CNN This Morning

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CNN This Morning
CNN This Morning logo.jpg
Genre News
Talk
Created by Chris Licht
Presented byWeekdays
Poppy Harlow
Phil Mattingly
Derek Van Dam
Weekends
Amara Walker
Victor Blackwell
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locations CNN Center
Atlanta
30 Hudson Yards
New York City
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time3 hours
2 hours (Saturday)
Original release
Network CNN
HLN (simulcast)
ReleaseNovember 1, 2022 (2022-11-01) –
February 22, 2024 (2024-02-22)

CNN This Morning is an American morning show that aired on CNN from November 1, 2022, to February 22, 2024. Succeeding New Day as CNN's morning show, the program was established as part of programming changes led by new CNN head Chris Licht. For contractual reasons, the program also aired in simulcast on HLN, replacing that network's long-time morning show Morning Express with Robin Meade .

Contents

It was initially hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins from CNN's studios in New York City. Turnover began in April 2023 with the firing of Lemon from the network, and Collins departing in May 2023 to host the new CNN primetime show The Source. Their positions were filled by a rotating co-anchor until August 2023, when former CNN White House correspondent Phil Mattingly was named Harlow's permanent co-anchor.

In February 2024, new CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced that CNN This Morning would be cancelled, and replaced in its timeslot by CNN News Central . The program aired its final episode on February 22, 2024.

CNN continues to air early-morning programming under the CNN This Morning branding; on February 26, 2024, its former lead-in Early Start —anchored from Washington, D.C. by Kasie Hunt—was rebranded as CNN This Morning. CNN also continues to air a weekend morning show under the title, CNN This Morning Weekend, which is anchored by Victor Blackwell and Amara Walker from Atlanta. [1]

History

A promotional image featuring the three original hosts. CNN This Morning Podcast Poster.png
A promotional image featuring the three original hosts.

Chris Licht became the head of CNN in April 2022, succeeding Jeff Zucker following WarnerMedia's merger with Discovery Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery. During the company's first upfronts in May 2022, Licht announced plans for a new CNN morning show, stating that "we are seeking to be a disruptor of broadcast morning shows in the space, we believe we have the people and resources to do this." [2]

Licht has had prior experience with establishing morning shows at his past employers, with a particular emphasis on formats focusing upon panel discussions. [3] [2] He launched Morning Joe at MSNBC in 2007, and CBS This Morning in 2012; [3] [2] the latter was initially CBS's most successful format in the timeslot in years, but began to see instability and declines in 2017 after the dismissal of Charlie Rose due to sexual harassment allegations, and was ultimately rebooted as CBS Mornings in 2021. [4] [2]

On September 15, CNN announced that Don Lemon would leave his primetime show Don Lemon Tonight and move to the new morning show, joined by fellow CNN anchors Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. [5] On October 12, it was announced that the show would premiere on November 1 ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, and be titled CNN This Morning. [3] In March 2023, it was announced that Derek Van Dam would be joining as the program's meteorologist. [6]

On December 1, 2022, it was announced that the show would also be simulcast on HLN beginning on December 6, replacing Morning Express with Robin Meade . [7] CNN This Morning was the only news program remaining on HLN, and reports indicate it is being retained solely to fulfil contractual obligations to provide news content, as that channel otherwise shifts to a full-time true crime format. [8]

On April 24, 2023, Lemon was fired from CNN. [9] On May 17, 2023, Collins was announced as the network's 9 p.m. ET anchor, with her new program set to begin in June 2023. Her position with CNN This Morning would be filled on a rotating basis by current CNN staffers. [10] On August 14, 2023, CNN named Phil Mattingly, who had been the network's chief White House correspondent, as Harlow's permanent co-anchor. [11]

On February 5, 2024, new CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced that CNN This Morning had been cancelled, and would air its final broadcast later that month; it aired its final edition on February 22. Thompson stated that CNN would no longer produce morning programming out of New York. [12] [13] On February 26, the morning block of CNN News Central with John Berman, Kate Bolduan, and Sara Sidner was moved up from 9 a.m. ET to 7 a.m. ET as a replacement, while CNN's early-morning program Early Start took on the CNN This Morning branding, relocated to Washington, D.C., and expanded back to two hours. [13] [12] Mattingly was promoted to CNN's chief domestic correspondent. [14]

Personnel

Weekends

Anchors

Notable former staff

Weekdays

Anchors

  • Poppy Harlow (November 1, 2022 – February 23, 2024)
  • Phil Mattingly (August 14, 2023 – February 23, 2024)
  • Don Lemon (November 1, 2022 – April 24, 2023); fired after the April 24 airing of the program. [9] Lemon was replaced with rotating fill-in anchors. It was later decided to have only two co-anchors.
  • Kaitlan Collins (November 1, 2022 – May 25, 2023); departed the program after being named permanent host of CNN's 9 p.m. current affairs and talk show hour. [15] It was later titled The Source with Kaitlan Collins. [16]

Meteorologist

  • Derek Van Dam (March 27, 2023 – February 23, 2024) [17]

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  17. ↑ Derek Van Dam [@VanDamCNN] (March 28, 2023). "Today marks a new chapter of my career @cnn I am humbled and honored to begin my journey as morning #meteorologist for @cnnthismorning Monday - Friday. Here we go...🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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