Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Jeff Zucker Kicks Ass, Makes Big Changes at CNN: Cuomo and Burnett to Host Morning Show

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Jeff Zucker is cleaning house so fast today at CNN that heads are spinning, rolling, and screaming. Chris Cuomo is coming over from ABC’s “20/20” to co-host the new morning show with Erin Burnett. CNN managing editor Mark Whitaker is out. So are James Carville and Mary Matalin, who’ve been with CNN forever. There’s talk of moving Anderson Cooper, maybe to midday, since his evening ratings are not great. Also, if you’ve noticed, James Earl Jones is back announcing “This is CNN.” No one knows where Soledad O’Brien goes, but she’s great so I hope there’s something for her. The Cuomo-Burnett pairing is very good. And no one knows morning better than former “Today” show whiz Zucker. More changes coming…

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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