upon a Daily Beast article which reported that an OANN reporter also wrote freelance articles for the Russian state-owned Sputnik. In response, OANN sued Maddow, Comcast, MSNBC and NBCUniversal Media.{{Cite web|title=Rachel Maddow sued for $10 million by One America News in defamation case|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rachel-maddow-sued-by-one-america-news-for-10-million-in-defamation-case/|access-date=June 23, 2021|website=CBS News|archive-date=November 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108001232/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rachel-maddow-sued-by-one-america-news-for-10-million-in-defamation-case/|url-status=live}} U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant dismissed the suit in 2021, ruling that Maddow's statement was a statement of opinion (thus protected by the First Amendment) and would not be construed by a reasonable viewer as an "assertion of objective fact."{{Cite web|last=Gardner|first=Eriq|date=May 22, 2020|title=Rachel Maddow, MSNBC Beat Libel Suit Over "Russian Propaganda"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/rachel-maddow-msnbc-beat-libel-suit-russian-propaganda-1295702/|access-date=June 23, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623004357/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/rachel-maddow-msnbc-beat-libel-suit-russian-propaganda-1295702/|url-status=live}} Bashant also found that California's anti-SLAPP law applied, meaning that OANN had to pay the defendants' attorneys' fees.
Maddow took a hiatus from February to April 2022 and, upon returning, announced that the show would move from its daily format to weekly on Mondays beginning in May, in order to focus on podcast projects as well as to serve as executive producer for an upcoming film based on her book Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/rachel-maddow-takes-break-msnbc-primetime-movie-podcast-2022-1|title=Rachel Maddow to take temporary break from her MSNBC show to work on movie and podcast projects|date=January 31, 2022|access-date=January 31, 2022|last=Atkinson|first=Claire|publisher=Business Insider|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131191958/https://www.businessinsider.com/rachel-maddow-takes-break-msnbc-primetime-movie-podcast-2022-1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-rachel-maddow-ali-velshi-arts-and-entertainment-094cda977c40fc1d236625760220fd24|title=Rachel Maddow returns to MSNBC, will switch to once a week|work=Associated Press|date=April 11, 2022|author=Bauder, David|access-date=April 16, 2022|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412034730/https://apnews.com/article/business-rachel-maddow-ali-velshi-arts-and-entertainment-094cda977c40fc1d236625760220fd24|url-status=live}}
In May 2022, the program was retitled MSNBC Prime on nights that Maddow did not host. It otherwise retained the same production staff, format, and presentation as The Rachel Maddow Show, with its guest hosts often being pundits who had a similar style to Maddow.{{Cite web |title='MSNBC Prime' becomes 'Rachel Maddow' replacement four days a week |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2022/05/04/msnbc-prime-maddow-replacement/?og=1 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=NewscastStudio |language=en-US |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506201157/https://www.newscaststudio.com/2022/05/04/msnbc-prime-maddow-replacement/?og=1 |url-status=live }} In June 2022, MSNBC announced that Alex Wagner would be Maddow's long-term replacement in the time slot on Tuesdays through Fridays beginning August 16,{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=2022-06-27 |title=Alex Wagner To Take Over Rachel Maddow's Time Slot At MSNBC |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/alex-wagner-rachel-maddow-show-new-anchor-msnbc-1235052712/ |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627172646/https://deadline.com/2022/06/alex-wagner-rachel-maddow-show-new-anchor-msnbc-1235052712/ |url-status=live }} with her show's title later announced on August 3 as Alex Wagner Tonight.{{Cite web |title=Alex Wagner's New MSNBC Show Will Be Titled Alex Wagner Tonight |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/alex-wagners-new-msnbc-show-will-be-titled-alex-wagner-tonight/511762/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.adweek.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802105916/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/alex-wagners-new-msnbc-show-will-be-titled-alex-wagner-tonight/511762/ |url-status=live }}
