CNN Changes Programming Line Up: Including Primetime, Early Morning, and Saturdays

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            The constant at CNN has been change, and again a programming schedule change. CNN has announced anchor changes and new programs that effect their mornings, daytime, and primetime, along with weekends. 

        Primetime, which had been in a state of a flux since Chris Cuomo's firing in December 2021, and now former anchor, Don Lemon, leaving primetime in 2022.  The 10 pm Eastern hour will be given to political correspondent , Abby Phillip, with 11pm being hosted by Laura Coates, CNN's legal analyst. 

           Phillip's program brings back an old name to CNN, CNN NewsNight , which CNN previously used until 2005.  Coates' program will be branded Laura Coates Live. 

        Now, the mornings.  Kasie Hunt has been named anchor of 5AM eastern program Early Start, and chief White House correspondent Phil Mattingly has been named co-anchor of CNN This Morning with Poppy Harlow. 

            Of note, Pamela Brown, CNN's chief investigative correspondent will anchor  a daily 3pm ET hour show, that show will be called The Bulletin . This means that CNN News Central from D.C will be cut to 2 hours. 

        Here's  the weekday line up in review, changed programming in Italics 

5-6am ET: Early Start  (new anchor)

6-9am ET: CNN This Morning with Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly  (new co-anchor)

9am-12pm ET: CNN News Central

12-1pm ET: Inside Politics with Dana Bash

1-3pm ET: CNN News Central

3-4pm ET: The Bulletin with Pamela Brown  (new program) 

4-6pm ET: The Lead with Jake Tapper

6-7pm ET: The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

7-8pm ET: Erin Burnett Out Front

8-9pm ET: Anderson Cooper 360

9-10pm ET: The Source with Kaitlan Collins

10-11pm ET: CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip  (new program ) 

11-12pm ET: Laura Coates Live (new program) 

Now to the weekends.  Victor Blackwell, Christiane Amanpour, Manu Raju, and Chris Wallace will be hosting new programming.  

    On Saturdays, CNN This Morning will be cut one hour ending at 8AMET, to allow for a new show with Victor Blackwell at 8amET.   Chris Wallace will have a new live show on Saturday mornings at 10am ET,  and CNN International's  Christiane Amanpour will host at 11AMET. The 10am-12pm ET block replaces two hours of CNN Newsroom.  

Here's the Saturday line up , program changes in italics 

6-8am ET: CNN This Morning Weekends

8-9am ET: First of All with Victor Blackwell

9-10am ET: Smerconish

10-11am ET: The Chris Wallace Show

11am-12pm ET: Christiane Amanpour

12-4pm ET: CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield

4-8pm ET: CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta

     On Sunday, due to Phillip moving to primetime, her slot on Inside Politics is being given to Manu Raju, CNN's Capitol Hill correspondent. 

     Of note, the weekly primetime show "King Charles" with Gayle King and Charles Barkley will be coming to the network as planned.  Alisyn Camerota seems to be the odd one out in the changes, she will be part of CNN's Sunday magazine show "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper".  It is also interesting to see that Amanpour, who hosts a daily show on CNN(International ) which also runs on PBS, is getting more spotlight on CNN US.  Sadly, Saturday daytime gets news headline focused programming cut by 3 hours. 

The press release is after the jump 

CNN Announces New Daytime Changes , and a CNN Tonight Update

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           More changes are coming to CNN, this time, with a new daytime line up. The programming between 9am ET and 4pm ET weekdays will be broken up into 3 separate programs. 

           The 9am-Noon ET block will be anchored from New York, former New Day co-anchor , John Berman,  with current 11am ET anchor of "At This Hour", Kate Bolduan, and adding in Sara Sidner will be the three anchors of this block.  

            Inside Politics with John King will continue at Noon ET.  Then, the 1-4pm ET block will from Washington D.C.  former New Day co-anchor, Brianna Keilar, current CNN This Morning Weekend co-anchor , Boris Sanchez, and current 9-11am anchor, Jim Sciutto, will be the anchors for this block.    

