was host of The 11th Hour from 2016 to 2021, following his departure from the NBC network that year, rotating guest hosts began on December 13 and continued until March 1 The show launched on September 6, 2016, as a temporary program wrapping up the election news of the day, while previewing stories that will be top-ticket news items the next morning. It replaced a rerun of
All In with Chris Hayes. The program was Williams' second show in MSNBC's primetime schedule, as he formerly hosted
The News with Brian Williams, which aired on the network from 1996 to 2002 before moving to CNBC. Originally the program was Monday to Thursday only, and despite its name, aired for only a half hour. The last half hour of
Hardball aired following the half hour program. At times the program was extended due to breaking news coverage. The program expanded to Friday nights in January and on March 20, 2017, was extended to one hour daily. On April 13, 2017, MSNBC officially extended the program to an hour long. Under Williams, the program primarily featured interviews with reporters covering the major stories of the evening, panels composed of former government officials and subject matter experts, and the occasional politician. Williams eschewed the conflict-ridden panels of competing opinion shows. Interviews with newsmakers were either live or to tape as close to air time as possible, to maintain immediacy. Similar to the original
Nightline which focused on the
Iran hostage crisis, the program focused primarily on the actions of the
presidency of Donald Trump and Williams led each broadcast noting the number of days since the Trump presidency began, as well as how many days remain before it ended. During the
presidency of Joe Biden began, the program counted the number of days of the Biden administration and mostly discussed Biden administration actions. became host on March 2, 2022. After the 2016 election, the program continued to air despite its initial billing as a temporary program. NBC News contributors
Nicolle Wallace and
Eugene Robinson provided commentary on most of the 2016 editions. Wallace also served as a substitute anchor in Williams' absence. Wallace's duties on the program resulted in her hosting her own show,
Deadline: White House. Williams announced on the November 9, 2021, episode of
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams that he would be leaving NBC News and MSNBC at the expiration of his contract the following month, after five years hosting the show and 28 years with the networks. Williams' final broadcast was December 9, on which he announced that the show would continue to air and have rotating guest hosts such as
Ali Velshi and
Chris Jansing from December 13, 2021 to February 25, 2022. On January 27, 2022, it was reported that Stephanie Ruhle, who had been part of the rotation while hosting
MSNBC Reports will become
The 11th Hours new permanent host. The first episode with Ruhle as permanent host aired on March 2. Since Ruhle became host, the program no longer counts the number of days of a president's administration. On May 27, 2022, following the
Robb Elementary School shooting, the show aired a special titled
Enough Is Enough that discusses gun culture in the United States. On March 18, 2026, it was announced that Ruhle would move to host a new daytime program, and
Ali Velshi would succeed her as host of the program starting in June. == Format ==