Thursday, July 2, 2026

CNN Blows Up “New Day,” Demotes John Berman, Don Lemon, and Poppy Harlow, Insults Audience

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Another day, more destruction on CNN.

Don Lemon has lost his prime time show and is being sent to 7am along with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlin Collins. They will host a new morning show, replacing “New Day.”

“New Day” will be gone. John Berman, the only CNN anchor everyone likes, is losing his spot on that show and being sent to No One Knows. His morning co-anchor Brianna Kellar, who was trying to suck up to the regime by criticizing Joe Biden, is also now in the abyss.

New CNN chief Chris Licht is just to going to keep tossing all the pieces of his board game into the air. That’s his plan. He’s removed Lemon from his spot, and Harlow from hers, arbitrarily. CBS should scoop up Berman immediately. Harlow should go to Lester Holt. Escape, people!

What’s next? Nothing good. Every day Twitter is filled with stories from enraged viewers shutting off CNN after hearing crazy pro-Trump pro-MAGA comments. I know CNN is looking for ratings but this whole path is a mistake.

This is NOT CNN.

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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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