MSNBC is launching a live event series, MSNBC Live, that will mark the return of Luke Russert.
He will serve as host and creative director of the events, which will include forums in Washington, D.C. and other locations across the country. The live events also will include some of the network’s top anchors and hosts.
Rebecca Kutler, senior VP of content strategy at MSNBC, will oversee the development and implementation of the live events, and Lauren Peikoff will serve as executive producer.
Russert worked for NBC News from 2008 to 2016, including hosting a regular show, The Briefing, for MSNBC.com. He recently authored the memoir Look for Me There, about his travels around the world and how he coped with the grief over the sudden loss of his father, Tim Russert. The Hollywood Reporter first reported on Russert’s return.
He will serve as host and creative director of the events, which will include forums in Washington, D.C. and other locations across the country. The live events also will include some of the network’s top anchors and hosts.
Rebecca Kutler, senior VP of content strategy at MSNBC, will oversee the development and implementation of the live events, and Lauren Peikoff will serve as executive producer.
Russert worked for NBC News from 2008 to 2016, including hosting a regular show, The Briefing, for MSNBC.com. He recently authored the memoir Look for Me There, about his travels around the world and how he coped with the grief over the sudden loss of his father, Tim Russert. The Hollywood Reporter first reported on Russert’s return.
- 12/12/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC wants a piece of the live events business, and it is bringing back a familiar face to lead its effort in the space.
MSNBC is launching a live events brand called “MSNBC Live” next year, combining live interviews and panel discussions, as well as forums and other events featuring MSNBC anchors and talent.
The cable news channel is bringing back Luke Russert, who served as a correspondent and anchor for NBC News and MSNBC from 2008-2016, to serve as the host and creative director of the event brand.
“At these events MSNBC regulars will be talking with some of America’s leading thinkers. It is our hope we can advance important dialogue and reach a measure of understanding as well as remember what makes America great — its unity in diversity and commitment to democratic ideals,” says Russert. “I want people to leave better informed and inspired to promote positive action.
MSNBC is launching a live events brand called “MSNBC Live” next year, combining live interviews and panel discussions, as well as forums and other events featuring MSNBC anchors and talent.
The cable news channel is bringing back Luke Russert, who served as a correspondent and anchor for NBC News and MSNBC from 2008-2016, to serve as the host and creative director of the event brand.
“At these events MSNBC regulars will be talking with some of America’s leading thinkers. It is our hope we can advance important dialogue and reach a measure of understanding as well as remember what makes America great — its unity in diversity and commitment to democratic ideals,” says Russert. “I want people to leave better informed and inspired to promote positive action.
- 12/12/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC News correspondent Luke Russert is leaving the network to take time away from political reporting and concentrate on other interests. Russert, the son of late broadcasting legend Tim Russert, announced his departure in a tweet on Wednesday. His last day will be July 15. “It has been a privilege and an honor for me to have worked for NBC News for the last eight years. I will always be eternally grateful for all the opportunities I’ve received and for the incredible people I’ve gotten to know along the way. NBC News is family and while it’s hard to leave,...
- 7/13/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Donald Trump won't be attending D.C.'s "Nerd Prom" on April 30 - but it's not because he wasn't invited. "I was asked by every single group of media available to mankind [to attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner]," the Gop front-runner tells The Hill. "But I've decided not to go. Do you know why? I would have a good time and the press would say I look like I wasn't having a good time." Trump attended last year's dinner, before he announced his presidential bid, as well as the 2011 dinner, where President Obama famously roasted the billionaire businessman in a comedy routine. Trump says that, despite reports to the contrary,...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump won't be attending D.C.'s "Nerd Prom" on April 30 - but it's not because he wasn't invited. "I was asked by every single group of media available to mankind [to attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner]," the Gop front-runner tells The Hill. "But I've decided not to go. Do you know why? I would have a good time and the press would say I look like I wasn't having a good time." Trump attended last year's dinner, before he announced his presidential bid, as well as the 2011 dinner, where President Obama famously roasted the billionaire businessman in a comedy routine. Trump says that, despite reports to the contrary,...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
You weren't the only one - Chevy got us, too. Just as the Super Bowl started, it seemed as if the worst (or, for some, the best) had happened: The TV went out in a burst of static. As nacho-laden coffee tables around the nation were nearly flipped in extreme panic and anxiety, Chevy asked: "What would you do if your TV went out?"Twitter reacted as Twitter does: With jokes and general outrage. (Even Anna Kendrick and Josh Groban agreed that the commercial was needlessly traumatic!) Okay that Chevy commercial was Not funny— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) February 1, 2015 Did Anyone...
