Filling “The Weekend” chairs became necessary after newly-appointed MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler announced that the show’s current co-hosts, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez, will slide over to weekdays at 7 p.m. eastern.

Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell is joining MSNBC as a co-host of the "The Weekend," where she will sit alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and another to-be-named co-host in the evenings. Rampell, a frequent guest on various MSNBC shows,

Catherine Rampell, syndicated opinion columnist for The Washington Post, will co-host the evening edition of MSNBC’s The Weekend. She will host along with Ayman Mohyeldin, with an additional co-host to be named.

MSNBC hosts Jonathan Capehart and Ayman Mohyeldin cleared the air surrounding their positions within the network. The two hosts addressed audiences on their respective programs, acknowledging the network's significant programming changes in the past week and announcing their roles as The Weekend co-hosts.

Catherine Rampell, a Washington Post opinion columnist who has been a regular presence on CNN and other news programs, will join MSNBC a a co-host of its evening "Weekend" roundtable program, the latest new hire under network president Rebecca Kutler.