Up (TV series)
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| Genre | Political news/opinion program |
| Presented by |
Chris Hayes (2011–2013) Steve Kornacki (2013–2015) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Eelin Reily |
| Location(s) | New York City |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | MSNBC |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 17, 2011 – 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
Weekends with Alex Witt (Saturdays) Your Business (Sundays) |
| Followed by | Melissa Harris Perry |
| External links | |
| Website | tv |
Up is a news and opinion television program that aired weekends on MSNBC at 8:00 a.m. ET. The show debuted September 17, 2011 as Up with Chris Hayes, and was hosted by Hayes until March 2013 when he left for All In with Chris Hayes, a new MSNBC weekday primetime program. Steve Kornacki's first episode aired April 13, 2013. He left in October 2015 for MSNBC dayside. The show ended in January 2016 for MSNBC's special political coverage. MSNBC Live now airs in its place with Alex Witt and Frances Rivera.
Prior to his position at MSNBC, Hayes was Washington D.C. Editor of The Nation. On August 1, 2011, MSNBC accounced that Hayes would host a two-hour morning show on Saturdays and Sundays on the network. The first airing of "Up with Chris Hayes" was September 17, 2011 and featured a live interview with former Speaker and current House minority leader Nancy Pelosi. The premiere of the Sunday program featured an appearance by MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. In addition to hosting "Up," Hayes would also continue to serve as a contributor to other MSNBC programs as well as continuing his work at The Nation as Editor-at-Large based in NYC.
Up was, at the time of its premiere, the most recent of MSNBC's attempts to place political opinion or talk shows on weekends; two other series, Jesse Ventura's America (aired in 2003) and Weekends with Maury and Connie (aired in 2006), experienced short, months-long runs on weekend slots. According to Cenk Uygur, a former host on MSNBC, he was offered a weekend slot in return for letting go of his early-2011 slot on weekday evening airings of MSNBC Live, but turned it down and left the channel due to managerial disputes (commentator Al Sharpton was eventually appointed to Uygur's former slot, renamed PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton in August 2011; Uygur, instead, became a contributor and later host of The Young Turks on Current TV).
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