The purge at CNN continues: Don Lemon loses 9pm slot shifted to AM

[macwriter]

Licht is wasting no time gutting primetime. I guess Don Lemon was a little too left leaning for his new best friends in the GOP.

https://www.thewrap.com/don-lemon-poppy-harlow-kaitlin-collins-cnn-morning-show/

[Heather MC]

1. I was wondering when they were coming for Don lemon

I'm sure hes shopping his resume

[CentralMass]

2. They are changing the morning show amd moving him there.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/media/cnn-morning-show/index.html

[Tetrachloride]

3. If life deals lemons, make good coffee

maybe he can outshine Morning Joe

[pwb]

4. The wealth class Cable owners are all lost without War or Civil Unrest. Peace is boring to them.

Try this Licht, less commercials. You blend them in together so nicely it is almost like a long commercial song. A way too long song way too often. Maybe cut back to 12 hours or one true news hour at least with few ads. No?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

5. Hardly a "purge."

Licht, like many TV executives, believes that a strong morning show is the key to a network's success and he's specialized in developing morning shows at CBS and MSNBC.

For similar reasons, ABC put their arguably strongest anchor, George Stephanopoulos, on the morning show (no matter how odd that is).

Chris Licht is banking his success on Don Lemon. The furthest thing from a "purge" imaginable.

[Big Blue Marble]

8. Remember Lemon did his prime time show alone.

He now is a co-host. This is a step down for him. The real tell will be who replaces him
in prime time. I going to guess that this person will be to the right of Lemon.

Not good for Lemon and not good for the country.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

11. The morning show format has always involved multiple hosts from the dawn of television.

Lemon is the star of this line up. Hardly a step down.

I'm not a fan of morning shows personally, and liked seeing Lemon in the evenings (when I watch CNN, which isn't that frequently), but this move is not bad for either Lemon or the republic.

As I said, Licht puts a premium on morning shows as the cornerstones of networks.

This move shows his faith in Don Lemon.

[Native]

13. I agree.

[Marius25]

15. So why were Harwood and Seltzer fired?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

17. Seltzer had lousy ratings for a Sunday morning show

and--as mentioned--Chris Licht is all about the success of his morning shows.

Incoming television network heads ALWAYS make changes. They must do this to put their own brand on the programming. I worked for my entire career in television here in Los Angeles and having reshuffles is absolutely normal.

[Marius25]

20. Sorry not buying it. Chris Licht is a MAGA Republican

who wants to turn CNN into Fox-Lite.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

21. I'm sorry but what you are saying is completely untrue.

He was Stephen Colbert's producer--and at the send off Colbert joked that since he's "trained" Chris Light that CNN should now stand for the Cobbert News Network.

Not sure where in the world you got the idea that Chris Licht is MAGA?

[Wednesdays]

32. Quit interfering with the outrage.

[budkin]

35. He's not MAGA, he's a full-on "BOTH SIDES" corporate stooge

Just listen to Keith Olbermann's new podcast (early episodes) if you want to hear all about him. Keith claims he ate paste.

[GuppyGal]

30. Harwood was fired? I thought he resigned ??

[BlackSkimmer]

10. This.

I'll be watching him in the morning.

I see posts here every day here from DUers saying they watched something on Fox or on Newsmax. Why they want to watch that crap and think CNN is just trash is very confusing.

[Sympthsical]

19. I just made a similar point in another thread

More Democrats hate watch Fox than CNN or MSNBC.

If people spend a ton of their time hate-watching the other place, why are they surprised that liberal hosts are moved around, replaced, or fired when their ratings aren't great?

Look at this mess:

https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-liberal-viewership-fox-news/

“Of those demo-aged viewers surveyed who identified as Democrats, 39% chose Fox News, 31% chose MSNBC and 30% chose CNN for programming from 8 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. ET.”

Moreover, in viewership throughout the day, 42% of Democrats ages 25-54 watched Fox, while 33% watched CNN and 25% watched MSNBC.

I get told about what Tucker Carlson said almost on the daily. By other Democrats. I can't think of the last time a Don Lemon commentary went viral.

So, if we're being truly honest, if news executives don't think liberal hosts will draw ratings or buzz, whose to blame for that? Whose failing these shows and hosts? Is it the executives, or is it the viewers who claim they want this programming and then proceed to not watch it?

[BlackSkimmer]

24. Fascinating.

It was the same with Limbaugh. Multiple threads daily about that turd.

[GuppyGal]

31. +1000

[Demsrule86]

27. That is BS...it is a purge.

[BlackSkimmer]

33. No, it really isn't.

I never watch any of those anchors now because of their time slots.

But I will be watching the new morning show. Certainly be giving it a shot.

[GuppyGal]

29. +1000

[Samrob]

6. It's a pay check to Don. Move on... nt

[dem4decades]

7. Who's going to watch CNN? Not Democrats, not Republicans, not independents.

Not me.

Are they hoping Trump does?

Good luck.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. I like Don Lemon, and I rarely watch news at night.

So I'll be watching him in the mornings now. I usually only watch news in the morning.

Plenty of people still will be watching.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

12. I tend to be the opposite, watching at night and listening to NPR in the morning

but morning shows are huge.

Television executives hope to grab an audience in the morning and never let go (to the extent possible).

In many ways it is the morning shows that--if successful--are the signature shows for a network.

Licht has placed a huge bet on Don Lemon.

[BlackSkimmer]

16. I agree with you.

Lol, I used to watch more evening news shows, but when tfg came along, I just couldn't go to sleep with that in my head.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

18. Ah, that's funny!

Here's to better days ahead.

[jimfields33]

14. Hopefully his 600K viewers will follow him

He needs numbers. That’s his sole job is to get numbers to watch.

[AntivaxHunters]

22. I really wish TYT would go 24/7

We don't have a progressive news network just corporate news.
We need a station badly......

[Just A Box Of Rain]

34. You see Cenk and company as "progressive?"

If so, we certainly part company on this issue.

[liberal_mama]

23. I always had CNN on in the background. Now I have the horse racing channel on most of the time

except if there is some big story going on. CNN is awful now.

[nolabear]

25. 6 am EST. Swell. I'll never see him again here in the PNW.

I know there's nothing to be done but living on the West Coast makes you a scheduling afterthought. On the other hand, Rachel doesn't compete with prime time.

I've been pretty much done with CNN for a while and they're not exactly winning me back.

[OilemFirchen]

26. Maybe now we'll see multiple threads about this morning show, instead of Dead Intern Joe.

It's a joke! Lighten up!

[GuppyGal]

28. How is this a purge?