On January 13, 2025, MSNBC announced that Maddow would temporarily return to a weeknight schedule from January 20 to April 30, 2025, to cover the first 100 days of the second presidency of Donald Trump, with Wagner reassigned to a correspondent role.{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/msnbc-shuffle-primetime-rachel-maddow-alex-wagner-trump-first-100-days-1236272693/|title = MSNBC Ups Rachel Maddow to Five Nights, Sends Alex Wagner Into Field for Trump’s First 100 Days|last = Steinberg|first = Brian|date = January 13, 2025|accessdate = January 13, 2025|work = Variety}}
Production
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The Rachel Maddow Show is broadcast from Studio 3-A at the NBC Studios, 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
The broadcast is available on many platforms besides MSNBC, including msnbc.com,{{Cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show |title=The Rachel Maddow Show |website=MSNBC |access-date=March 5, 2014 |archive-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208142346/https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show |url-status=live }} audio podcast,{{Cite web |url=http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-MADDOW-NETCAST-MP3.xml |title=audio podcast |access-date=June 9, 2017 |archive-date=June 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624102956/http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-MADDOW-NETCAST-MP3.xml |url-status=live }} video podcast,{{Cite web |url=http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-MADDOW-NETCAST-M4V.xml |title=video podcast |access-date=June 9, 2017 |archive-date=June 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608084252/http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-MADDOW-NETCAST-M4V.xml |url-status=live }} text transcript,{{Cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/rachel-maddow-show |title=Transcripts |website=MSNBC |access-date=July 18, 2017 |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718192413/http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/rachel-maddow-show |url-status=dead }} YouTube,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDIVi-vBsOEyETRGoRP9y8zhyu6bHl6iK|title=The Rachel Maddow Show|author=MSNBC|website=YouTube|access-date=June 9, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731175800/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDIVi-vBsOEyETRGoRP9y8zhyu6bHl6iK|url-status=live}} and weblog.{{Cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog |title=Maddow Blog |website=MSNBC |access-date=May 31, 2017 |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104131432/https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog |url-status=live }}
The series has occasionally used theater audiences, including the 92nd Street Y in New York City on December 20–22, 2010;{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40898769|title=Tuesday, Dec. 21st - Rachel Maddow show|website=NBC News|access-date=April 1, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225852/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40898769|url-status=live}} the Free State Brewery in Lawrence, Kansas, on February 23, 2011;[http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/24/2678453/with-the-rachel-maddow-show-kansas.html 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' Kansas edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806014145/http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/24/2678453/with-the-rachel-maddow-show-kansas.html |date=August 6, 2011 }}, Kansas City Star (February 24, 2011); [http://cjonline.com/news/state/2011-02-23/msnbc-host-brings-spotlight-lawrence MSNBC host brings spotlight to Lawrence: MSNBC show will air tonight at 8, 11 p.m.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422110531/http://cjonline.com/news/state/2011-02-23/msnbc-host-brings-spotlight-lawrence |date=April 22, 2014 }}, Topeka Capital-Journal (February 23, 2011). and the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 5, 2010 (to mark the impending Super Bowl XLIV game featuring the New Orleans Saints under the name "The Rachel Maddeaux Sheaux").{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/id/wbna35297509 |title='The Rachel Maddow Show' for Friday, February 5th, 2010; Read the transcript to the Friday show |author= |date=February 8, 2010 |website=Today |access-date=August 10, 2016 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120182509/https://www.today.com/id/wbna35297509 |url-status=live }}
Guest hosts
- Ana Marie Cox – September 4, 2009
- Howard Dean – November 24, 2009
- Melissa Harris-Perry – regular guest host prior to the launch of Melissa Harris-Perry.