      Most of the changes here finds spots for people who were shuffled out like Berman and Keilar, their New Day program was canceled last year and replaced with CNN This Morning.  Sciutto's former co-anchor, Polly Harlow moved to CNN This Morning .  Meanwhile, the Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell block will be gone.  Blackwell will be moving back to weekends as co-anchor of CNN This Morning Weekend and the 10AM ET, Saturday hour of  Newsroom. 

           During the fall, Camerota was put on the 10pm-Midnight ET block of CNN Tonight when Don Lemon was moved to mornings.  Camerota will still be anchoring the 10pm ET , while co-host Laura Coates will be on at 11pm ET.   

             Besides, Blackwell moving back to weekends, another weekend change has been made. Jim Acosta will now anchor Saturdays 4pm- 8pm ET and Sundays 4-7pm ET.  Pamela Brown has been named Chief Investigative Correspondent and Anchor for CNN replacing Drew Griffin who passed away in December ,and she be leaving her CNN Newsroom hours on weekends.  

       The programming names, dates, and etc for daytime haven't been effective yet and will be announced later.  Also of note, CNN hasn't announced at 9PMET replacement yet.  

Press release after the jump

CNN Makes Primetime Changes (For Now)

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         Last week, CNN announced a new morning show is coming soon.  Part of that shift was that Don Lemon will be leaving his show Don Lemon Tonight  which leaves a 2-hour gap in CNN's line up. The cable news network has announced that, for now, they will have CNN Newsroom anchor Alisyn Camerota 

 and  CNN Senior Legal Analyst Laura Coates to share hosting duties for  CNN Tonight, going back to that name from October 10 to November 11th, the midterms. 

        The Lead anchor Jake Tapper, will be doing hosting duties for CNN Tonight during the same period,   each weeknight at 9PM ET.   Tapper's program will be shortened an hour, current New Day hosts John Berman and Brianna Keilar will host The Lead, rotating.  The 5pm ET hour will be Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room .   The rest of the line up between 4pm-12amet are un changed, meaning "Outfront" and "AC360" still air their normal slots with their normal hosts. 

    CNN says this is for the midterms, but alot could be read into the ideas going on here, CNN said that Berman and Keilar were going to gave new roles at the network and Jake Tapper being tried, again, in primetime could also noted as maybe a test try. CNN could still hold off on finding new primetime hosts for while, the 9PMET hour has been still mostly CNN Tonight  since Cuomo's firing last year in December.  

    The new morning show's launch date , name, and other details haven't been announced. 

Full press release

CNN to Revamp Mornings Again (Again)

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            CNN has been through a lot of change this year: they've lost Jeff Zucker, and they have new owners (again!)  The new head of CNN, Chris Licht, has decided that mornings needs to be reshaped, again.  "New Day" which was started by Jeff Zucker in 2013 to replace the last morning show that CNN did that replaced a morning show before it, is now being replaced. 

        So far there's no name , but there is talk of  a fresh name (ooh) , fresh format, and fresh set (picked freshly hopefully)  but they have announced whom shalt be the new hosts of this program.  Well, that will be Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins.  Licht says they have a 'rare and palpable chemistry' I hope that's good.   The show is start 'later this year'. 

      Don Lemon currently hosts the primetime two hours of "Don Lemon Tonight" he started in that time slot in 2014, he'll be leaving that slot to come to this morning show, now CNN has to find something for those two hours, along with 9pm ET hour they have yet to fill. Poppy Harlow currently co-anchors "CNN Newsroom" from 9-11amET. 

    The current "New Day" hosts  John Berman and Brianna Keilar will continue for now, and CNN says they will be given new roles at the network in the future. 

      The idea is that a new CNN president wants to eschew stuff from the old president and since "New Day" was the main baby it's gone.  Licht has also indicated he wants CNN to move closer to the center, though that does make the opinionated Don Lemon getting the morning co-host slot interesting.  Collins was a White-House correspondent for CNN during the Trump years and also there was some fire between her and the administration.  

     The only consistent thing is how inconsistent CNN been with mornings.  "American Morning" was their first morning show that wasn't in hometown Atlanta ,but flashy New York, and that show went host changes.  Then in 2012, "Starting Point" took the slot, then Zucker came in and launched "New Day" which revamped a few times, here we go again!