- 2/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
You weren't the only one – Chevy got us, too.
Just as the Super Bowl started, it seemed as if the worst (or, for some, the best) had happened: The TV went out in a burst of static.
As nacho-laden coffee tables around the nation were nearly flipped in extreme panic and anxiety, Chevy asked: "What would you do if your TV went out?"
Twitter reacted as Twitter does: With jokes and general outrage. (Even Anna Kendrick and Josh Groban agreed that the commercial was needlessly traumatic!)
Okay that Chevy commercial was Not funny
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) February 1, 2015
Did Anyone Else...
Just as the Super Bowl started, it seemed as if the worst (or, for some, the best) had happened: The TV went out in a burst of static.
As nacho-laden coffee tables around the nation were nearly flipped in extreme panic and anxiety, Chevy asked: "What would you do if your TV went out?"
Twitter reacted as Twitter does: With jokes and general outrage. (Even Anna Kendrick and Josh Groban agreed that the commercial was needlessly traumatic!)
Okay that Chevy commercial was Not funny
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) February 1, 2015
Did Anyone Else...
- 2/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
You weren't the only one - Chevy got us, too. Just as the Super Bowl started, it seemed as if the worst (or, for some, the best) had happened: The TV went out in a burst of static. As nacho-laden coffee tables around the nation were nearly flipped in extreme panic and anxiety, Chevy asked: "What would you do if your TV went out?"Twitter reacted as Twitter does: With jokes and general outrage. (Even Anna Kendrick and Josh Groban agreed that the commercial was needlessly traumatic!) Okay that Chevy commercial was Not funny— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) February 1, 2015 Did Anyone...
- 2/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
As younger audiences’ list of TV, desktop, tablet, mobile, and social content options grow by the day, legacy and new media executives are bending backward and forward to earn their eyeballs.
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
- 1/29/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
TheWrap’s guide to television coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech, including who’s anchoring the broadcasts and providing analysis
President Barack Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Et, with expected topics including national security, immigration, health care and the environment. Sen. Jon Ernst (R-ia) is expected to provide the Republican response.
After the president’s address, while the Republicans are giving their response and the networks are starting to break down their analyses, Obama will be preparing for something altogether different. His administration has invited three YouTube...
President Barack Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Et, with expected topics including national security, immigration, health care and the environment. Sen. Jon Ernst (R-ia) is expected to provide the Republican response.
After the president’s address, while the Republicans are giving their response and the networks are starting to break down their analyses, Obama will be preparing for something altogether different. His administration has invited three YouTube...
- 1/20/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
MSNBC is bringing its State of the Union coverage into the digital age.
The cable news network’s coverage of the State of the Union address on Jan. 20 will include analysis on its new digital platform “Shift,” which debuted in December, marking the first time that Shift has been employed for Sotu coverage.
Also Read: CNN, MSNBC Censor Controversial Charlie Hebdo Cartoons to Varying Degrees
Shift coverage will begin at 8 p.m. Et, hosted by Krystal Ball, Dorian Warren and John Barro. The digital coverage will include a live stream of the address and the Republican response.
On the TV end,...
The cable news network’s coverage of the State of the Union address on Jan. 20 will include analysis on its new digital platform “Shift,” which debuted in December, marking the first time that Shift has been employed for Sotu coverage.
Also Read: CNN, MSNBC Censor Controversial Charlie Hebdo Cartoons to Varying Degrees
Shift coverage will begin at 8 p.m. Et, hosted by Krystal Ball, Dorian Warren and John Barro. The digital coverage will include a live stream of the address and the Republican response.
