TV personalities Gayle King and Charles Barkley will headline a new prime-time weekly CNN show.
FILE- This photo file combo shows from left, Charles Barkley and Gayle King. TV hosts King and Barkley will headline a new primetime weekly CNN show. The network made the announcement Saturday, April 22, 2023.
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, King said she hadn't been looking for an additional job but relished the chance to work with Barkley. “What I think is so great for the both of us is that it’s live TV,” she said. “To me, live TV is like working without a net. So whatever happens, happens. I like that.”“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” last fall 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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