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Kasie Hunt has long been known for her work on the political beat, but in days to come she hopes people will think of her for news about culture or sports, maybe the weather. When the news cycle delivers something weird or surprising, the CNN early-morning anchor says she is even “willing to make faces on the air.”

Cable’s A.M. news shows have thrived in recent years by focusing relentlessly on politics, Now CNN and Hunt want to scramble viewers’ perceptions by widening the network’s aperture. “We want to be there for them even when politics is not the lead,” says Hunt during a recent interview.

People who tuned in to Monday’s “CNN This Morning,” the program Hunt anchors between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. — now with her name in the title — may have noticed a few new elements on screen, particularly starting at 6. New blue-and-yellow...

Longtime Ktla entertainment anchor Sam Rubin, who died earlier this year, received the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award on Saturday night, given posthumously to recognize his “legacy of more than three decades of entertainment news reporting for Ktla.”

Rubin also won an Emmy in the entertainment news category, for his “Ktla Morning News” coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike last year.

Overall, pubcaster Kcet (which now calls itself “PBS SoCal Plus”) dominated with ten wins, including in categories such as culture/history (“Legacy 10 Days In Watts”), L.A. local color (“Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages — Artbound”), independent programming (“Everybody Dance”), crime/social issues (“Bonnie Boswell Presents: Saving Moms”) and more.

The main newscast awards at the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards were split. Unlike last year, when Kvea won all three, this year the prizes were mixed. Spectrum News 1’s “Your Morning on...

Public broadcaster Kcet is once again the leader in Los Angeles Area Emmys nominations, landing 22 this year (down slightly from last year’s 24), thanks to expecially to the locally produced series “Artbound” and its “10 Days in Watts.” Cable news outlet Spectrum News 1 was in second, with 17 — up from 14 last year.

Meanwhile, Kabc-tv — aka ABC7 — saw a nice surge to 14 noms, up from 7 last year and good enough to top the commercial broadcast outlets. Nominees included the late Sam Rubin, who was nominated in the entertainment news story for his coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike on Ktla.

As usual, all stations that enter are immediately nominated in the daily morning newscast (4 a.m. to 11 a.m.), daily daytime newscast (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.), and daily evening newscast (7 p.m. to 12 a.m.) categories.

Last year, Telemundo outlet Kvea swept the newscast categories, winning the Emmys for evening (7 p.m.

CNN is turning some of the lights out on its efforts to produce morning news.

The network is revamping its entire A.M. schedule as the Warner Bros. Discovery-based cable news outlet continues to grapple with poor ratings.

Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly, who co-anchor “CNN This Morning,” will leave the line-up, while Kasie Hunt’s early-morning program will take on an extra hour. Her show, “Early Start,” will run from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., and will take on the “CNN This Morning” title. CNN will then move “CNN News Central,” anchored by John Berman, Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner, to a 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. slot, with Jim Acosta and Pamela Brown taking over new hours at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

The moves mean, as CNN CEO Mark Thompson said in a note to staffers Monday, that “we will no longer produce morning programming in...

A new Makers conference is less than a month away with a slew of notable names confirmed for the program.

The ninth installment of the event — produced by Makers, a Yahoo media brand and designed to foster a community focused on women’s equity in the workplace and beyond — will take place inside the Beverly Hilton on Feb. 27-29. It will feature a roster of women from the worlds of business, entertainment, tech, finance, policy and sports with the theme of “Making the Future Now.”

Confirmed for the program are Gwyneth Paltrow, Lift Our Voices co-founder Gretchen Carlson, comedian Leslie Jones, Studio One Eighty Nine Abrima Erwiah, actress and writer Riki Lindhome, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund president and CEO Alexis McGill, August co-founder Nadya Okamoto, TV host Michaela Pereira, actress Karen Pittman, Lift Our Voices co-founder Julie Roginsky, former Netflix marketing chief Bozoma Saint John,...