On the TV end,...
- 1/14/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
NBC News reporter Luke Russert appeared on MSNBC’s Now on Thursday where he outlined the emerging details of a potential deal that could temporarily raise the debt ceiling. Among the problems with this proposal, Russert said, is that it extends the deadline on the debt ceiling to November 22, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This, Russert added, would “look bad optically.”...
- 10/10/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
NBC News reporter Luke Russert appeared on MSNBC’s News Nation with Tamron Hall on Friday just as President Barack Obama concluded an address to a group of supporters in Missouri castigating Congressional Republicans for flirting with a government shutdown. Russert said that the president’s address was reminiscent of the 2012 campaign. He added that Obama “does better” when he’s in “campaign mode.”...
- 9/20/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
NBC News reporter Luke Russert tore into Steven Miller, the former acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner who testified before members of Congress on Friday relating to the allegation that the IRS singled out conservative groups for added scrutiny. He said that Miller appeared to be “winging it,” and added that the former acting commissioner who was asked by the White House to resign may have...
- 5/17/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
With lots more demand for information than information to report, journalists covering the bombings at the Boston Marathon Monday have turned to speculating about a possible connection between the bombing and Massachusetts' Patriots' Day holiday. In a tweet this afternoon, NBC News' Luke Russert related the date to the end of the 1993 siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, while CNN's Wolf Blitzer is taking heat from conservative site Hot Air for speculating about the holiday. On Fox News, Shep Smith also pointed out the connection to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 4/15/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
NBC News reporter Luke Russert engaged in a thorough grilling of Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Wednesday over his defense of the Defense of Marriage Act. On several occasions, Russert put Perkin’s on the defense and challenged the assertions he made to justify Doma’s constitutionality. The interview became heated and somewhat hostile when Perkins asked how, if love is the only criterion for marriage, America would be able to prohibit polygamy.
- 3/27/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Talk about a post-modern paternity story.
During Tuesday's (Feb. 12) State of the Union address, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) was exchanging tweets with a young woman whom has now been revealed to be his daughter.
Cohen held a press conference Friday in his office where he identified the young woman as Victoria Brink, whose existence he discovered three years ago.
"I googled her mother, found out she had a child and the math looked pretty accurate. The mom told me we had a lot of catching up to do," says Cohen. The girl's mother is an old girlfriend of Cohen's.
"When [Victoria] let me know she was watching the State of the Union address, I was thrilled that she wanted Steve Cohen to be part of her. I had such joy, that I couldn't hold back from tweeting her," says Cohen.
He adds that he was just genuinely excited to hear from Brink,...
During Tuesday's (Feb. 12) State of the Union address, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) was exchanging tweets with a young woman whom has now been revealed to be his daughter.
Cohen held a press conference Friday in his office where he identified the young woman as Victoria Brink, whose existence he discovered three years ago.
"I googled her mother, found out she had a child and the math looked pretty accurate. The mom told me we had a lot of catching up to do," says Cohen. The girl's mother is an old girlfriend of Cohen's.
"When [Victoria] let me know she was watching the State of the Union address, I was thrilled that she wanted Steve Cohen to be part of her. I had such joy, that I couldn't hold back from tweeting her," says Cohen.
He adds that he was just genuinely excited to hear from Brink,...
- 2/15/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Democratic National Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-fl) joined Luke Russert on MSNBC on Wednesday where she insisted that, now that a deal has been reached to avert the fiscal cliff by raising tax rates on high-income earning Americans, increasing the debt limit will not become the political football that was for Republicans in 2011. She said that Democrats will not negotiate with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling limit and said that any future spending cuts will be balanced with more revenues to the government.
- 1/2/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter appeared on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports with fill-in host Luke Russert on Wednesday where he weighed in on National Rifle Association president Wayne Lapierre’s suggestion last week that school officials be armed to prevent future Newtown massacres. Nutter pointed out the flaws in Lapierre’s logic and said his suggestion was a “dumbass idea.”...
