Posted on 11/03/2022 7:17:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
CNN anchor Jake Tapper's prime-time show, CNN Tonight with Jake Tapper, will not be allowed to continue after the week of the midterm elections amid low ratings.
The cable news network says Tapper will move back to his afternoon slot, hosting The Lead, while his nighttime replacement will be announced in the coming days.
"As part of a special lineup, Jake agreed to anchor the 9p hour through the midterm elections. At the completion of that schedule, he’ll be returning to his award-winning program The Lead. We will announce post-election plans for that time slot in the coming days," a CNN spokesman told Semafor.
Media observers widely believed that the prominent journalist was being slated for a starring evening role with the network, permanently taking up the spot held by Chris Cuomo, who was fired last year, according to the Daily Beast. However, the situation was up in the air, as the network has only previously announced plans for Tapper to be in the prime-time slot up until Nov. 11 while some of his colleagues took his place in the afternoon. Tapper is also co-host of CNN's State of the Union on Sunday mornings.
During his time in the evening hour, Tapper boasted some high-profile guests, including President Joe Biden. However, Tapper's prime-time show was not a ratings winner, failing to be competitive with rivals on the other cable news networks.
Tapper told his guest on Wednesday, comedian Jimmy Kimmel, that his prime-time show "was always a short-term thing" and is returning to the 4 p.m. hour “because of my family," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
I can’t believe anyone still watches CNN. I’ll bet it’s the same idiots that like to sit around in airport waiting areas.
Ha Ha.
Say hi to Mike Wallace Jr.
CNN is filled with idiots. Tapper is a failure every time of the day. Fire the leftist piece of excrement.
They are going to fill the slot with re-runs of Dobie Gillis.
The Most Busted Name In News!
They’re making room for the new Liz Cheney show.
Will it be called “I Love Lizzy!”?......................
Not likely, Liz has a negative Q rating. The Q Score (popularly known as Q-Rating) is a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a brand, celebrity, company, or entertainment product (e.g., television show) used in the United States. The higher the Q Score, the more highly regarded the item or person is, among those who are aware of the subject.
Jen Psaki.... next up
Sell CNN stock short. They are bankrupt but don’t realize it yet.
👍😁............................
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy
Now that’s just plain funny
Some days it was immediate. Msnbc. Cnn same or within 5 minutes. Fox took longer but they too would mention it
So for 2 straight years. All Trump. everyday. All day long.
And it's still happening.
Rush mentioned that same thing about 10 years ago. I flipped from ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN and a couple of others at the time of the national news. They all ran the same story in the same order with the same slant.
The media had become all interchangable parts.
Hire Robin Meade to host that hour!
I would watch her read the phone book
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