TV News Goes Crazy for Creators: Will Digital Mavericks Add Life to Old Format or Wipe it Out?

Home TV News Apr 20, 2026 8:45am PT TV News Goes Crazy for Creators: Will Digital Mavericks Add Life to Old Format or Wipe It Out? By Brian Steinberg Plus Icon Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor bristei Latest TV News Goes Crazy for Creators: Will Digital Mavericks Add Life to Old Format or Wipe It Out? 8 minutes ago SiriusXM, ABC News Launch Two New Audio Channels 4 hours ago WHCA Urged to ‘Demonstrate Opposition’ to Trump at Annual Dinner 5 hours ago See All Rose Wong for Variety Alex Wagner has returned to primetime hours on MS NOW — but not in the way viewers might expect. Wagner is among a bevy of hosts from progressive outlet Crooked Media who can be seen on MS NOW every Saturday night at 9 in clips from the collective’s sundry podcasts. When Wagner held forth as a regular weekday primetime anchor on predecessor outlet MSNBC not too long ago, she didn’t often swear or look mischievous. Now viewers can hear her and her colleagues drop a more-than-occasional f-bomb and launch provocative broadsides against the Trump administration that might even make Lawrence O’Donnell blanch. Related Stories 'Roommates' Review: Besties Turn Testy in an Uneven College Comedy With Two Terrific Leads