Kvea is clearly doing something right. The Telemundo-owned Los Angeles station, part of a duopoly with sister NBC outlet Knbc, swept this year’s key newscast categories at the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. The Spanish language station dominated the evening, winning the Emmys for evening (7 p.m. to 12 a.m.), daytime (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and morning (4 a.m. to 11 a.m.) newscasts.

Kvea had won the daytime newscast Emmy last year as well.

Overall, Kvea earned eight L.A. Area Emmy awards this year, tied with local public broadcaster Kcet. (That was also up from Kcet’s haul of six last year.) Given the tie with Kvea, that still preserves Kcet’s streak of this being the seventh year in a row that Kcet won the most.

The Kcbs/Kcal duopoly was next in line, with four wins, while ABC-owned Kabc and cabler Spectrum SportsNet LA were next with three.

(Los Angeles – June 14, 2023) — The Television Academy today named legendary broadcaster Stu Lantz as the recipient of the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy® Governors Award, recognizing his 36-year career as a broadcast analyst for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The award is presented to an individual, company or organization, selected by the Los Angeles Area Governors Award committee, that has made an outstanding, innovative and visionary achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television as well as a substantial contribution to the greater Los Angeles area.

“For 36 seasons, Stu has served Los Angeles and Lakers fans across the globe with his vast knowledge, skill and passion for basketball,” said Frank Scherma, chair of

the Television Academy. “His long career in broadcasting is a testament to both his professionalism and immense popularity, and we are thrilled to recognize him for his contributions to our television community.”

For more than three decades, through...

The Television Academy today named broadcaster Stu Lantz as the recipient of the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, recognizing his 36-year career as a broadcast analyst for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The award is presented to an individual, company or organization, selected by the Los Angeles Area Governors Award committee, that has made an outstanding, innovative and visionary achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television, as well as a substantial contribution to the greater Los Angeles area.

“For 36 seasons, Stu has served Los Angeles and Lakers fans across the globe with his vast knowledge, skill and passion for basketball,” said Frank Scherma, chair of the Television Academy. “His long career in broadcasting is a testament to both his professionalism and immense popularity, and we are thrilled to recognize him for his contributions to our television community.

Lantz has been a Lakers voicethrough eight championship runs, teaching...

Pubcaster Kcet landed 24 nominations to lead the field vying for the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, the Television Academy revealed today, with Spanish-language station Kvea next at 20.

Spectrum News 1 is the only other outlet with double-digit noms, scoring 14. KTLA5 and ABC7 were next with nine and seven, respectively. See the full list of nominees below.

The L.A. Area Emmys honor locally produced programs in 34 categories spanning Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, the Environment, and Live and Breaking News Coverage. The hardware will be handed out Saturday, July 28, at the Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. Journalist Michaela Pereira will host the ceremony.

Here are the nominees for the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards:

L.A. Local Color

Giant Robot (Artbound) • Kcet

Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer

Juan Devis, Executive Producer

Nic Cha Kim, Producer

Dylan Robertson, Director, Producer

Dennis Nishi,...

Before the onslaught of Emmy campaigning and balloting, which ends on June 26, the Television Academy has announced the nominees for the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. There are a total of 114 nominations over 34 categories, including Entertainment, Sports Series, Culture/History and Human Interest nods.

Kcet led the pack with a total of 24, including nominations for their acclaimed specials “Off the Beaten Path,” “Artbound,” and “The Migrant Kitchen.” Kvea was close behind with a total of 20 nods.

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There will be a ceremony on Saturday, July 22 at the Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Wilshire, and will be hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Michaela Pereira (CNN’s “New Day”).

Below is a full list of nominees for the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmys:

L.A. Local Color

Giant Robot (Artbound) • Kcet

Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer

Juan Devis, Executive Producer

Nic Cha Kim,...

Public broadcaster Kcet — part of a PBS duopoly with Koce “PBS SoCal” — is back on top at the Los Angeles Area Emmys. Thanks to locally produced series like “Artbound” and “Broken Bread,” Kcet dominated the L.A. area Emmy nominations, announced Tuesday, with 24.