 Meanwhile, their sister network HLN  has one of the longest running cable morning shows and consistency with Robin Meade. 

 

Press release from the jump

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 International Makes Changes : More London

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           CNN International is changing their schedule from September 23rd. They will be expanding output from London and Abu Dhabi. 


     First, "The Breif with Bianca Nobilo" will air from London , for a daily 30 minute program with news from UK and Beyond. The program is 30 minutes long replacing the first 30 minute block of "CNN Today" from Atlanta.  This is also a return to the "The Brief" name which, CNN I has used before.  This program will air weekdays at 10PM BST (5PM NEW York)

     Next,  replacing the rest of "CNN TODAY" will be a new program : "Your World Today with Isa Soares and Cyril Vanier"  Giving viewers around the world news stories and context. It's a return for the name "Your World Today" which was a CNN International program until 2010.   It will air from 11PM-1AM BST  (6-8PM NEW YORK) 


       This is an increase of CNN International programming from London; after a cut back earlier this year.  Other cut backs included programming from Hong Kong.

    Meanwhile, on the Abu Dhabi side,  "Connect the  World with Becky Anderson" will be expanding from 1 hour to two. The first hour is replacing "International Desk with Robyn Curnow".  Connect will air weekdays from 3-5pm BST (10AM-12PM New York)


     The displaced , Michael Holmes (current co-anchor of CNN TODAY) and  Robyn Curnow (Anchor of International Desk) will move to weekends anchoring there.


Here's new line up all times British Summer Time
1PM  CNN NEWSROOM with Max Foster (London)
1:30   World Sport (Atlanta)
2PM  First Move with Julia Chatterley (NYSE)
3PM   Connect the World With Becky Anderson (Abu Dhabi)
4PM    CTW continues
5PM   The Express (NYSE)
5:30   Feature Show
6PM    Amanpour  (London)
7PM    Hala Gorani Tonight (London)
8PM    Quest Means Business (New York)
9PM    The Lead with Jake Tapper (Simulcast of CNN US)
10PM   The Brief with Bianca Nobilo (London)
10:30   World Sport (Atlanta)
11PM     Your World Today  with Isa Soares adn Cyril Vanier (London) 2hours


Press release after the jump

CNN International Makes Some Changes In September

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   CNN International is making changes for it's "European-Middle East" line up from September 10th. 

  First off, Amanpour , which currently airs at 8PM CET (Central European Time) will be moving to a new hour long format  airing weekdays 7PM CET, replacing  a simulcast of CNN US's "Wolf".   This series is also airing on PBS in the United States in late night.  

Moving up an hour also  are be "Hala Gorani Tonight"  to 8PM CET, and "Quest Means Business" moving to 9PM CET. 

 CNN US program , "The Lead with Jake Tapper" will now simulcast on CNN International weeknights at 10PM CET.   

  The 3PM CET hour  currently programmed with "CNN Money" will have a new series called "First Move with Julia Chatterley" it will be a business show in content. 

The 6PM CET  "Quest Express" anchored by Richard Quest will be re-branded as  "The Express"   

For viewers in Europe and Middle East they will now be able to watch the first hour of "CNN Today" Mondays-Thursdays 11PM CET. 

 Current 8:30PM CET  program, "State of America" is being cut ot a weekly show  airing Fridays at 11PM CET. 

 Here's the schedule all in CET. 

3PM  First Move with Julia Chatterley 

4PM   International Desk 

5PM  Connected the World with Becky Anderson 

6PM  The Express 

7PM   Amanpour 

8PM    Hala Gorani Tonight 

9PM    Quest Means Business 

10PM The Lead with Jake Tapper

11PM     CNN Today  (M-TH)  ; State of America (Fridays) 

Press release after the Jump 

CNN International now on CNN GO

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    For many people  in the US , who have been hoping that CNN International would be available  in the US , and their are a lucky few who can get it on their systems, there is good news!  CNN's live streaming site and app CNN GO has added a live stream of  CNN International  to  CNN US and HLN live streams already available.    Just go to CNN.com/go and sign in with your cable company . 

CNN International programming simulcasts on CNN US   Weeknights  12 (or 1AMET) to 4AMET and Weekends  3-6AMET  .  

