Rachel Maddow Stretches MSNBC Contract (Exclusive)

MSNBC has extended Rachel Maddow's contract inside a new multi-year deal which will keep your primetime host in the cable news network well at night 2012 presidential election.our editor recommendsRachel Maddow Prosecuted for $50 Million by MinisterRachel Maddow Responds to Keith Olbermann Exiting MSNBCKeith Olbermann Provides Blow to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow The announcement is anticipated in the future Tuesday in the network's part of the semi-annual Television Experts Association press tour in La. This news may come as MSNBC has located in many staffers and longtime contributing factors with contract extensions, an answer to overtures from erstwhile MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who abruptly left MSNBC last The month of january.Maddow's previous contract wasn't set to run out until the coming year. VIDEO: Rachel Maddow, MSNBC Prosecuted For $50 Million Over On-Air Comments Olbermann, whose Countdownlaunched MSNBC's slate of primetime opinion hosts (Maddow would be a frequent substitute anchor on Countdown), relaunched his showon Current last June. He tried to lure many MSNBC staffers as well as on-air contributing factors to Current and was effective in landing Michael Moore. But MSNBC located in many more includingThe Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and Ezra Klein in addition to Chris Hayes, Washington editor of the united states. Hayes, a frequent substitute anchor for Maddow, starts hosting weekend morning on MSNBC Sept. 17. The network can also be in active discussions with Al Sharpton to host the 6 p.m. hour. In interviews to publicize the launch of Countdown on Current, Olbermann made not a secret of his desire to utilize Maddow again. And the public claims about employing her from MSNBC irked professionals there, say sources. By stretching her contract, MSNBC closes her status because the face from the network as well as puts any speculation about Maddow's future to relaxation. Maddow stated she's not spoken to Olbermann since he left MSNBC. As well as in typical self-deprecating fashion, she disputed the charactirization that they may be the "face" of MSNBC. "I do not think we are a 1-face network," she stated. "I really think you will find there's mutually encouraging and pretty natural atmosphere. I believe that we are cooperating well. We internally compete for rankings and reservations and all sorts of that stuff but it is mutually encouraging. And So I enjoy it. It' s an enjoyable spot to work." STORY: Keith Olbermann Wants Rachel Maddow on Current TV Nonetheless, Maddow's new deal certainly underscores her significance to MSNBC because the network is constantly on the groom new on-air personas. For that first six several weeks of the season, The Rachel Maddow Show averaged 1.05 million audiences with 305,000 among news' target demographic of audiences 25-to-54. That marks a rise in the demo of 23 percent year-over-year. Maddow regularly bests CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight at 9 p.m. though Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity remains the top-ranked cable news enter in the hour. Related Subjects TCA Keith Olbermann MSNBC Current TV TCA Summer time Press Tour 2011 Rachel Maddow