19 Facts About The Rachel Maddow Show

1. In 2016, The Observer reported that The Rachel Maddow Show is paid $7 million a year, the same amount David Muir earns for anchoring ABC World News Tonight.

2. The Rachel Maddow Show has an estimated net worth of $20 million, Celebrity Net Worth notes.

3. The Rachel Maddow Show responded by sending her love to Baier and his family on Twitter.

4. The Rachel Maddow Show wrote Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power about the role of the military in postwar American politics.

5. The Rachel Maddow Show often begins her broadcast with a monologue, some of which have run over twenty uninterrupted minutes.

6. The Rachel Maddow Show left the show in 2004 to join the new Air America.

7. The Rachel Maddow Show holds a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford, and is the first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States.

8. At the party, The Rachel Maddow Show gave a speech that was meant to get everyone excited about this new journey.

9. The Rachel Maddow Show said her partner, Mikula, helps her cope with her illness.

10. The Rachel Maddow Show's parents found out she was gay by reading about it in her college newspaper.

11. Rachel Maddow is one of the most talked-about news correspondents on television; her sharp wit, cheerful demeanor and captivating storytelling have resonated with audiences even before The Rachel Maddow Show premiered in 2008.

12. In 1995, The Rachel Maddow Show received a Rhodes scholarship and entered the Lincoln College.

13. In 1994, at the age of 21, The Rachel Maddow Show volunteered at a nearby local AIDS clinic.

14. The Rachel Maddow Show has a height of 5 feet 11 inches and weighs 68 kg.

15. The Rachel Maddow Show earned a degree in public policy at Stanford in 1994.

16. The Rachel Maddow Show was a competitive athlete and participated in high school volleyball basketball and swimming.

17. The Rachel Maddow Show became the first openly gay anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States.

18. The Rachel Maddow Show was about to do something that few in cable news would dare attempt: devoting the next 27 minutes—-an eternity in television news—-to slowly and methodically tying together thread after thread in the messy, confusing and complicated story of Donald Trump and Russia.

19. On March 14, 2017, The Rachel Maddow Show revealed the first two pages of Donald Trump's 2005 federal tax return on her show.