Craig Melvin succeeds Hoda Kotb today

Weekend Warrior: Max McClellan will be the new executive producer of PBS News Weekend. McClellan comes to PBS from Scripps News, where he was senior executive producer for the national investigative unit and led the production of content across the company’s platforms. “I am honored and excited to join the PBS News team,” he said in a statement, calling the public network “the gold standard for in-depth and credible journalism.” Scripps News will shut down its 24/7 news operation on Friday.

New to Newsmax: Dennis Murphy, Jarrett Shustrinand Lamar Goering have joined Newsmax as executive producers of the network’s key shows, including American Agenda and Newsline. Murphy was most recently a senior producer on Fox News’ Outnumbered, while Shustrin oversaw the seven-hour morning news block on New York’s WPIX-TV and Goering served as executive producer of WNYW’s Good Day New York.