MSNBC is, by some accounts, waving the white flag of surrender, largely giving up on its non-stop, ultra-liberal program lineup. “Politics Nation with Al Sharpton” and “All In with Chris Hayes” now air in those slots.

News of the program was reported previously by Mediaite and Politico.

Clearly, with Fox News continuing to dominate cable news and CNN making gains, MSNBC was forced to make major changes.

Once the telecom giants abandoned their expensive effort to grease the Washington skids to try to win official approval of their plan to combine forces, Comcast and MSNBC brass took a long, hard look at the viability of the far-left net that viewers have been abandoning in droves.

MSNBC is about to face one of the biggest shake ups in the network’s history. Now with Alex Wagner at 4:00 PM.

Schultz began his broadcasting career in the 1980s as a sportscaster with WDAY and rose to prominence with “News and Views” and the syndicated “The Ed Schultz Show” on KFGO AM.

Chuck Todd, who moderates Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, will receive his own show at 5 p.m. weekdays, in a move that’s similar to CNN’s Jake Tapper’s “The Lead“, and work Sunday morning’s on “State of the Union“.

Brian Williams, who was banished to MSNBC following his suspension and removal from “NBC Nightly News“, may return to the troubled network in the 3:00-5:00 PM slot to anchor a news program. Variety reports that late in the afternoon or early evening is possible. That show replaced two one-hour programs anchored by Joy Reid and Ronan Farrow, respectively, that hinged more on the views of the hosts.

Western Journalism will update this post as further details on the program changes at MSNBC become available.