TV personalities Gayle King and Charles Barkley will headline a new prime-time weekly CNN show
turnaround amid tumbling ratingsCNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht said in a statement that the show “will be an exciting new way we are delivering culturally relevant programming and unique perspectives to our audience, from two incredibly dynamic personalities.”
Licht said King will continue to anchor CBS Mornings, and former NBA star Barkley will continue his current role at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports. Appearing on TNT to discuss the new show, the duo said they would talk about politics but that the show would not have a political slant. “We don’t want to say, ‘We’re a liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat,'" Barkley said. “That’s one of the things that’s already ruined television in general.”
Cable news ratings are down across the board compared to 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was fresh in the news. CNN’s dip has been most dramatic — 61% in prime time in March.hired ex-CBS producer Licht to run the networkLicht's revamp of"CNN This Morning" was plagued with bad publicity in the wake of co-host Don Lemon's ill-advisedCopyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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