CNN continues to shake up its lineup. On Wednesday, the channel unveiled a new morning and dayside schedule, moving a number of anchors to new roles and hours. The new lineup will take effect in April.
For starters, Brianna Keilar will join John Berman as co-anchor of the channel’s morning news program New Day. Keilar had been the anchor on the 1-3 p.m. hours, and before that was White House correspondent.
Alisyn Camerota, who had been co-anchor of New Day for the last six years, will now co-anchor the 2-4 p.m. hours alongside Victor Blackwell, who had been co-host of New Day Weekend for the last 9 years. Ana Cabrera, who led CNN’s weekend newscasts for the last four years, will shift to the 1-2 p.m. weekday timeslot.
The remaining hours, including Early Start from 5-6 a.m., CNN Newsroom from 9-11 a.m., At This Hour from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. and Inside Politics from 12 p.m.-1 p.m., will continue with their current anchors.
Alongside the weekday changes, CNN also set its new weekend lineup, with former White House correspondent Boris Sanchez joining Christi Paul as anchor of New Day Weekend, and former chief White House correspondent and current chief domestic correspondent Jim Acosta anchoring from 3-6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Fredericka Whitfield will continue as the weekend midday anchor, and Pamela Brown will anchor from 6-9 p.m. on weekends.
The changes come amid a larger programming shuffle at CNN. On Tuesday, 3 p.m. anchor Brooke Baldwin announced that she would leave the channel in April, and last month the channel gave Jake Tapper an additional hour in the afternoons, while naming Dana Bash a co-anchor of the Sunday show State of the Union.
Meanwhile, CNN chief Jeff Zucker told staff that he would remain with the channel through 2021, although he expects to depart after then. Zucker’s announcement renewed questions about what AT&T’s long-term plans are for the cable news channel.