That’s a return to the top spot among nominees, and up from 15 last year. Cable news outlet Spectrum News 1, which dominated last year’s Emmy nominations, was down to 14 this year (vs. 23 in 2022) — still good enough for third place.

Meanwhile, Telemundo outlet Kvea (part of a duopoly with NBC-owned Knbc) saw a huge surge as well, with 20 nominations — up from just 8 last year. That meant Kvea was not only tops with Spanish outlets, but it was also tops with all commercial broadcasters. That includes its sibling NBC4, just posted just two nominations.

As usual, all stations that enter are immediately nominated in the daily morning newscast (4 a.

Kaitlan Collins, fresh off moderating CNN’s polarizing town hall with Donald Trump Wednesday evening, is expected to take over the network’s 9 p.m. primetime spot, according to media reports.

Collins, who currently co-anchors “CNN This Morning” alongside solely co-anchor Poppy Harlow after Don Lemon was ousted from the network last month, is likely to move into the vacant time slot, which has not had a permanent host in over a year.

Puck first reported the news, and no official announcement has been made. A spokesperson for CNN declined to comment on “speculation.” Reports indicated that Collins was offered the spot before Wednesday’s town hall.

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“CNN This Morning” is the network’s lowest-rated morning show iteration in nearly a decade.

Since its Nov. 1, 2022 launch, “CNN This Morning” — hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins — has drawn in the lowest viewership among adults 25-54, the key demographic for cable news, and the second-lowest total viewership among each iteration of the network’s morning programming since “New Day” was launched in June 2013, according to Nielsen data.

CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht – following in the footsteps of his predecessor former CEO Jeff Zucker – rebooted the network’s morning show within under a year of his tenure as part of his goal of “reimagining” mornings – likely aiming to compete with “Morning Joe,” which Licht co-created in 2007 when he worked at MSNBC – and invested in the goal by shuffling primetime staple Lemon to the new show.

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CNN is hoping to wake up its morning schedule.

The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed news outlet unveiled a new lineup for its morning block, installing Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow in place of the current hosts, John Berman and Brianna Keilar. Chris Licht, CNN’s chairman and chief executive, has had some of his greatest career success in morning news, having launched MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and retooled the program once known as “CBS This Morning.”

The new CNN program, retitled and with a new set, is expected to debut later this year — and looks to emulate some of the formats Licht has led in the past. Both “CBS This Morning” and “Morning Joe” hinged on spirited conversation among a broader group of panelists, some of whom talk more to each other than they do directly to viewers at home.

“There is no stronger combination of talent than Don,...

Local public broadcaster Kcet led all outlets at this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, with six total, out of 15 nominations. At the ceremony, held Saturday night at the Television Academy’s headquarters in North Hollywood, ABC-owned Kabc and NBC-owned Knbc tied for second place, with five.

This is the sixth year in a row that Kcet won the most, having landed nine last year.

In the key newscast categories, Ktla won the regularly scheduled daily evening newscast (7 p.n. to 12 a.m.), while Knbc’s “Today In LA” was tops for morning newscast and Kvea’s “Noticiero Telemundo 52 A Las 6Pm” was tops for daytime newscast (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.).

Local cable news upstart Spectrum News 1 had landed the most nominations, with 23 nods. Eligibility for this year’s L.A. Area Emmy Awards was between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021. The Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards honor...

Chris Wallace left a Sunday show on Fox News Channel to jump into the world of streaming at CNN. But now he’s going back to a weekend format for which he is best known.

Wallace will take the reins of a new Sunday program on CNN, the network announced Wednesday during an upfront presentation for its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. He will essentially reprise the program he had been doing for CNN+, a one-on-one talk program called “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” that will also appear on the company’s large HBO Max streaming service. Wallace will continue to serve as an anchor for CNN, which he joined in January 2022 after anchoring Fox News Sunday for nearly two decades.

The show is intended to serve as part of a new “CNN Sunday” premium block that will also include a new program devoted to longer-form enterprise journalism from...

