Kaitlan Collins, who moderated CNN's May 10 town hall with former President Trump, will leave her morning show and start appearing in the 9 p.m. Eastern hour next month.
with former President Trump, Kaitlan Collins is moving up to prime time at CNN.
Collins’ program will feature interviews with newsmakers and panel discussions covering two to three topics a night. Licht has stressed internally that the new entry will not be an opinion program, setting it apart from the competition on MSNBC and Fox News. Collins’ profile got a major boost on May 10 when she moderated a town hall with Trump, marking his first live appearance on CNN since the 2016 presidential campaign. The event held at St. Anselm’s College in New Hampshire was watched by 3.3 million people, according to Nielsen data, making it a ratings success for CNN.
Licht also praised Collins’ performance, although the decision to give her a prime time hour was decided before the town hall, according to people familiar with the discussions but not authorized to discuss them publicly. Fox News, the most-watched cable news network, saw its ratings take a hit after the April 24 firing of its biggest prime time star, Tucker Carlson. There is no evidence in the Nielsen data that shows CNN has picked up any of those defectors, some of whom have gone to Newsmax.
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