Are liberal MSNBC personality Rachel Maddow’s days at the face of the network numbered?
Though Maddow is still under contract with MSNBC, speculation is swirling that Maddow could be replaced at the network with someone nobody on the left would ever expect.
X owner Elon Musk joked this past week he may buy the liberal news network, and shake up the personalities at the network.
Joe Rogan, the world’s most popular podcast host, said that he’d be first in line to take Maddow’s job should the deal go through.
“The Joe Rogan Experience” host chimed in to Musk’s offer, saying he would replace MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow on her show while adopting her signature look. .
“If you buy MSNBC I would like Rachel Maddow’s job. I will wear the same outfit and glasses, and I will tell the same lies,” Rogan wrote on Friday in response to a post by Musk.
If you buy MSNBC I would like Rachael Maddow’s job. I will wear the same outfit and glasses, and I will tell the same lies.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) November 22, 2024
The news comes after reports of Comcast potentially selling off MSNBC.
According to a Fox News report, Comcast last Wednesday officially announced it would spin off several NBCUniversal cable networks, including MSNBC.
The move will dramatically shake up the landscape of the mainstream media as the liberal cable outlet will no longer be affiliated with NBC News.
Musk has pounced on the news, captioning a post with his own statement, writing, “The most entertaining outcome, especially if ironic, is most likely,” having fun with the idea of buying the liberal outlet and converting it to a conservative news outlet.
Maddows, whose show “The Rachel Maddow Show” airs on the network on Mondays, recently signed a new contract to stay with the company for the foreseeable future.
However, reports say the network’s ratings have plummeted – including ratings for her show – especially since President-elect Donald Trump won earlier this month.
Maddow, who built her program around passionate criticism of Trump for years and famously pushed since-debunked theories tying him to Russia, has lost nearly half of her viewers since Trump’s victory.
“The Rachel Maddow Show” averaged 1.4 million viewers since the election, shedding 41% of its viewers. Things are even worse among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54, where Maddow averaged 236,000 in 2024 but only 118,000 since the election, for a 50% drop.