MSNBC has announced that joining Jacqueline Alemany are Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels , who will co-anchor the network’s newly expanded weekend program, The Weekend, making Capehart and Daniels the first out Black gay men to co-host a cable news program.

Launching in late April, The Weekend will air live from Washington, D.C. from 7 to 10 a.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays, with Capehart and Daniels bringing their sharp political insights and deep experience covering Washington to the show’s proven panel format.

Capehart, a Pulitzer Prize winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree, has long been a leading voice at MSNBC, bringing audiences thoughtful analysis and historic interviews, including with President Barack Obama.

Beyond television, Capehart serves as Associate Editor at The Washington Postand contributes to PBS’s NewsHour. His forthcoming memoir, Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home, will be published later this year. Capehart lives in Washington, D.C. with his husband.

Daniels, who is the newly-minted MSNBC Senior Washington Correspondent, has quickly become a go-to political analyst and one of the most trusted reporters covering the White House.

Since joining MSNBC in 2021, Daniels has become a regular political analyst, guest host, and trusted voice on the biggest stories out of Washington. He was also recently elected President of the White House Correspondents Association, making history in that role as well.

Prior to joining MSNBC, Daniels served as Chief Playbook Correspondent and White House Correspondent at POLITICO. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his husband.

Together, Capehart and Daniels are making cable news history.

And for LGBTQ people—especially Black LGBTQ viewers—this is more than a milestone. It’s a reminder of what’s possible when newsrooms reflect the communities they serve.

GLAAD celebrates this historic moment and congratulates Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels for breaking barriers, telling our stories, and showing the world what leadership in journalism can look like.

In a statement, GLAAD’s Darian Aaron said: “In a time when critical information reported through the cultural lens of Black journalists is consistently absent in newsrooms across the country and high-profile anchor positions on cable news, the addition of Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels, two out Black journalists as co-anchors of MSNBC’s “The Weekend” is progress worth celebrating and an example for all organizations, media or otherwise. Black and queer people are in all occupations and all areas of the country.”

“Capehart and Daniels will make history, but they will also bear the responsibility of speaking truth to power in the face of a hostile administration, ensuring more voices are brought to the table and must open doors to more journalists from all backgrounds who are as talented but lack access to the same opportunities. The world and our community will be watching,” Aaron added.