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The Weeknight

2025 · 2 seasons

A brisk nightly roundtable of political insiders trading analysis and interviews, informative and conversational rather than dramatic.

Genres
News, Talk
Starring
Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele
Overview
Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders Townsend offer their varied political expertise and fresh analysis on current events, including interviews with notable newsmakers in a nightly roundtable.

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Genres
News, Talk
Starring
Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • media
  • power
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
news, talk
Starring
Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, Luke Russert
Length
2 seasons, 207 episodes
Network
MSNBC, MS NOW
Languages
English

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