MS NOW is elevating anchor Alicia Menendez and moving Luke Russert into her slot on its nightly political "The Weeknight" talk show in a sweeping lineup shakeup ordered by network boss Rebecca Kutler.

Luke Russert is returning to television, following in the footsteps of his father Tim Russert - once a household name on Sunday mornings in America. The only son of the TV icon, who died of a heart ...