''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'' is an American weeknight news and political commentary program on

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. The program airs live at 10:00 P.M.

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Monday-Friday, and is hosted by

Lawrence O'Donnell Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. (born November 7, 1951) is an American television anchor, actor, liberal political commentator, and host of '' The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'', an MSNBC opinion and news program that airs on weeknights. H ...

from Mondays to Thursdays and relief presenters on Fridays. O'Donnell is described by MSNBC as "providing the last word on the biggest issues and most compelling stories of the day." The show originally premiered in the 10 pm slot Monday-Thursday on September 27, 2010, with the first episode featuring

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Joe Biden and ''

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'' host

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. The show was moved to the 8 pm slot in January 2011 when Olbermann's show was canceled. ''Last Word'' returned to its original 10 pm slot in October 2011. During the

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, The Last Word was temporarily replaced on Fridays with The Kornacki Countdown hosted by

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during the 2022 midterm elections from October 14 to Election Day November 8. Guest hosts for the series include

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, Jonathan Capehart, and Alicia Menendez. Replays of the show are available on MSNBC's app (accessible from the US only). The show is also available as an audio podcast.

Reception

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and

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firm, collected 1550 interviews' worth of data between July 2020 and October 2020, and concluded: "''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'' is the 384th most popular contemporary TV show and the 407th most famous. ''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'' is described by fans as: Smart, Helpful, Never miss it, Intelligent and Fair." It collated the ratings of American views: * 21% POSITIVE opinion * 12% NEGATIVE opinion * 14% NEUTRAL opinion * 47% HAVE HEARD OF YouGov's other findings: * "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" is more popular among

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than among other age groups. * "With 23% positive opinion, ''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'' is more popular among Men than among Women."

Notable guests

* Joe Biden,

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from

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, appeared on September 27, 2010 *

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, Member of the

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for U.S. Senate from

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in 2010, appeared on September 28, 2010 * Levi Johnston, Candidate for

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in 2011, appeared on September 28, 2010 *

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, Chairman of the

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, appeared on October 5, 2010. *

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, former Chairman of the

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and former

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, appeared October 5, 2010. *

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, former Republican

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, appeared October 11, 2010. *

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, former

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operative, and husband Joe Wilson appeared on October 19, 2010. *

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, Speaker of the House of Representatives *

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, appeared October 5, 2022. *

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, appeared in 2011.

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