☆ Kaitlan Collins to Lead CNN’s 9 p.m. Hour as Primetime Technique Takes Form

A yr and a half after the termination of Chris Cuomo left the hour open, CNN has discovered a brand new 9 p.m. anchor.

Kaitlan Collins, presently the co-anchor of the channel’s CNN This Morning, will formally take over the hour. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and Collins introduced the promotion on the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront Wednesday morning in a video message.

Collins in fact moderated CNN’s city corridor with former President Donald Trump final week. Whereas the city corridor proved controversial, with a seemingly pro-Trump viewers signaling approval of a few of his extra outrageous feedback, CNN CEO Chris Licht defended it in a gathering with workers the subsequent morning saying that America was “nicely served” by the occasion.

It’s not instantly clear the place Collins’ promotion leaves the morning present, which launched simply six months in the past with Collins, Don Lemon and Poppy Harlow as co-anchors. Lemon was ousted by CNN final month.

In a memo to CNN workers Wednesday, Licht stated that Harlow will lead the present, with a rotating forged of visitor co-hosts.

“We may have extra data and bulletins to share within the months forward however within the meantime CTM is in good palms with Poppy,” Licht wrote.

The truth is, it was precisely a yr in the past at WBD’s inaugural upfront that Licht first introduced his intention to be a “disruptor” within the morning present section. With Lemon’s departure and Collins’ promotion, Licht and CNN must forge a brand new path within the time interval.