CNN is considering a new day for “New Day.”

Executives have been mulling a move that would put Alisyn Camerota, the “New Day” co-anchor who has steered the program though the bulk of the Trump administration, to afternoons, according to a person familiar with the matter. She could be replaced in her current role by Brianna Keilar, a Washington-based afternoon anchor who has gained attention in recent months for delivering hard-nosed video essays and pushing back at Trump officials in live interviews.

Spokespersons for CNN did not respond to queries seeking comment. NBC News’ Dylan Byers previously reported the potential moves via Twitter.

If the switch is put into place, it would represent the latest shake-up at the CNN A.M. franchise, which vies regularly with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.” CNN launched the program in 2013 with a different vision: a counterpart to traditional...

Ashleigh Banfield is leaving Court TV and joining Wgn America as the host of her own news and talk show, “Banfield,” which will air at 10 p.m. Banfield says “Banfield” is a “reboot” of “Larry King Live.”

On Tuesday, Banfield told TheWrap she is “winding down production with Court TV,” where she has already stopped doing the live broadcast weeknights. Her magazine show, “Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield,” will finish out the current season of 48 episodes, she said.

There will not be a second season of “Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield” as Banfield’s Wgn America contract comes with an exclusivity clause.

The news comes about as Wgn America (Wgna) is “expanding its programming lineup in the coming weeks with additional news, talk and current events shows that complement ‘NewsNation,’ the country’s only live nightly primetime national newscast,” the cable channel said on Tuesday.

Owned by Nexstar Media Group, Wgna is currently available in 75 million homes.

A familiar face is returning to Los Angeles morning news. Michaela Pereira has joined Fox 11’s Good Day LA. Beginning next month, Pereira will host the morning show weekdays from 7-10 a.m. Pt alongside Tony McEwing and Araksya Karapetyan, who will now also anchor from 5-7 a.m. In addition, Rita Garcia will solo anchor from 4-5 a.m. and host various live segments throughout the show.

“I am thrilled to add Michaela’s years of both local and national experience to the talented Good Day LA team,” said Erica Hill-Rodriguez, Fox 11 Vice President and News Director. “She is an outstanding journalist, who has a deep love for Southern California and what matters to our communities, and can deliver that information in a way that uniquely connects with viewers.”

Most recently, Pereira hosted the daily, live, two-hour news show MichaeLA on Hln. Before that, she was an anchor for...

Legal journalist Ashleigh Banfield is returning to Court TV, the network announced Monday.

Banfield, who was on Court TV’s original lineup, will be a special contributor, appearing on the live show each night at 8:00 p.m. Et with anchors Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant and Ted Rowlands.

“Ashleigh’s Court TV reunion appearance with Vinnie during the Harvey Weinstein trial sparked a conversation and mutual-interest in working together. We’re thrilled to have her back on the network on a regular basis,” Court TV Vice President Scott Tufts explained said of the move in a statement:

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Prior to becoming Court TV’s new special contributor, Banfield anchored CNN’s “Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield” and Hln’s “Primetime Justice With Ashleigh Banfield.” She also hosted a “Live Pd” spin-off, “Live Rescue,” on A&e.

CNN’s Headline News, or Hln, is further embracing its true crime-loving audience by launching a podcast, “Down the Hill: The Delphi Murders,” about the unsolved murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German.

Hln, known for a mix of live news shows like “Morning Express” and crime-related series like “Forensic Files,” serves an audience that is tuned into true crime themed. The eight-part podcast is hosted by Hln producers Barbara MacDonald and Drew Iden, who will use the weekly program to look at a variety of aspects of the horrific crime that took the lives of adolescent girls Abigail Williams and Liberty German in the small town of Delphi, Indiana three years ago.

The two girls went hiking on a trail, but we’re never to be seen again. Their bodies were discovered a day later at Monon High Bridge trail. A recording of the girls’ murderer was found on German’s phone,...

