'The Beat' had the highest ratings of any show on MSNBC or CNN, 'outranking everything else on MSNBC - the first time in the network’s 27 years that a show outside the prime-time window took top honors,' the New York Times reported in 2023. brings a methodical, 'follow the facts' style to the issues he addresses. reported 'The Beat' is 'often the most-watched show on MSNBC,' as the Emmy-winning NBC News legal analyst. Ari Naftali Melber (born March 31, 1980) is an American attorney and Emmy-winning journalist who is the chief legal correspondent for MSNBC and host of The Beat with Ari Melber.