- Chris Hayes – regular guest host prior to the launch of Up with Chris Hayes (Hayes now hosts All In with Chris Hayes, which used to precede Maddow's show, but now precedes Wagner's show)
- Arianna Huffington – November 17, 2008
- Ezra Klein – frequent guest host throughout 2012
- Lawrence O'Donnell – November 23, 2009, O'Donnell now succeeds Maddow's show with The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
- Andrea Mitchell – April 2, 2009
- David Shuster – October 12, 2009
- Steve Kornacki – frequent guest host since 2013
- Alison Stewart – November 18–19, 2008; February 23, 2009; June 29–30/July 1, 2009; August 24–25, 2009; October 13–14, 2009
- Bill Wolff – December 30, 2010
- Joy Reid – frequent guest host from 2016 to 2019, Reid preceded Maddow's show with The ReidOut, subsequently
- Ari Melber – Guest host from 2016 to 2018, August 6, 2021, June 10, 2022, June 17, 2022
- Nicolle Wallace – frequent guest host in 2018, 2020, 2021
- Richard Lui – April 2, 2021
- Alex Wagner - February 2022, Wagner subsequently succeeded Maddow's vacated slots with Alex Wagner Tonight
- Ayman Mohyeldin – frequent guest host from 2021 to 2022
- Ali Velshi – frequent guest host from 2018 to 2022
- Mehdi Hasan – frequent guest host in 2022
Ratings and reviews
=2008–2016=
The Rachel Maddow Show debuted on September 8, 2008, with 1.5 million viewers (483,000 of whom were in the 25–54 demographic). Early reviews for her show were mostly positive. Los Angeles Times journalist Matea Gold stated that Maddow "finds the right formula on MSNBC", while The Guardian wrote that Maddow has become the "star of America's cable news". Associated Press columnist David Bauder called her Keith Olbermann's "political soul mate" and referred to the consecutive Olbermann and Maddow shows as a "liberal two-hour block" that was "averaging just under 2 million viewers a night" in October 2008. New York Times writer Alessandra Stanley opined: "Her program adds a good-humored female face to a cable news channel whose prime time is dominated by unruly, often squabbling schoolboys; Ms. Maddow's deep, modulated voice is reassuringly calm after so much shrill emotionalism and catfights among the channel's aging, white male divas."
On September 16, 2008, the show drew 1.8 million viewers (with 534,000 in the 25–54 demographic), beating Larry King Live and becoming the highest-rated MSNBC show of the night. Maddow's ratings success on September 16 prompted her MSNBC colleagues on Morning Joe to congratulate her on the air, including Joe Scarborough, who said it was "just one of those times where good people do well." In the month of March 2009, the average number of viewers dropped to 1.1 million, part of a general trend in the ratings decline for cable news programs. During the third quarter of 2009, the show was ranked in third place behind Fox News's Hannity and CNN's Larry King Live. The average total number of viewers for the show's airtimes during that period was 992,000.
During the first quarter of 2010, Maddow's show pulled well ahead of Larry King Live, regularly beating the show in overall and primetime ratings and becoming the second-highest rated program in its time slot, behind only Fox News's Hannity. The show continued its lead during the second quarter of 2010, staying well ahead of CNN's Larry King Live for the third consecutive quarter and achieving higher primetime and overall ratings.[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/q2_2010_ratings_msnbc_down_from_last_year_tops_cnn_in_primetime_166199.asp Q2 2010 Ratings: MSNBC Down From Last Year, Tops CNN in Primetime] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703042758/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/q2_2010_ratings_msnbc_down_from_last_year_tops_cnn_in_primetime_166199.asp |date=July 3, 2010 }} Mediabistro Retrieved June 19, 2010
In September 2012, Maddow viewership in the 25–54 demographic topped that of Hannity on Monday and Tuesday and in the demographic's daily average for the week, though not in the week's cumulative viewership for the time slot. The week was MSNBC's strongest since February 2009. At the time, the network regularly ranked "a distant second" to Fox News viewership.
