Chuck Todd advised MSNBC viewers on Sunday, June 4, that he’ll finish his run as moderator of Meet the Press this September, leaving a publish he has held since September 2014.
Todd made the announcement on the finish of Sunday’s present, saying that this may be his remaining summer season with Meet the Press. “It’s been a tremendous, almost decade-long run,” he noticed. “I’m actually happy with what this crew and I’ve constructed over the past decade. Frankly, the final 15 years that I’ve been right here at NBC, which additionally contains my time as political director.”
Along with moderating the flagship present, Todd additionally anchored Meet the Press Day by day on MSNBC for eight seasons and launched Meet the Press NOW on NBC News NOW‘s streaming platform. launched Meet the Press NOW on the streaming platform
Immediately we shut our present with an announcement from @chucktodd:
“Whereas at this time just isn’t my remaining present, this might be my remaining summer season right here at Meet the Press. … I’m actually happy with what this crew and I’ve constructed over the past decade.” pic.twitter.com/sgeUcNR3C5
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 4, 2023
“I’ve liked a lot of this job, serving to to elucidate America to Washington and clarify Washington to America,” Todd mentioned on Sunday’s broadcast. “The important thing to survival of any of those unbelievable media entities, together with right here at Meet the Press, is for leaders to not overstay their welcome. I’d relatively depart a bit of bit too quickly than keep a tad bit too lengthy.”
Todd, who joined NBC Information as political director in 2007, will develop into the information division’s chief political analyst to get extra time together with his household, telling viewers he’ll work on docuseries and docudramas “targeted on making an attempt to bridge our divides and pierce political troubles.”
And the 51-year-old mentioned that NBC Information White Home correspondent and Weekend Today co-anchor Kristen Welker will change him as Meet the Press moderator. “I’ve had the privilege of working together with her from basically her first day right here in Washington,” he mentioned. “And let me simply say, she’s the proper individual in the proper second. And for what it’s value, that is all the time how I hoped this may finish for me, that I’d be passing the baton to her.”
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In a letter to employees, Rebecca Blumenstein, NBC Information’ president of editorial, and Carrie Budoff Brown, NBC Information’ senior vp of politics, praised Todd’s work on the present.
“Beneath Chuck’s considerate and passionate management, Meet the Press has sustained its historic position as the indispensable information program on Sunday mornings,” they wrote, per Deadline. “By way of his penetrating interviews with lots of a very powerful newsmakers, the present has performed a vital position in politics and coverage, routinely made front-page information, and framed the considering in Washington and past.”
Blumenstein and Brown additionally hailed Welker as Todd’s successor. “She has masterfully moderated main and basic election presidential debates, and her sharp questioning of lawmakers is a masterclass in political interviews,” they wrote. “She is a dogged reporter who relishes getting huge scoops and is extensively admired all through the bureau and the community for her deeply collaborative nature.”
Previous moderators of Meet the Press — at 75 years outdated, the longest-running present on American tv — embody Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw, and David Gregory.
