MSNBC Reportedly Cancelling Show Of One Of Its Biggest Lightning Rods

MSNBC is reportedly cancelling Mehdi Hasan’s show and will instead use the anchor as a fill-in host and analyst.

Hasan’s Sunday night show is being canceled and instead Ayman Mohyeldin’s show will be expanded to two hours, Semafor’s Max Tani reported.

MSNBC is canceling Mehdi Hasan’s show, I’m told, and plans to expand Ayman Mohyeldin’s show to two hours. Mehdi to become a fill in host and analyst. MSNBC is also launching a new weekend panel show, as @semafor previously reported.

— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) November 30, 2023

The outlet is also reportedly launching a new weekend panel show that will include Symone Sanders, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. (RELATED: Matt Taibbi Rips MSNBC Host Over Network Doing ‘Nothing But Vomit Up Fake Russian’ Stories Before Host Ends Segment)

As part of a weekend shift, MSNBC is launching a new “ensemble show” featuring Symone Sanders, Alicia Menendez, and Michael Steele.

Mehdi Hasan will also be losing his 8 p.m. Sunday night show (which will be absorbed by Ayman Mohyeldin), but he’s staying at MSNBC as an analyst.

— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) November 30, 2023

Hasan has come under fire for his comments, most recently his takes on the Israeli-Hamas war. Hasan has frequently blamed Israel for the rise of Hamas.

Back in 2009 Hasan called non-Muslims “animals” and compared homosexuals to “pedophiles” and “sexual deviants.”

Just recently Hasan tried to diminish the magnitude of 9/11 terrorist attacks by needlessly equating the overthrow of the Chilean government in 1973 to the deadly attacks, garnering backlash.

CHECK OUT SOME OF HASSAN’S TAKES: