MS NOW announces show, logos titles for upcoming programming overhaul

MS NOW, which will debut its previously announced updated weekday schedule June 15, 2026, has released show titles, logos and key art.

The network’s morning show, “Morning Joe,” is being cut back an hour and partially replaced with a two-hour show featuring Stephanie Ruhle. Titled “Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle,” the show will air from 9 to 11 a.m. ET. 

The show will leverage the hard-hitting approach used on Ruhle’s late-night show “The 11th Hour,” including a new take on its signature “Nightcap” roundtable. The show also plans to feature marquee guests and analysis, with the network noting that Ruhle will combine her “real-world Wall Street experience and signature energy to set the agenda for viewers as the day begins.”

Meanwhile, Ali Velshi will take over “The 11th Hour.”

From noon to 2 p.m., Alicia Menendez will anchor “On the Line with Alicia Menendez.” She will depart “The Weeknight.”

“”On the Line’ will serve as a go-to source for MS NOW’s audience during the day for the latest on the stories they care about most, including the happenings in Washington and around the country ahead of the upcoming midterm election season, focusing on the stakes, not the odds, of preserving American democracy,” noted MS NOW. Marti Hause will serve as the program’s executive producer.

Then, Katy Tur will become host of “The Moment with Katy Tur” from 2 to 4 p.m. Tur is currently anchoring “Katy Tur Reports,” part of the “MS NOW Reports” franchise. Aaron Volkman will remain with Tur as EP. 

MS NOW did not announce a logo or title for the 11 a.m. hour, which will be anchored by Peter Alexander. Currently, Chris Jansing anchors from 11 to 1 p.m. but she is expected to move into a reporting role.

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As previously announced, Ana Cabrera, who anchors a block of “MS NOW Reports” at 9 a.m., will leave MS NOW. Luke Russert will take over Menendez’s chair on “The Weeknight” alongside Symone Sanders Townsend and Michael Steele.

The network will also launch a weekend show, “Connect with Jacob Soboroff” June 13, 2026.

MS NOW included small images of what appear to the shows’ logos with the announcement, though it was not immediately clear if these are final or if the rest of the visuals will be carried through to the show graphics. 

Overall, assuming the final looks will reflect this art, it appears the network is taking a flatter, more geometric approach to the new programs’ visuals, including the use of a broader color palette.

For the new shows, wordmarks are formed using a sans serif paired with an elegant serif, the latter of which is used for the “with” and host name.

For Ruhle’s show, the “o”s in each of the show titles’ primary words are replaced with a green, red and blue circle, respectively. Inside of this, a dollar sign is appropriately paired with the green in “Money,” a lightning bolt with the red in “Power,” and a star is found in the blue “Politics” one.

Circular elements also appear as accents in the key art.

“On the Line,” quite appropriately, features a green underline under its title, with angled elements also making an appearance.

“The Moment” features a blue circle to house the word “The.” The rest of the key art features vertical lines, additional dots and circles and a blue, black and yellow palette.

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“Connect,” meanwhile, gets a bold blue shade with bracket-style accents above the first three letters and below the last three, creating a visual nod to the show’s title. 

“The 11th Hour” and “The Weeknight” retain their existing logos, though Velshi’s name takes over for Ruhle’s.

The key art released by the network features the Townsend, Steele and Russert’s names, but it’s not clear if the names will become part of the show’s title card (the show and its big sister “The Weekend” have both always relied heavily on imagery of its hosts).

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the status of an anchor for MS NOW’s 11 a.m. hour.