Verdict with Dan Abrams was a newscast on MSNBC

MSNBC

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, hosted by former MSNBC general manager

General manager

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 Dan Abrams

Dan Abrams

Dan Abrams is an American television host, legal commentator, web entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is currently Legal Analyst at ABC News Good Morning America , and a substitute anchor for the network. He formerly served as Chief Legal Analyst for NBC News, as General Manager of MSNBC and...

. It aired Monday-Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Timeline

The program initially was a replacement for Scarborough Country

Scarborough Country

Scarborough Country was an opinion/analysis show broadcast on MSNBC Monday - Thursday at 9 P.M. ET. It was hosted by former congressman Joe Scarborough....

after Joe Scarborough

Joe Scarborough

Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough is an American cable news and talk radio host, lawyer, author, and former politician. He is currently the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, and previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same channel...

, the program's host, was moved to host a morning show for the network, titled Morning Joe

Morning Joe

Morning Joe is a weekday morning talk show on MSNBC, with Joe Scarborough discussing the news of the day in a panel format with co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. It was created as the replacement for Imus in the Morning, which was canceled in April 2007 after simulcasting on MSNBC since 1996...

along with Mika Brzezinski

Mika Brzezinski

Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski is an American television news journalist at MSNBC. Brzezinski is co-host of MSNBC's weekday morning program Morning Joe, where she provides regular commentary and reads the news headlines for the program...

 , and John Ridley

John Ridley

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 (later replaced by Willie Geist

Willie Geist

William "Willie" Geist is host of MSNBC's Way Too Early with Willie Geist, a co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and contributor to several NBC News programs. Geist also hosts a satirical video blog on MSNBC.com called Zeitgeist...

). The program under its final title began on March 17, 2008. Prior to Monday March 17, 2008, the show was known as Live with Dan Abrams.

On August 19, 2008, Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann

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, also an anchor on MSNBC, reported on his show that radio and television personality Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Anne Maddow is an American television host and political commentator. Maddow hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC. Her syndicated talk radio program, The Rachel Maddow Show, aired on Air America Radio...

 would have her own new show

The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series)

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 which will be aired during this time slot beginning on September 8, 2008. This move by MSNBC ended the more than one year long run of Verdict with Dan Abrams.

Program segments

Verdict featured new segments and a new style of delivering the news. Segments included "Beat the Press," "Why America Hates Washington," and "Winners and Losers." The show also had added a segment read at the end with e-mails entitled the "P.O.'d Box."

Guests

Ron Reagan

Ron Reagan

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, son of former US president Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

, Joe Watkins, Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American political news correspondent and conservative commentator for the Fox News Channel...

, Roy Sekoff

Roy Sekoff

Roy Sekoff is the founding editor of The Huffington Post. He was born and raised in Miami.Before helping launch The Huffington Post, he was a writer, producer, and on-air correspondent for Michael Moore’s Emmy-winning TV Nation...

, Chrystia Freeland

Chrystia Freeland

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 and A. B. Stoddard

A. B. Stoddard

Alexandra Brandon Stoddard is an associate editor of The Hill newspaper, a regular contributor to the paper's Pundits' Blog and a regular guest giving political commentary on MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, PBS, HBO, BBC, CSPAN and Court TV....

 (associate editor of The Hill

The Hill (newspaper)

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) were some of the frequent guests on the program.

MSNBC reporter Contessa Brewer

Contessa Brewer

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had recently been the primary presenter for the "Winners and Losers" segment and chatted and joked with Abrams about the day's selections.