September 15, 2022 9:31am EDT
CNN shakeup: Don Lemon moved from primetime to mornings, struggling 'New Day' to be replaced
'New Day' hosts John Berman and Brianna Keilar will be shuffled to new CNN roles
By Brian Flood | Fox News
CNN’s left-wing host Don Lemon will end his primetime show, "Don Lemon Tonight," and move to mornings later this year, the network announced on Thursday.
Lemon will join CNN hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins on the "re-imagined" morning show that will replace the long-struggling "New Day." The move leaves CNN with a gaping hole in primetime, as "Cuomo Prime Time" still has not been replaced since its namesake host Chris Cuomo was fired last year.
John Berman and Brianna Keilar will continue to anchor "New Day" until the new program premieres and then will be given new roles at the network. Given Keilar's liberal leanings and the recent ousters of such partisan CNN figures as John Harwood and Brian Stelter, some observers thought Keilar would be shown the door as the network continues to revamp under new CEO Chris Licht, but it appears she's sticking around.
Details of Keilar’s next role were not made clear. She did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It is also unclear what Berman, who is beloved by rank-and-file CNN employees, will do next for the network. He regularly fills in for primetime hosts and is seen as a versatile anchor.
"I am excited for what comes next," Berman told Fox News Digital.
The move rids CNN of two programs that were known as staples of the network’s Jeff Zucker era but have failed to attract viewers. The fate of "New Day" had long been sealed. Licht, who replaced Zucker earlier this year following the long-planned merger that put CNN under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella, told advertisers in May that the struggling morning show would be "re-imagined" at some point.
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