Jen Psaki Flops in MSNBC Primetime Role, Loses Hundreds of Thousands of Viewers Since Taking Over Rachel Maddow's Time Slot

Lucian Nemoiu

Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki is struggling two months into her primetime role at MSNBC, with her show having lost 44 percent of the audience that tuned in for host Rachel Maddow and now trailing its Fox News counterpart by a large margin. Psaki's show, The Briefing , averaged 1.1 million total viewers from its May 6 debut through July 3—down 44 percent from the 1.8 million that Maddow and temporary host Alex Wagner drew in the 9 p.m. slot earlier this year, Fox News reported .