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CNN shakes up prime time in desperate effort to challenge Hannity and Maddow

In an attempt to end its chronic prime-time ratings slump, CNN is upending its weekday evening schedule with a new show intended to “energize the lineup” and “try and get better.”  Those were the words of CNN’s executive vice president of programming, Michael Bass, as he announced the decision to move morning anchor Chris Cuomo to the 9 P.M. E.T. slot this spring – a direct challenge to Sean Hannity on Fox News and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC.

The loser in this move – in addition to viewers put off by Cuomo’s arrogant, predictable pro-left style – is longtime CNN anchor and onetime primary face of the network Anderson Cooper.  In 2005, Cooper, an eager young reporter fresh from his triumphant live empathetic coverage in the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, dispatched and exiled previous principal nighttime […]

 

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