CNN moves Brianna Keilar to Mornings and more CNN Changes

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       CNN is making changes to their line up, in daytime, starting from April.  First, off their morning program "New Day" is switching out co-anchors.  Current daytime anchor  Briana Keilar is replacing Alisyn Camerota, as co-anchor of "New Day", John Berman is staying as co-anchor. 

 

    Meanwhile, Alisyn Camerota is moving to afternoons  and will joined current "New Day Weekend" co-host Victor Blackwell, weekdays from 2-4PMET.  Current 3PMET anchor, Brooke Baldwin announced she is leaving the network in April. 

1. I want to start with some personal news❤️ 📺 I will be leaving @CNN in April. I came to this network as a freelancer in 2008. I scribbled my name on a post it and stuck it outside a temporary office determined to fulfill my dream of becoming a full-time correspondent at CNN. pic.twitter.com/v4zeG5XMQX

— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBaldwin) February 16, 2021

     Meanwhile current weekend "Newsroom" anchor Ana Cabrera is moving to weekdays, she'll anchor the 1-2pmet  block.  

 

Personal news— After 4 years of anchoring weekend evenings at CNN, I’m moving to weekdays: 1-2p ET starting in April. I look forward to sharing this next journey with you. I will always strive to seek truth, to make a positive impact, & to serve you to the best of my abilities!

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) February 17, 2021

    Boris Sanchez will replace Victor Blackwell on "New Day Weekend" and Jim Acosta  will anchor weekends  3-6pmet .  Previously announced, Jake Tapper's program will be expanding to 4-6pmet around that time as well. 

Press Release after the Jump 

CNN Announces New Morning and Dayside Lineup

  New Lineup to Debut in April

 

Today, CNN announced changes to its weekday morning and dayside lineup, with new assignments for Victor Blackwell, Ana Cabrera, Alisyn Camerota and Brianna Keilar.  In addition, the network announced new roles for Jim Acosta and Boris Sanchez on weekends.  These changes will be effective in April.

 

Laura Jarrett and Christine Romans will continue to anchor Early Start from 5-6 am.

 

John Berman and Brianna Keilar will anchor New Day from 6-9 am, weekdays.  Keilar most recently anchored CNN Right Now from 1-3pm weekdays.  Prior to that, she was CNN’s White House correspondent during the Obama Administration.  Berman has been co-anchor of New Day for the last two and a half years.

 

Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto will continue to anchor CNN Newsroom from 9-11 am.

 

Kate Bolduan will continue to anchor At this Hour from 11am-noon.

 

John King will continue to anchor Inside Politics with John King weekdays from noon-1pm.  The network’s chief national correspondent, he will also continue to have a key role in all political coverage.

 

Ana Cabrera, who has anchored CNN’s weekend newscasts for the last four years, will now anchor CNN Newsroom weekdays from 1-2 pm.

 

Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell will now anchor CNN’s afternoon Newsroom coverage from 2-4 pm.  Camerota has anchored CNN’s morning program, New Day, for the last six years, the longest tenure of any weekday morning show anchor in recent CNN history, and, along with Berman, has led CNN to its largest audiences ever in the morning. Blackwell has anchored CNN’s Weekend New Day for the last nine years. 

 

With the move of Cabrera and Blackwell to CNN’s weekday lineup, CNN also finalized its new weekend lineup:

Boris Sanchez will join Christi Paul as co-anchor of Weekend New Day on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Sanchez previously served as a CNN White House correspondent.

 

Fredricka Whitfield will continue to anchor CNN Newsroom’s midday coverage on Saturdays and Sundays.

 

Jim Acosta will anchor CNN Newsroom on Saturdays and Sundays from 3-6pm.   As previously announced, Acosta has also been named the network’s chief domestic correspondent.  Prior to this new role, he covered the White House for CNN for the past seven years, having served as Chief White House Correspondent since 2018.

 

As previously announced, Pamela Brown now anchors CNN Newsroom on Saturdays and Sundays from 6-9pm. She also serves as Senior Washington correspondent for CNN.