- 12/26/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Its the final chance for callbacks as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ends a nostalgic season.
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There's a bigger place for adorkable guys, BBC America has ordered a 10-episode season of Chris Hardwick's The Nerdist. The Nerdist will lead next spring's "Supernatural Saturday" line-up, which will include Doctor Who, Being Human and Orphan Black.
Elementary's post-Super Bowl episode will feature Oz's Terry Kinney as an "unpredictable criminal," according to TVLine, prompting speculation that he might play Moriarity.
Does this mean we're going to start to look at Cora in a sympathetic light? Deadline reports that Rose McGowan has been cast to play a young version of Regina's mother on Once Upon a Time. Will it turn out that Cora' s part of a cycle of cruel mothers making their daughters into future cruel adults.
In a fitting bit of casting, Jason Schwartzman will appear on Parks & Recreation in...
News
There's a bigger place for adorkable guys, BBC America has ordered a 10-episode season of Chris Hardwick's The Nerdist. The Nerdist will lead next spring's "Supernatural Saturday" line-up, which will include Doctor Who, Being Human and Orphan Black.
Elementary's post-Super Bowl episode will feature Oz's Terry Kinney as an "unpredictable criminal," according to TVLine, prompting speculation that he might play Moriarity.
Does this mean we're going to start to look at Cora in a sympathetic light? Deadline reports that Rose McGowan has been cast to play a young version of Regina's mother on Once Upon a Time. Will it turn out that Cora' s part of a cycle of cruel mothers making their daughters into future cruel adults.
In a fitting bit of casting, Jason Schwartzman will appear on Parks & Recreation in...
- 12/20/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Elton John has been confirmed as one of the musical guests on "NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly". At the forthcoming event, he is set to sing hit single "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", which is coming off his 1974 studio effort "Caribou".
"I can't wait to spend New Year's Eve with my biggest fans in America and the UK," Elton shared his excitement following the announcement. "This will be a fantastic night. I can't think of a better way to see in 2009."
Beside lining up Elton John, NBC has also booked Katy Perry, Ludacris, T.I. and The Ting Tings to light up the new year's event, which will be started from 10 P.M. (Et). On top of that, the television network also offers live reports from Times Square which will be presented by "The Today Show" co-anchor Amy Robach and NBC's News correspondent Luke Russert.
"I can't wait to spend New Year's Eve with my biggest fans in America and the UK," Elton shared his excitement following the announcement. "This will be a fantastic night. I can't think of a better way to see in 2009."
Beside lining up Elton John, NBC has also booked Katy Perry, Ludacris, T.I. and The Ting Tings to light up the new year's event, which will be started from 10 P.M. (Et). On top of that, the television network also offers live reports from Times Square which will be presented by "The Today Show" co-anchor Amy Robach and NBC's News correspondent Luke Russert.
- 12/23/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
T.I. has been confirmed to make a live appearance alongside Katy Perry on holiday TV show "NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly". Another big name who is also set to perform live at the event is Ludacris.
"The addition of T.I. is huge," Daly said regarding the performance lineup. "Since the end of June, either T.I. or Katy Perry has predominantly held the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100. More importantly, with T.I. we get the artist of the year to perform in primetime."
"NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly" is NBC's annual show which will be, for the first time, broadcast in primetime this year on New Year's Eve starting from 10 P.M. (Et). Promised to be "a huge show", the event will also offer live reports from Times Square which will be presented by "The Today Show" co-anchor Amy Robach and NBC's News correspondent Luke Russert.
"The addition of T.I. is huge," Daly said regarding the performance lineup. "Since the end of June, either T.I. or Katy Perry has predominantly held the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100. More importantly, with T.I. we get the artist of the year to perform in primetime."
"NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly" is NBC's annual show which will be, for the first time, broadcast in primetime this year on New Year's Eve starting from 10 P.M. (Et). Promised to be "a huge show", the event will also offer live reports from Times Square which will be presented by "The Today Show" co-anchor Amy Robach and NBC's News correspondent Luke Russert.
- 12/6/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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