In May 2013, the show delivered its lowest-rated month—717,000 viewers—since it debuted in September 2008, and its second-lowest with adults 25–54 with 210,000 viewers in that category, finishing behind FNC's Hannity and CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.{{cite news|title=TV Ratings: MSNBC Falls Below HLN in May, Rachel Maddow Hits Lows|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-msnbc-falls-below-559923/|first1=Michael|last1=O'Connell|date=May 29, 2013|access-date=April 1, 2022|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225709/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-msnbc-falls-below-559923/|url-status=live}}
In November 2013, during the off-year election coverage, Maddow was "up significantly, averaging second place in both measures with 1.267 million viewers and 313,000 adults 25–54." This placed the Maddow Show second, behind Fox News' Megyn Kelly but ahead of CNN's Piers Morgan Live.Michael O'Connell, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-election-coverage-gives-654009/ "TV Ratings: Election Coverage Gives Fox News' Megyn Kelly a New Best"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225853/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-election-coverage-gives-654009/ |date=April 1, 2022 }}, The Hollywood Reporter (November 6, 2013).
=2016–present=
Following the November 2016 election of Donald Trump as president, The Rachel Maddow Show became a leading outlet for criticism of Trump, especially for the allegations that the Russian government had interfered in the election and had assisted Trump with his presidential campaign. For the week beginning February 13, 2017, Maddow's 9 p.m. ET show averaged 2.5 million total viewers, giving the host her best single week since just before the 2008 election, when the program pulled in an average of 2.6 million viewers. This also gave the show its second best week ever.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2017/03/06/maddow-ratings-get-trump-bump/aPvFAI6vTrHC7DCtse9J0I/story.html|title=Maddow's ratings get a Trump bump|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=March 9, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308132917/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2017/03/06/maddow-ratings-get-trump-bump/aPvFAI6vTrHC7DCtse9J0I/story.html|url-status=live|author-last1=Gilbert|author-first1=Matthew|date=6 March 2017}} In February 2017, TRMS was watched by the largest number of viewers in the show's 9-year history.
On March 14, 2017, Maddow revealed the first two pages of Trump's 2005 federal tax return on the program. The documents were obtained by journalist David Cay Johnston, who was a guest that night.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/rachel-maddow-trump-tax-return.html|title=Rachel Maddow Lands a Scoop, Then Makes Viewers Wait|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael M.|date=March 15, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 15, 2017|archive-date=March 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315125701/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/rachel-maddow-trump-tax-return.html|url-status=live}} Before the program aired, the White House released a statement acknowledging that Trump paid $38 million in federal income taxes in 2005.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-paid-38-million-2005-federal-taxes-2005-white-house-n733611 |title=Trump paid $38M in 2005 income tax, White House says before report |publisher=NBC News |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315011834/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-paid-38-million-2005-federal-taxes-2005-white-house-n733611 |url-status=live }} The White House also accused MSNBC of "violating the law" by discussing Trump's 2005 tax documents.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/white-house-accuses-msnbc-of-violating-the-law-over-maddow-trump-tax-reveal/amp/ |title=White House accuses MSNBC of violating the law over Maddow Trump tax reveal |website=The Raw Story |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315042335/http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/white-house-accuses-msnbc-of-violating-the-law-over-maddow-trump-tax-reveal/amp/ |url-status=live }}
In March 2018, The Rachel Maddow Show was America's highest-rated cable news show, besting Fox News' Hannity, with Variety stating that "Maddow averaged 3.058 million viewers for the month, narrowly topping Hannity’s 3.00 million."{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=Rachel Maddow Tops Sean Hannity in March, Fox News Host Tops 2018 Q1 |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/rachel-maddow-ratings-sean-hannity-1202745403/ |work=Variety |date=April 5, 2018 |access-date=June 26, 2018 |archive-date=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626083248/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/rachel-maddow-ratings-sean-hannity-1202745403/ |url-status=live }}
In ratings numbers released in July 2019, the show slipped to fifth place, with an average of 2.5 million viewers in the overall cable ratings behind Hannity with 3.3 million viewers, Tucker Carlson Tonight with 3.1 million viewers, The Ingraham Angle with 2.6 million viewers and The Five with 2.5 million viewers.{{cite news |last=Joyella |first=Mark |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2019/07/30/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-slips-to-5th-place-in-july-ratings/ |title=MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Slips To 5th Place In July Ratings |work=Forbes |date=July 30, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731025558/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2019/07/30/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-slips-to-5th-place-in-july-ratings/ |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |access-date=July 31, 2019 }}
