MSNBC Anchor Andrea Mitchell Leaving Show After 17 Years _ E! News

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00:00Andrea Mitchell steps away from MSNBC anchor chair after 17 years.

00:04A longtime host of Andrea Mitchell Reports will step down as a full-time anchor on MSNBC on Friday, Feb. 7.

00:11The news comes after she announced back in October that she would step down from her daily MSNBC show

00:17after the presidential inauguration and will continue to work at NBC News as a correspondent.

00:22The 78-year-old told viewers at the time,

00:24After 16 years of being in the anchor chair every day, I want time to do more of what I love the most,

00:30connecting, listening and reporting in the field, especially as whoever is elected next week

00:36is going to undertake the monumental task of handling two foreign wars and the political divisions here at home.

00:42Her departure marks the end of an era for the network, which launched Andrea Mitchell Reports in 2008,

00:48making it the longest-running show in MSNBC's daytime lineup.

00:52Though she will no longer report daily from the MSNBC desk,

00:55she will remain as NBC News' chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent, according to People.

01:02Andrea's career spans over five decades at NBC News, where she has covered every presidential election since 1980.

01:09Back in 2023, she reflected on her career in broadcast journalism to People magazine,

01:14sharing the advice she would give her younger self.

01:16I would tell my younger self to be more self-confident, know my worth, demand equal pay,

01:21get more sleep and take more time off to be with my family.