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.

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.

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.

Catherine Rampell is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post and, just announced this morning, come this spring, she will be a co-host of the evening edition of “The Weekend” on MSNBC from 6 to 9pm ET Saturdays and Sundays alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and an additional to-be-named co-host.