Andrea Mitchell leaving MSNBC anchor chair on Friday after 17 years

Andrea Mitchell has acceptable Friday arsenic her past time successful the MSNBC anchor chair aft 17 years arsenic the big of “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”

Mitchell, 78, revealed in October that she would modulation to a broader relation astatine NBC News aft the statesmanlike inauguration but had not announced a circumstantial day for that change. She assured viewers that she was not retiring.

“I privation clip to bash much of what I emotion the most: much connecting, listening and reporting successful the field,” Mitchell said connected her amusement past fall. “Especially arsenic whoever is elected adjacent week is going to undertake the monumental task of handling 2 overseas wars and the governmental divisions present astatine home.”

Friday volition people the last occurrence of “Andrea Mitchell Reports” earlier she becomes NBC News’ main overseas affairs analogous and main Washington analogous — providing sum crossed NBC Universal’s platforms, including MSNBC.

Mitchell, who’s married to 98-year-old erstwhile Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, began her eponymous amusement successful 2008, making it the network’s longest-running daytime program. She began moving for NBC News successful 1972 and has covered each statesmanlike predetermination since 1980.

A fig of different high-profile figures person near the NBC Universal offices already this year.

NBC News’ governmental manager Chuck Todd exited the institution past week successful different shakeup. Mehdi Hasan near MSNBC successful January aft his Sunday amusement was canceled and helium was offered a demotion.

Hoda Kotb officially departed the “Today” amusement successful aboriginal January 2025.