Ratings-challenged CNN will reshuffle the deck chairs on the slowly sinking network, pushing out left-leaning primetime host Don Lemon from his plum solo slot to a newly created morning team, boss Chris Licht announced Thursday.
Lemon will join Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow to replace current “New Day” hosts John Berman and Brianna Keilar.
Lemon’s long-anticipated demotion comes after Licht was tasked by new corporate overlord Warner Bros. Discovery with shifting CNN away from opinion-based shows to more centrist reporting of the news.
