CNN made several changes to its lineup, including giving anchor Jake Tapper a new time slot and removing Jim Acosta from his morning show.
There is no word on what will happen to Jim Acosta, as Blitzer and Brown’s The Situation Room will take his place in the 10 a.m. ET slot. Tapper’s show will move to 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET, with a new show hosted by Hunt, called The Arena, getting the 4 p.m. ET slot.
Mark Thompson, the CNN top boss, announced a lineup reshuffle that will see Wolf Blitzer move his “Situation Room” program to the mornings.
The Situation Room is undergoing some renovations. TVLine has confirmed that Wolf Blitzer’s long-running CNN evening program is relocating to the network’s daytime schedule. As part of a larger overhaul at the cable network,
CNN on Thursday confirmed reports that it would be cutting hundreds of jobs. The network also plans to move Wolf Blitzer into Jim Acosta’s spot.
Anti-Trump anchor Jim Acosta was left off CNN’s new weekday programming lineup when it was announced on Thursday. Acosta’s 10 a.m. ET program was replaced with "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown,
According to a report in former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, CNN chief Mark Thompson allegedly called Acosta on Wednesday night (January 15) to deliver a “strange proposal” that caught the veteran broadcaster off guard.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is reportedly moving to a morning time slot to make room for new talent, amid a larger shakeup at the embattled network. Blitzer, the long-tenured host of The Situation Room at 6 p.
In the meantime, thank you very much for joining us this morning. Still reporting from Washington. I'm Jim Acosta,’ the CNN anchor said on Thursday while it is still unknown if he’ll stay with the network amid a revamped lineup.
The CNN anchor earned a reputation as Trump's chief antagonist during his first term. Now, he might not get a second chance.
Thompson, the former BBC and New York Times head honcho who was brought in by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav to right the ship at CNN, may also shift pre-dawn anchor Kasie Hunt to the afternoons, according to the newsletter, written by former CNN media analyst Oliver Darcy.
CNN anchor Jim Acosta is reportedly not adjusting to the network’s post-inaugural schedule up. On Thursday, CNN announced its new weekday programming schedule, and evidently, the longtime […]