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'''''PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton''''' is an American political talk show broadcast on [[MSNBC]], hosted by [[Al Sharpton]]. It began on August 29, 2011, on MSNBC's weekday 6 PM slot,<ref name = "msnbc_official">{{cite news |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/al-sharpton-formally-named-msnbc-host/ |title=Al Sharpton Formally Named MSNBC Host |author=Stelter, Brian |date = August 23, 2011 |newspaper= [[The New York Times|New York Times]] |access-date=August 23, 2011}}</ref> the first time that the slot had been occupied by a branded series since January 2011.
In August 2015, it was announced that the series would move to just once a week on Sundays at 8AM starting on October 4, 2015. The series aired its final weekday episode on September 4, 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brian Steinberg |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/msnbc-al-sharpton-politicsnation-sunday-1201579334/ |title=MSNBC Moves Reverend Al Sharpton To Sunday Mornings |magazine=Variety |date=2015-08-26 |access-date=2015-09-03}}</ref>
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===6 PM slot prior to renaming===
''PoliticsNation'' was the formal renaming of the 6 PM weekday slot that had been occupied by a broadcast named ''[[MSNBC Live]]'' (sharing the same "generic" title as the primary morning-to-afternoon rolling-news program primarily staffed by anchors.) Sharpton had served as host of the slot since July, and was preceded by [[Cenk Uygur]] from January to June. Prior to Uygur, the slot had been occupied by ''[[The Ed Show]]'' from April 6, 2009, to January 24, 2011 (eventually moving to the 10 PM slot following [[Keith Olbermann]]'s departure from MSNBC), and by ''[[1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (TV series)|1600 Pennsylvania Avenue]]'' from March 17, 2008 (as ''Race to the White House'') to April 3, 2009.
===5 PM slot in year 2021===
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===Al Sharpton and MSNBC===
Sharpton's involvement with MSNBC began after June 29, 2011, when he became the primary substitute host for ''[[The Ed Show]]'', leading to press speculation that Sharpton could attain his own series on the network in the vein of [[Rachel Maddow]] (who attained [[The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series)|her own series]] in 2008 after serving as [[Keith Olbermann]]'s primary substitute host on ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]''), [[Lawrence O'Donnell]] (who attained [[The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell|his own series]] in 2010 after having served as Olbermann's primary substitute host) and [[Christopher Hayes (journalist)|Christopher Hayes]] (who attained his own weekend series beginning in mid-September 2011 after having served as a regular fill-in for both Maddow and O'Donnell).
==Reception==
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