Newly merged local public outfit Kcet/PBS SoCal led this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmys, winning a combined seven awards on Saturday night — six of which went to Kcet, the individual station leader.

Other big winners included Univision’s Kmex, Tribune’s Ktla, and Telemundo O&o Kvea, which earned three Emmys each. Kvea won the Emmy for best daily evening newscast, for its 11 p.m. telecast, while Ktla won for daytime news, for its 1 p.m. broadcast, and the morning newscast Emmy, for its “Ktla Morning News.”

The 71st Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards were handed out tonight at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center, in a ceremony produced by Bob Bain. Presenters included Kether Donohue (“You’re the Worst”), Brett Gelman (“Stranger Things”), drag icon Rhea Litre, Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), and broadcast journalist Michaela Pereira.

Kcet’s wins come as the former PBS station, which...

Hln is settling back into a life of crime.

The cable network, operated by CNN, has been increasing its production of original series that explore mystery and crime, a move that hearkens to a previous era when the outlet was best known for its coverage of prominent court cases and exploring their ramifications with colorful primetime shows.

“We have doubled down on our strategy of emphasizing long-form programming focused on mystery, crime and investigation,” says Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN U.S., who oversees the cable network known in a previous era as CNN Headline News. “This is what has been resonating with our audience.” In an interview, Jautz said the network has expanded the number of long-form series on its schedule to 12 in 2019, compared with just two in the first half of 2017.

Hln recently launched “Very Scary People,” a docu-series hosted by actor Donnie Wahlberg that examines the lives of infamous murderers.

Ashleigh Banfield is leaving Hln. The Crime and Justice presenter is departing the network along with Carole Costello and Michaela Pereira. According to Variety, the three news anchors have been cut as the network’s lineup of shows were not performing as expected. To fill the gaps, Morning Express with Robin Meade will be extended to go for six hours, and On The Story with Erica Hill will be expanded to run for three hours. Ashleigh Banfield announced she was leaving yesterday as she wrapped up her final show. On Twitter, she told how she had just finished shooting last night […]

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“The current cable news landscape is dominated by politics. Our live news shows have not benefited from this trend given our story mix,” CNN Evp/Hln overlord Ken Jautz told staff today in a memo, announcing Hln network’s latest Better Idea.

“In today’s news environment, every network has to focus on its strengths. To ensure Hln’s growth, we will shift some of our resources from live to longform programming and produce our live shows in as streamlined a manner as possible,” Jautz continued.

“The best way to do this is to centralize production of live news programming in Atlanta.”

Surviving the latest purge, Robin Meade’s Morning Express expands to gobble up 6 Am-noon Et.

Also taking on another hour is On the Story, which has followed Meade’s program and had been anchored by Erica Hill. It will now be anchored by a stable of hosts taking turns.

CNN’s sister news channel Hln is rejiggering its programming lineup, cutting back on live news shows that will see the departure of Ashleigh Banfield, Carol Costello and Michaela Pereira.

“The current cable news landscape is dominated by politics. Our live news shows have not benefitted from this trend given our story mix,” said Ken Jautz, the CNN executive VP who heads up Hln, in a staff memo that was obtained by TheWrap. “However, Hln’s longform programs have been performing very well.”

The shift will see Robin Meade’s “Morning Express,” expand to six hours, from 6 a.m. to noon, with the last two hours being a mix of live and taped. The early-afternoon news show, “On the Story” will expand to three hours from noon to 3 p.m., featuring a roundtable of anchors as hosts. The rest of the lineup will be made up of documentaries and other pre-taped programming.

Hln, once known as CNN Headline News, will deliver fewer headlines as a result of the cable network’s latest programming shift.

Executives are pulling back on the news programming that has filled the outlet’s daytime schedule in a wide-scale retrenchment at the network, which is part of At&T’s CNN. Hln in recent years has stocked mornings, afternoons and early evenings with popular hosts like Ashleigh Banfield, Carol Costello and Michaela Pereira. All three will leave Hln as part of the reshuffling, which, according to a person familiar with the matter, will affect between 12 and 15 production and editorial positions in New York and Los Angeles. The bulk of production for Hln daytime will revert to CNN’s Atlanta facilities, where the network’s flagship “Morning Express with Robin Meade” is based.