Via press release 

CNN announced today an update to CNNgo, which will allow users to watch CNN International’s live stream on CNN.com and through CNN’s iPad app.  This will bring CNNi’s streaming footprint in the U.S. to more than 86 million households via TV Everywhere.
"This is a significant milestone for CNN,” said Alex Wellen, CNN’s Chief Product Officer.  “With the availability of CNNi TV on CNNgo, tens of millions of new viewers will gain access to our compelling international news coverage, overnight. Never before has the network had such a massive reach in the US.”
By bringing shows like Amanpour., Quest Means Business, Connect the World and International Desk to CNNgo, U.S. viewers will have the full range of CNN’s worldwide programming right at their fingertips.
"With our global presence, we are pleased we can deliver CNN International live breaking news, programs and analysis on CNNgo," said Tony Maddox, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of CNN International.
CNNgo is a next-generation product that gives viewers unprecedented control over their TV news experience through TV Everywhere.  It is available in the U.S. on CNN.com, the CNN App for iPad and on Apple TV.
CNN International’s presence on the U.S. CNNgo platform is ahead of an international roll-out of the platform, which will begin in the next 12 months.
About TV EverywhereCNN Worldwide was the first U.S. news organization to stream its full CNN and HLN networks online and on Apple devices in real-time, including commercials. CNN’s TV Everywhere option is available in more than 86 million homes and with more than 320 distribution partners.  In 2014, 13.2 million hours of CNN TV content were consumed via the TVE platform.  (Source: Adobe, Bango 2014)
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CNN Canceling spree

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    CNN has begun the Turner layoffs and now 3 CNN network programs have been canceled.  According to TVNewser  and The Warp.
      CNN canceled the long running  "Sanjay Gupta M.D" weekend program , Gupta, himself will continue to be at CNN.  They also ended "CNN Money"  ,another CNN program that has been around awhile with different names , Christine Romans will also still be a the network.
According to TV Newser : CNN Medical correspondents , Sanjay Gupta and Elizabeth Cohen will still provide breaking medical news coverage ,field reporting ,and documentaries.
   Also, CNNs revival of Cross Fire ,which has been off the air since July , has also been canceled , according to TV Newser.    Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Van Jones, and Stephanie Cutter , the hosts of the program will still continue to contribute to the network.  Also, CNN's  sports program "Unguarded with Rachel Nicols" has also been canceled, Nicols will also be staying with the network.    It is unknown how many  staffers have been laid off due to these cancellations.

    Yesterday, HLN , CNN sister network , canceled Jane Velez  Mitchel's show was canceled  and Mitchell is leaving the network.     And CNN's Entertainment unit is also being disbanded 

CNN Gets new graphics

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   Today CNN changed it's graphics , to motif of red,black , and White.  The name of the show has moved from a box on the right to a grey rectangle on the new ticker.  The grey rectangle also alternates the hashtag of the program and on some cases the twitter handle.  The ticker remains but has been changed to a white and black color scheme with a cnn.com box  on the left.  The Stocks and time have moved under the logo and alternate  like they did in the old package.
    I am not sure what I think about them yet, but they are simple and flatter , kind of like MSNBC's  and less flashy , like the previous package or Fox News Channel's graphics.  CNN international does not have this package , not sure if they are getting a new look or not. Though these are seen during simulcasts of CNN on CNN I ,which happens alot these days.    

CNN bringing Back Inside Politics

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  CNN  brought back "Crossfire" now they are bringing back another show that hasn't been on CNN since  2005 "Inside Politics"  this time hosted by CNN's chief National Correspondent  John King.  The Program starts February 2nd  at 8:30AM ET for 30 minutes before CNN's Sunday talk show "State of the Union" , which King  hosted from 2009-2010.


read more from the press release here

CNN makes changes : Crossfire gets a time slot ,2 Andersons ,and more Wolf

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      CNN's return of "Crossfire" was announced a couple months ago and now it has a time slot and premiere day.   Starting September 16th , it will air weeknights at 6:30PMET-7PMET.  Meanwhile ,since Wolf Blitzer's program "The Situation Room"  will be cut to 5-6:30PMET , he will now anchor the 1pmet hour of CNN Newsroom in addition to his "Situation Room" duties . While a 10PMET program has been announced with still keeping Anderson Cooper  at 8 and 10pmet , but the 10PMET  edition will be called "AC360 Later"

