PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton is a one-hour political talk show broadcast on MSNBC and hosted by Al Sharpton. It began on August 29, 2011 on MSNBC's weekday 6 PM slot, the first time that the slot had been occupied by a branded series since January 2011. It was also MSNBC's first apportioning of a branded series to an African-American non-journalist.