The change in direction reflects some tough realities for the network, which executives feel has not reaped...

The Los Angeles Mission has announced that its 7th Annual Legacy of Vision Gala will honor multiple award-winning actress Catherine Zeta Jones.

Jones will be honored with Anne Douglas’s namesake Award at the November 9th gala.

Top Chef winner Michael Voltaggio will receive the Legacy of Vision Award at the Mission’s gala. He is the owner of the popular new restaurant ink.well.

The gala event will be hosted by Michaela Pereira, Anchor and host of the daily program “Michaela” on Hln. Music will be provided by country music star Adam Craig.

The Anne Douglas Award is given each year to the person who has made significant contributions to the community. The award is named for Mrs. Douglas, the benefactor of the Los Angeles Mission’s Anne Douglas Center for Women and the wife of actor Kirk Douglas.

The event is scheduled to take place at the Four...

Hln will launch former CNN morning host Carol Costello’s new show in April, with Across America with Carol Costello anchoring from 11Am-1 Pm. Fellow CNN alum Michaela Pereira, who debuted in that Hln block of time in July, is moving to 3-5 Pm Et. Costello announced in late January that she was the latest CNN host to move to Hln. "Before I thank you for joining me, I would like to share a big life-change with you," she said at the top of her January 30 telecast. "I have…...

A July filled with bad news was good news for TV ratings. All major cable news networks grew significantly across the board last month compared to the same period a year ago, after two presidential conventions, a handful of police-related tragedies and terror attacks in Nice, France, caused a ton of viewers to switch on cable news. Fox News Channel dominated prime time among total viewers, averaging 2.8 million, compared to CNN’s 1.7 million and MSNBC’s 1.3 million. Also Read: Michaela Pereira Speaks Out On Fox News Whistleblower Gretchen Carlson However, CNN grew 226 percent to win prime time in the key demographic.

Little more than two years after Hln announced it would rebrand to become "the first TV network for the social media generation," vowing to "redefine TV news and information, driven by what's trending, being shared and going viral across all screens," Hln came to TCA with the three stars of its dayside schedule: trotted out the stars of its next branding scheme: Robin Meade, 6-10 Am, former CNN morning host Michaela Pereira, who debuted on July 11 her eponymous 10…...

Michaela Pereira is standing up in support of Gretchen Carlson. The new Hln host has commended Carlson, a former Fox News personality, for breaking her silence about alleged sexual harassment from her former boss, Roger Ailes. The scandal led earlier this month to Ailes exiting his powerful 20-year stint atop the network. “I think it takes a great deal of courage to do what she did,” Pereira told reporters Sunday at the TCA press tour in Beverly Hills. “I commend her for having the chutzpah to speak up.” Also Read: Gretchen Carlson Claims Victory for Roger Ailes Ouster: 'Women Will No Longer.

Michaela Pereira’s new, Los Angeles-based morning news program “Michaela” kicks off today on Hln but the Canadian native already feels comfortable on the West Coast. “I’m overlooking the Hollywood sign and I feel like I am home,” Pereira told TheWrap after a busy day of rehearsals at CNN’s L.A. headquarters. “Michaela” is currently the only national morning news program broadcast from Los Angeles. Hln and Pereira plan to bring a West Coast feel to the the broadcast. Also Read: Nancy Grace Exit: What's Next for Hln Without Its Biggest Star? “We are looking at the people...

Nancy Grace announced on Thursday that she is leaving Hln when her contract expires in October, which prompts the question: What will Hln look like without the face of the network? Losing Grace will undoubtedly impact the primetime viewership unless CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker has a trick up his sleeve in terms of a replacement. One change has been in the works for quite some time, as former CNN “New Day” co-host Michaela Pereira will debut her own show on Hln next month. “This is news to me, I’m still trying to process it. I just know that...