 More update : "CNN's 11AMET hour of "Newsroom" is to be renamed "Legal View"  starting August 12th. (per TV Newser) 

 Read CNN's press release after the jump

CNN's New Day : Review

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      CNN's much anticipated  new morning show  officially started yesterday, with it's hosts  former ABC News anchor and reporter, Chris Cuomo,  Kate Bolduan , and Michaela Pereira.  We decided to review the 2nd day ,to see if  any first  jitters would be less into account.  The Program starts with   the hosts telling you what's coming next , and a voice overs by James Earl Jones. The program starts in bright studio with brick like walls all 3 hosts are sitting together on  desk.  The first hour is mostly updating you on news stories , with some reporters doing reports live or taped.   Cuomo and Bolduan alternate the first few headlines then Pereira does the last few . Unlike "Today Show or Good Morning America" there is alot  more news content in the program .   Around 6:50 AMET  something happens that  either is for premiere week or a permanent feature , the program keeps on going  around 7AMET  it's introduced as being part of "30 Minutes of commercial free news " , that's an interesting feature the networks don't do or would even try to do.
     In the 2nd hour they go more long form on the stories , talking with guests  and reporters about some select stories. The set has a couch on it  , though it's only used when doing lighter segments  for example when "Early Start" co-anchor John Berman joins the show at the bottom of each hour to share.  Unlike "Today" or "GMA" which de-camp to the couch after 7:30AMET.   The program ,as promised , doesn't have a cooking segment , or concerts that's more like "CBS This Morning " , sister morning show "Morning Express" or other CNN morning shows in the past.  The 3rd hour is close to the 2nd in style.
     The program does have a news heavy agenda ,that CNN has been trying to enforce while at the same time they do fill in with lots of lighter stories.  The hosts seem like they like each other , hopefully they aren't faking .  It also has  good feel with some regular segments for business news , weather, and sports.  I think CNN has made some good ideas here and hopefully they keep that formula going.  It does look that they are keeping their promise of "not trying to reinvent the wheel" , since there not a lot of ways you can go with a morning show especially in this US TV market where there are so many of them .  The hosts  do work well with each other so far , I think that will be even more after they've been doing the show for awhile. It maybe because it's not an election year but the program doesn't seem to top loaded with politics , or any lighter stories though the mix could be improved a bit more , but that probably is dependent on what the news cycle is.
      I say give it  try to see what you think , airs weekdays on CNN from 6-9AMET that's 3-6 AM PT , since it's  cable news.

after the jump  there's more

"New Day" at CNN

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     The wait is over , CNN's new morning has been announced. The replacement for "Starting Point" is called "New Day" Anchored by Chris Cuomo ,Kate Bolduan and Michaela Pereira , starting June 10th  airing weekdays  from 6-9AMET /3-6AM PT. "Early Start" , CNN's other morning program will be cut from 2 hours to 1 airing from 5-6AMET  still anchored by  John Berman & Zoraida Sambolin.
    The new logo was released  as well  with a bright red box and possibly to look friendly saying with Chris & Kate  on the bottom.



Full Press Release after the Jump

Soledad O'Brien says good bye to CNN

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 Written by Skyler

   Yesterday , was the  announcement  of who will be hosting CNN's new morning show after "Early Start" , today was finale of the current morning  host of "Starting Point"  Soledad O'Brien.  "Starting Point" started  in 2012 ,as a co-replacement with "Early Start" to replace "American Morning" The program's host made her farewell today.
  Watch video below:
 

    O'Brien is also ending  her 10-year-old work at CNN , but will continue to work with them  but making independent documentaries.  
 
   The new CNN morning which is still un named will be hosted by former ABC news reporter/anchor  Chris Cuomo  and  CNN congressional correspondant , Kate Bolduan ,coming later this spring .

