The home of Rachel Maddow and other progressive talking heads will move into uncharted waters once it's no longer aligned with NBC News.

As more people leave behind cable TV for streaming options, Comcast Corporation made an announcement that signal further change for the medium. What does it mean for viewers? In a Wednesday press release,

Comcast's corporate reorganization means that there will soon be two television networks with “NBC” in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News. How that affects viewers of those networks,

"People don't really know what's going on," an insider close to the network said. "They had the election, holidays are coming up. People are tired and just trying to get through."

The split would cleave off some of NBCUniversal’s best-known brands, which face the same cord-cutting challenges as many other major cable channels.

Comcast’s announcement that it will spinoff almost all of its cable networks has left a host of questions as to the path forward, particularly given the intertwined nature of NBC News with MSNBC and,

Comcast’s decision to spin off most of its cable networks has split NBCUniversal’s linear networks into two groups, with NBC and Bravo (as well as Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo) staying within Comcast alongside streamer Peacock and the TV studios,

NBCUniversal faces new challenges as Comcast spins off its cable networks, creating a publicly traded entity called SpinCo. This transition comes as NBCU sees growth in viewership and advertising, particularly with the success of last summer’s Paris Olympics.