CNN “New Day” co-host Michaela Pereira will exit the network and join Hln later this year, CNN announced on Tuesday. Pereira will get her own three-hour show five days a week, which will air following “Morning Express with Robin Meade.” The show does not yet have a title or an official launch date, but is expected to launch in June. Pereira’s last day at the “New Day” desk will be April 29, and she will officially join Hln on May 2. Also Read: CNN Debate Proves a Boon to Kevin Spacey's 'Race for the White House' Debut “I’m very pleased to announce that Michaela.

Expect CNN’s Don Lemon and Michaela Pereira to dive into the movie industry’s diversity problem when they co-host “Hollywood’s Biggest Night,” the network’s Oscars red carpet coverage. “Yes, the Oscar’s are a happy celebration, but there’s also some important news to discuss about diversity. That’s why it’s vital that CNN be there, front and center,” Lemon told TheWrap. Following Sunday’s Oscars broadcast on ABC, Isla Sesay and Lemon will anchor the wrap-up show. “And the Winner Is…,” while Stephanie Elam will be live from the Governor’s Ball providing coverage on post-Oscar celebrations.

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CNN’s “New Day” bragged about its winning streak over MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” in a full-page New York Times advertisement Thursday.

“Sorry Joe, while you were leaning forward, we were moving ahead!” the ad reads.

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The advertisement goes on to highlight the CNN morning show’s four-month total-viewers winning streak and seven-month winning streak in the advertiser-coveted 25-54-year-old demo over MSNBC’s roundtable chat show.

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“Highest ratings ever!

It’s a new day for CNN’s “New Day.”

Alisyn Camerota—a longtime Fox News anchor who joined CNN in the summer of 2014—has been named co-anchor of “New Day” alongside Chris Cuomo, a spokesperson for CNN confirms to TheWrap. Camerota will replace Kate Bolduan, who has been with the show as Cuomo’s co-anchor since it launched in the summer of 2013.

TheWrap first reported that Bolduan was likely to be replaced on the morning show. She will become co-anchor of @ThisHour with John Berman at 11amET, replacing Michaela Pereira, who has been promoted from news anchor for “New Day...

She’s part of the killer cast of “Orange is the New Black,” but life hasn’t always been peachy keen for Diane Guerrero.

While chatting with CNN New Day host Michaela Pereira, the 28-year-old television star pushed for immigration reform by sharing her own story of watching her parents get hauled off when she was only 14 years old.

Diane explained, “Throughout my childhood I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys, but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported. If I didn't see anyone when I walked in the door after school, I panicked.”

“And then one day, my fears were realized. I came home from school to an empty house. Lights were on and dinner had been started, but my family wasn't there.

CNN is in the process of making radical changes to its troubled morning show “New Day,” individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. The network's signature morning show is plagued with bad chemistry, including reports of bickering between its hosts Chris Cuomo, Kate Bolduan and Michaela Pereira. The show is also stuck in the perennial No. 2 morning ratings spot among cable news networks. What was supposed to be Jeff Zucker‘s reiteration of his exceptionally successful 90s-era “Today,” hosted by Katie Couric and Matt Lauer, has instead become a challenge for CNN and the network's president. In the current quarter.

Filmmaker Rupesh Paul doesn't think it's too soon to take the story of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to the big screen. But when he made the case on CNN Tuesday for “The Vanishing Act,” a dramatic adaptation of the missing Malaysian airline that he has been shopping to potential buyers at Cannes, co-anchors John Berman and Michaela Pereira questioned his sensitivity. Also read: Barbara Walters Slams Don Lemon Over CNN's Missing Plane Coverage (Video) “Obviously, the Flight 370 story is a tragedy and it's a tragedy that's by no means resolved,” CNN's John Berman said. “The families of the people on.