In early 2021, the show achieved its highest ratings in its history,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/cnn-ratings-january-msnbc-fox-news-1234685705/|title=CNN Tops January Ratings With Big Gains In Primetime Vs. A Year Ago|work=Deadline Hollywood|last=Johnson|first=Ted|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202230029/https://deadline.com/2021/02/cnn-ratings-january-msnbc-fox-news-1234685705/|url-status=live}} averaging 4.3 million viewers in January and 3.7 million in February, making it the highest rated program on all of American cable television, including non-news programming, and also averaged the most viewers for cable news in the 25–54 age demographic.{{cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/february-2021-ratings-for-first-time-ever-msnbc-finishes-month-no-1-in-total-day-viewers-but-drops-to-3rd-in-adults-25-54/472460/|title=February 2021 Ratings: For First Time Ever, MSNBC Finishes No. 1 in Total Day Viewers, But Drops to Third in Adults 25-54|work=Adweek|last=Katz|first=A.J.|date=March 2, 2021|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303023633/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/february-2021-ratings-for-first-time-ever-msnbc-finishes-month-no-1-in-total-day-viewers-but-drops-to-3rd-in-adults-25-54/472460/|url-status=live}} By June 2021, The Rachel Maddow Show had fallen to fourth place overall with 2.3 million overall viewers, and fifth place across the 25–54 demographic, averaging 289,000 viewers.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Fox News Tops June And Q2 Viewership, But Plunge In Ratings Continues Across All Major Cable News Networks |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/cable-news-viewership-plunges-in-june-1234783434 |website=Deadline |access-date=April 1, 2022 |date=June 29, 2021 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331151119/https://deadline.com/2021/06/cable-news-viewership-plunges-in-june-1234783434/ |url-status=dead }}
Following the show's shift to a weekly format, it was reported that viewership had increased to 2.5 million by June 2024, and was the network's highest-rated program.{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/business/media/jon-stewart-rachel-maddow-tv.html|title = Liberals Find a TV Prescription for Election Jitters: Monday Nights|last1 = Grynbaum|first1 = Michael M.|last2 = Koblin|first2 = John|date = June 3, 2024|accessdate = June 3, 2024|newspaper = The New York Times|url-access = limited}}
Beginning on January 20, 2025,The Rachel Maddow Show will return as a weeknight show, 5 nights a week, as part of MSNBC's coverage of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. The show will replace Alex Wagner Tonight, which airs Tuesdays to Fridays, every weeknight until May 1.{{Cite web |last=Joyella |first=Mark |title=MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Will Return To Five Nights A Week |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2025/01/13/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-will-return-to-five-nights-a-week/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Levin |first=Gary |title=Rachel Maddow returns to nightly MSNBC show for first 100 days of Trump presidency |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/01/13/rachel-maddow-show-return-2025/77597889007/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}
Awards and nominations
- 2017 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Live Interview category for the segment "One-on-One with Kellyanne Conway".{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_38th_winners.pdf|title=Winners at the 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards|date=October 5, 2017|website=cdn.emmyonline.org|publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|location=New York, NY|page=13|ref={{sfnRef|"Winners at the 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards"}}|access-date=October 7, 2017|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007170125/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_38th_winners.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- 2017 Emmy Award in the Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis category for story "An American Disaster: The Crisis in Flint".{{sfn|"Winners at the 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards"|page=14}}
- 2011 News and Documentary Emmy in the Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis category for the "Good Morning, Landlocked Central Asia" series of shows broadcast from Afghanistan.{{cite web|title=Nominees for the 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards|url=http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_32nd_nominations.html|publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|access-date=August 3, 2011|archive-date=August 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814023145/http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_32nd_nominations.html|url-status=dead}}
- In March 2010, Maddow won at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in the category, Outstanding TV Journalism—Newsmagazine for her segment, "Uganda Be Kidding Me" about the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
- The Rachel Maddow Show has been nominated for a Television Critics Award twice in the "Outstanding Achievement in News & Information" category.
