{"id":726256,"date":"2026-08-03T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726256\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:04:08","slug":"ms-now-launches-peter-alexanders-state-of-play-august-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726256\/","title":{"rendered":"MS NOW Launches Peter Alexander’s ‘State of Play’ August 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPeter Alexander<\/a> carries his years of experience at NBC News over to MS NOW,<\/a> where he lands next week.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe veteran Washington correspondent and weekend \u201cToday\u201d host will launch a new 11 a.m. program on the Versant-backed network starting Monday, August 10. \u201cState of Play<\/a>\u201d is billed as focusing on \u201cauthoritative and original reporting, thoughtful conversations, and in-depth analysis of the biggest political and national stories shaping the day,\u201d according to a memo from Greg Kordick, the network\u2019s senior vice president of programming.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlexander left his post at NBC News in March. In his new role at MS NOW<\/a>, he will also serve as a breaking-news anchor and national correspondent, and contribute to some of the sports coverage broadcast by Versant\u2019s other properties, which include Golf Channel and the USA cable network.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe launch of \u2018State of Play\u2019\u00a0strengthens our programming at a pivotal moment in the country and further positions MS NOW at the center of the 2028 election cycle,\u201d Kordick said. \u201cWith the midterm elections quickly approaching and the race for the White House beginning to take shape the day after, we are well-positioned to play a leading role in covering the stories, issues, and campaigns that will define the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMS NOW recently overhauled its daytime schedule,<\/a> leaving an hour open in anticipation of Alexander\u2019s expected arrival. \u00a0The network has a long history of offering a one-hour program tied to events in Washington, D.C.\u00a0Andrea Mitchell hosted such a show for nearly two decades when the network was called MSNBC<\/a>. Alexander will follow Stephanie Ruhle and then hand off to Alicia Menendez and, later, Katy Tur. <\/p>\n

\n\tAlexander logged 15 years on the White House beat and worked \u201cToday\u201d weekends since 2018. During that time, he has gained notice for asking reasonable questions of President Trump that for some reason spark blowback. During 2020\u2019s coronavirus pandemic, for example, Alexander asked Trump, then in his first term in the Oval Office,\u00a0\u201cWhat do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?\u201d Trump lashed out. \u201cI say that you\u2019re a terrible reporter!\u201d he retorted.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlexander initially joined NBC News in 2004, covering a range of stories around the globe and in the U.S. He was assigned to cover the Republican presidential race in 2012 before being named a White House correspondent that year. He served a stint as a national correspondent between 2014 and 2016, and then was named co-chief White House correspondent alongside Kristen Welker. He kept those duties when he was named co-anchor of Saturday \u201cToday\u201d and became the network\u2019s sole chief White House correspondent when\u00a0Welker was elevated to moderator of \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Alexander carries his years of experience at NBC News over to MS NOW, where he lands next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,240109,175974,39077,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-726256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ms-now","tag-peter-alexander","tag-state-of-play","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}