CNN expressed interest in her earlier today and Joan Walsh will be moving to CNN in the New Year!!!

[DAMANgoldberg]

20. CNN has a 9P EDT opening...

that they still haven't filled permanently. Could they be waiting Rachel Maddow out? With the Joan Walsh move, this makes infinite sense to do. Plus if I were running CNN, I would back up the truck for Joy Reid fPM hour currently held by Wolf Blitzer and Lawrence O'Donnell for the 11p hour currently held by Don Lemon.

M-F lineup:

4a Early Start w/Christine Romans and Dave Briggs (should have never let Ali Velshi get away again)
6a New Day w/Chris Cuomo and Allysin Camerota
9a Newsroom w/John Berman and Poppy Harlow
11a At This Hour w/Kate Bolduan
12p Inside Politics w/John King
1p Newsroom w/Joy Reid
2p Newsroom w/Brooke Baldwin
4p The Lead w/Jake Tapper
5p The Situation Room w/Wolf Blitzer
7p Erin Burnett Outfront
8p AC360 w/Anderson Cooper
9p The Rachel Maddow Show (or some other name)
10p CNN Tonight w/Don Lemon
11p The Last Word w/Lawrence O'Donnell
12a CNN Newsroom w/John Vause and Isha Sesay
2a CNN International w/Rosemary Church

Weekend Lineup

No major changes

Plus if I were running CNN, I would find a way to partner with AJ+, especially Dena Takruri, Francesca Fiorentini, and Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (ASE). I would also give Abby Martin a modest budget and editorial freedom to get stories and break them.