Netflix Enlists Brian Williams for New Podcast ‘We’re Back!’

Home Digital News Apr 16, 2026 8:17am PT Netflix Enlists Brian Williams for New Podcast ‘We’re Back!’ By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest Netflix Enlists Brian Williams for New Podcast ‘We’re Back!’ 6 minutes ago Pete Hegseth Quotes ‘Pulp Fiction’ Fake Bible Verse at Pentagon Prayer Service 38 minutes ago Alex Cooper’s Unwell Hires Joanne Bradford as President to Lead Expanded Executive Team 1 hour ago See All Art Streiber/MSNBC Brian Williams, who’s been off the TV airwaves for the last five years, is going into business with Netflix. The former NBC News and MSNBC anchor will host “We’re Back! With Brian Williams,” a weekly interview show with pop-culture figures and other newsmakers. Netflix said it will debut later in 2026. “With scientists predicting that every American will have a podcast by 2030, I thought it was time to get in the game,” Williams jokingly said in a statement. He continued: “After 40 years in the news business where an in-depth interview gets four minutes of airtime at best, I just want to have interesting conversations with creative, funny, smart, talented and consequential people — like the shows we all grew up watching and listening to. Netflix is the perfect home.” Popular on Variety Jonathan Wald, a veteran TV news executive who worked with Williams at NBC News and MSNBC, will serve as executive producer of “We’re Back!” In 2024, Williams anchored extended coverage of the U.S. presidential election on Amazon Prime Video. Read More About: Brian Williams, Netflix Jump to Comments More from Variety Netflix’s ‘Love on the Spectrum’ Renewed for Season 5, Fan Favorite Cast Member Connor Tomlinson Exits: ‘I’ve Chosen to Pass the Torch’ (EXCLUSIVE) Why Netflix Hiked Prices Netflix to Stream the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Eddie Murphy ‘Love Story’ Producers Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson on Tackling Final Episode With JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s Fateful Flight: ‘We Didn’t Want to Be Gratuitous’ ‘Tires’ Season 3 Adds Rachel Blanchard, Garret Dillahunt, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Matt Walsh (EXCLUSIVE) Reed Hastings Says Netflix’s Biggest Risk Is if YouTube Content ‘Boosted With AI’ Becomes ‘Cool and Sexy’ Loading comments...