Jake Tapper ON CNN gets a show time and show name

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   CNN and Jake Tapper have announced that Tapper's  new CNN  program will start at 4PMET/1PMPT meaning as of this righting , "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer will be cut back down to 2 hours ( it does that alot.  It also got a name "The Lead".
Jack Tapper tweeted the name Tuesday

For those catching the new CNN promo that's right our new show will be called "The Lead."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 12, 2013

It's  premiere date is sometime in March.





Releated : Jack Tapper's CNN show hires EP from MSNBC (The Hollywood Reporter)

CNN adds Cuomo

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    CNN has made an announcement  that Current ABC News "20/20" co-host , Chris Cuomo is to join.  He was the news anchor on "Good Morning America" until 2009 . This is the 2nd ABC News Anchor/Reporter to leave after Jake Tapper left to CNN last month, he will be hosting a new show in the afternoons.
  According to  a memo to staff from Jeff Zucker  on TV Newser it seems aht Cuomo will be doing something in the mornings.

I want to share some exciting news with you.
This morning we are announcing that Chris Cuomo is joining CNN.
Chris will be an anchor on a new morning show we are going to develop for CNN. He will also be an important part of our event news coverage across the network. Chris has deep experience in both roles, most recently at ABC News, and he’s one of the smartest, most engaging journalists in television news. I’m pleased that he’s joining us and really looking forward to working with him at CNN. The press release with the news follows. Thanks.
JEFF

  read more here  

      For now , it is unknown weather he will be a co-host with current  7-9AMET , host Soledad O'Brien  or if she will be moved to a different time. If it's the latter it would the 2nd time she would  have lost a morning slot on CNN.
       But there is more to the story, current ABC World News weekend anchor  David Muir  is set to become the next co-host of "20/20"  , of course staying as the weekend anchor of "World News". Read more about that here.
 Meanwhile ... back at CNN,  James Carville, his wife Mary Matalin , who have been on CNN for a while  are leaving the network.  Erick Erickson , another contributor, is leaving he will be  joining Fox News Channel , while  Mark Whitaker  a CNN executive VP and managing editor  is leaving.

The Flashback: Welcome To TV Headline News

THE FLASHBACK 

  Welcome to something new here on Joshuaonline , we talk alot about TV in the current and the future but not much into the past  so that's something we will be doing here in something generically named "The FlashBack". 

    Ah yes  welcome to Television, many times when a  New Year is starting why not launch a new channel at the same time , gives you an easy to remember birthday. January 1st. 

   On January 1st 1982 , a new news channel was launched by Ted Turner, called CNN2.  It was CNN's sister channel  that was focused on getting you headlines in 30 minutes for those who didn't want a full hour on CNN. It's Name was changed to CNN Headline News  (sometimes refereed as Headline News). The Format lasted until 2005 when primetime was modified and daytime later on by 2008 it was renamed HLN.  

   But here on  "THE FLASH BACK" just take a look  at the first few minutes.

This is CNN...?

CNN   
    Written by Alice F.writing for Joshuaonline

Remember This ?


    James Earl Jones' booming voice  telling you that you are watching CNN.  Just in case you thought you were some where else. According to the NewYork Times CNN has brought this back.  The same time a new man in town Jeff Zucker has now become the  president of CNN Worldwide. It would seem that maybe  CNN is going back to it's hey day?  And Mr.Zucker also has sent a memo to his new staff  , Fishbowl DC has it here.

Well see what happens.

CNN morning change ?

Straight Forward   
Written By Skyler
  The New York Post 's page six has a report that CNN may be making changes in the morning slot.
With Erin Burnett , who just started her show  "OUTFRONT" last year and CNN currently has two morning shows . "Early Start" and "Starting Point" both programs started Earlier this year. Page Six says that incoming president Jeff Zucker may end up moving Burnett to the mornings.
  I wouldn't that's a good idea, both these programs are young and still need a chance to grow, plus over hauling things on day one is not a good idea.  It's also not right to Soledad O' Brien , who currently hosts from 8-10AMET (Starting Point). To make a good morning show , you need to build an audience to view , you can't build that  in  a year  it takes time for people to get used to a new morning habit . Erin Burnett has not had the best ratings but her show is a good fit in the evenings between  the  serious Wolf Blitzer and whatever Anderson Cooper is doing.
  It would also make me wonder what the president of CNN (the channel) would feel about his programming decisions being subverted?