Before that, she had been an outspoken critic of his campaign, calling out the candidate for what she saw as his xenophobic and racist views, going back to his role in the “birther” movement that questioned the legitimacy of Barack Obama. And it is that president who has been Wallace’s most frequent on-air foil since her show began. The timing of Wallace’s show coincides with the presidency of Donald Trump, which this week marks its first anniversary. is a tough time because it really is the beginning of all the analysis.” “Four o’clock is the gateway drug to prime time,” said Jonathan Wald, who came to MSNBC as the senior vice president for programming and development in February from CNN and was instrumental in creating the format for “Deadline: White House.” “The morning has its own rhythm, but 4 p.m. on Fox News.įurther, Wallace, 45, now occupies a key spot within the network’s afternoon lineup, leading the daily transition from hard news reports to the opinion and analysis programs that define its prime time, including “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell.” Dana Perino, a former press secretary for Bush, has followed both with “The Daily Briefing,” which airs daily at 2 p.m. It’s been a surprising career trajectory for Wallace, who - after four years as a regular panelist on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” and a yearlong (and not entirely successful) stint on “The View” - now anchors a prime spot on MSNBC’s afternoon lineup, acting as a lead-in for Chuck Todd’s “MTP Daily,” and going up against Jake Tapper on CNN and Neil Cavuto on Fox News.Īnd while plenty of former White House aides or campaign strategists appear as pundits-for-hire on the cable and network news shows - David Axelrod and Josh Earnest (Barack Obama), Paul Begala (Bill Clinton), and Karl Rove (Bush), among them - Wallace is the first former White House aide since George Stephanopoulos (ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”), to be named solo anchor of a network news program.
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