- Maddow received the Interfaith Alliance's 2010 Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award for her "passionate coverage of the intersection of religion and politics" that "exhibits a strong personal intellect coupled with constitutional sensitivity to the proper boundaries between religion and government."{{cite web|url=http://interfaithalliance.org/rachel-maddow-and-joan-brown-campbell-to-receive-the-2010-walter-cronkite-faith-a-freedom-award/|title=Rachel Maddow and Joan Brown Campbell to Receive The 2010 Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award|work=Interfaith Alliance|date=August 16, 2010|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304073108/http://interfaithalliance.org/rachel-maddow-and-joan-brown-campbell-to-receive-the-2010-walter-cronkite-faith-a-freedom-award/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/rachel-maddow-rev-dr-joan-brown-campbell-awarded-the-walter-cronkite-faith-freedom-award/37859|title=Rachel Maddow & Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell Awarded the Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award|website=www.adweek.com|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118082241/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/rachel-maddow-rev-dr-joan-brown-campbell-awarded-the-walter-cronkite-faith-freedom-award/37859/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-to-receive_n_684434|title=Rachel Maddow To Receive Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award|first=Danny|last=Shea|date=August 17, 2010|access-date=April 1, 2022|via=Huff Post|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225709/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-to-receive_n_684434|url-status=live}}
- The show received one of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's 2010 Maggie Awards for Media Excellence "for its coverage of the health care reform debate, the murder of Dr. George Tiller and the anti-abortion movement."[http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/rachel-maddow-glamour-magazine-ajcs-cynthia-tucker-among-planned-parenthoods-2010-maggie-award-33161.htm Rachel Maddow, Glamour Magazine, and the AJC's Cynthia Tucker Among Planned Parenthood's 2010 Maggie Award Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720154633/https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/rachel-maddow-glamour-magazine-ajcs-cynthia-tucker-among-planned-parenthoods-2010-maggie-award-33161.htm |date=July 20, 2010 }}, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
- In 2012, The Rachel Maddow Show was nominated for News and Documentary Emmy in the Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis category for the "Know Nukes" segment.{{cite web|title=Nominees for the 33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards|url=http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_33rd_nominations.html|publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=June 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602021026/http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_33rd_nominations.html|url-status=dead}}
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rachel-maddow-ratings-sean-hannity-msnbc-fox-news-373556/ |title=Rachel Maddow Beats Sean Hannity's Weekly Demo Ratings for First Time Since 2009 |last1=O'Connell |first1=Michael |date=September 24, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220401220848/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rachel-maddow-ratings-sean-hannity-msnbc-fox-news-373556/ |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rachel-maddow-bill-oreilly-ratings-msnbc-fox-news-371767/ |title=Rachel Maddow Pulls Ahead of Bill O'Reilly as MSNBC Wins Demo in Primetime |last1=O'Connell |first1=Michael |date=September 19, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122004219/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/rachel-maddow-bill-oreilly-ratings-msnbc-fox-news-371767 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/tuesday-ratings-maddow-odonnell-top-hannity-greta-in-demo-come-close-in-total-viewers/ |title=Tuesday Ratings: Maddow, O'Donnell Top Hannity, Greta In Demo, Come Close In Total Viewers |date=September 19, 2012 |work=Mediaite |access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018063520/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/tuesday-ratings-maddow-odonnell-top-hannity-greta-in-demo-come-close-in-total-viewers/ |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDIVi-vBsOEyETRGoRP9y8zhyu6bHl6iK|title=The Rachel Maddow Show|author=MSNBC|website=YouTube |access-date=June 9, 2017}}
- {{IMDb title|1280627|The Rachel Maddow Show}}
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