NewsNation To Expand Weekend Programming With Hena Doba Morning Show, Announces Shuffle Of Weekday Schedule

Ted Johnson
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NewsNation is adding a three-hour morning show to its weekend lineup, part of a series of programming moves.

Morning in America with Hena Doba will debut on January 27, airing Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET. Paid programming, reruns and religious fare have been airing in that time period.

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Starting on January 22, the network will debut a new weekday lineup. Elizabeth Vargas Reports will move up an hour to 5 p.m. ET, switching places with The Hill moderated by Blake Burman. The Hill will air at 6 p.m. ET.

Other changes: The weekday edition of Morning in America will air from 6 a.m. ET to 9 a.m. ET, with Markie Martin as solo anchor. Adrienne Bankert will become NewsNation’s special projects anchor and will start a new series on faith in America, One Nation Under God, to debut in February. NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes will air from 9 a.m. ET to noon ET, with NewsNation Now with Nichole Berlie expanding to three hours, from noon ET to 3 p.m. ET.

Doba previously worked at Cheddar News and as an anchor and correspondent for CBS News. Dee Dee Thomas, who previously oversaw daily news programming for Cheddar News, will serve as executive producer of the weekend show. She also has worked as executive producer of Weekend Today on NBC, and senior producer at MSNBC’s dayside unit.

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