{
  "id": 86996,
  "title": "MS NOW Launches Peter Alexander’s ‘State of Play’ August 10",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/ms-now-launches-peter-alexanders-state-of-play-august-10",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-03T14:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/peter-alexander-ms-now-state-of-play-launch-1236826277/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Peter Alexander carries his years of experience at NBC News over to MS NOW, where he lands next week. The veteran Washington correspondent and weekend “Today” host will launch a new 11 a.m. program on the Versant-backed network starting Monday, August 10. “State of Play” is billed as focusing on “authoritative and original reporting, thoughtful […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}