Will Leonardo DiCaprio finally get an Oscar for “Wolf of Wall Street?” Who will win the three-way race for Best Picture? Can anyone stop Cate Blanchett? TheWrap executive editor Joseph Kapsch, along with Deadline Hollywood’s Pete Hammond, fielded those and other questions for CNN’s New Day Friday, live from the Red Carpet outside the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Also read: Oscar Predictions: ‘Gravity’ Will Be the Biggest Winner, But Will It Win the Big One? Michaela Pereira asked if this is finally DiCaprio’s year, and Kapsch had to say that it probably is not. “You know what?...

CNN shook up its daytime schedule on Friday, removing the international series “Around the World” with Suzanne Malveaux and Michael Holmes and instituting a new anchor team for the 11 a.m. Et hour. Also read: CNN’s Zain Asher Gets Emotional Over Brother Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Oscar Nod, Tragic Crash That Killed Their Father Beginning Feb. 10, “Early Start” anchor John Berman and “New Day” anchor Michaela Pereira will co-anchor CNN’s 11 a.m. hour, with “Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield” shifting to noon Et, the timeslot currently occupied by “Around the World.” “Around the World” co-host Suzanne Malveaux will shift to national correspondent for.

CNN‘s Around The World is toast and its hosts re-deployed — Ashleigh Banfield back to Washington as national correspondent and Michael Holmes back full-time at CNN International. It’s part of CNN’s daytime shakeup announced this morning. Starting Monday, February 10, John Berman and Michaela Pereira will co-anchor CNN’s 11 Am hour while continuing to anchor Early Start and New Day, respectively. Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield is moving from 11 Am to noon. Wolf Blitzer will continue to anchor the 1 Pm hour; he will focus on politics, breaking news and international news. He will also continue to anchor The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer weekdays from 5-6:30 Pm. Carol Costello will continue to anchor 9-11 Am and Brooke Baldwin will continue to anchor 2-4 Pm. Click over for the complete weekday schedule: CNN Weekday Schedule Beginning February 10 (all times Et): 9-11 Am – Carol Costello 11 Am-noon – John Berman and...

CNN host Piers Morgan appeared on his network on Tuesday morning to discuss what was described by anchor Michaela Pereira as his “compelling” interview with Rachel Jeantel, a witness who testified for the prosecution in the trial of George Zimmerman. During that interview, Morgan engaged in a quarrelsome exchange with another CNN guest over whether issues relating to gun control were central to Florida’s case against Zimmerman.

Well, looks like New Day has one bright spot in the morning for CNN. The jewel in Jeff Zucker’s rebranded network crown debuted yesterday down 7% in viewers but up 19% in the adults 25-54 demo compared with the same time slot a week ago. The new 6-9 Am morning show pulled in 247,000 total viewers Monday, with 95,000 in the key demo. However, the Chris Cuomo- and Kate Bolduan-hosted show with Michaela Pereira as news anchor still found itself No. 3 in viewers among the cable news morning shows, and No. 4 in the demo — even behind sister network Hln. And New Day’s numbers are down 19% among total viewers and 22% in the demo year to date. The show was up 15% in viewers but down 18% in the demo compared to CNN’s morning show offering on June 18, 2012. With the newly rehired Sarah Palin sitting in as a guest anchor, longtime leader Fox & Friends...

The premiere of CNN’s New Day did not get the cable news network out of its morning news ratings rut. Hosted by Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan with former Ktla personality Michaela Pereira as news anchor, the program averaged 247,000 total viewers with 95,000 in the 25-54 demographic, on which most news programming is sold. That was down compared to CNN’s total viewer average for June of 2013, but up 25 percent among total viewers and seven percent in the demo compared to the same week last year. And compared to last Monday, New Day notched a

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CNN's "New Day" anchors promised Monday to work out the show's kinks quickly, but it didn't seem to have any. The 6 a.m. show made no bones about trying to be the newsiest morning program on television -- or its willingness to throw in funny animals and Nancy Grace for comic relief. The animals felt like one of the less damaging concessions to keeping it light. Grace's comedy, as always, was unintentional. The show, led by anchors Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan and news reader Michaela Pereira, started seriously with a voice-of-God...