


If sends to prime time, I’ll start watching again.- AVENGER RESISTER December 4, 2021Īcosta could provide a boost for CNN on weekdays. Acosta was also a White House correspondent during the Obama administration. The former CBS News reporter currently serves as CNN's chief domestic correspondent after joining the network in 2007.

Twitter users have been enthusiastic about the prospect of Acosta getting a promotion.Īcosta, 50, has gained a following for his contentious relationship with the Trump administration. Despite the termination, we will investigate as appropriate.” While in the process of that review, additional information has come to light. “We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately. “Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense,” the network said in a statement. He had been suspended “indefinitely, pending further evaluation” after the New York Attorney General’s office released transcripts detailing his involvement in advising his brother Andrew Cuomo’s staff about sexual harassment allegations. weekday timeslot of “Cuomo Prime Time."Ĭuomo, 51, joined CNN in 2013 and became host of "Cuomo Prime Time" in March 2018. Within 24 hours, CNN weekend anchor Jim Acosta would have his name trend on Twitter, with many users expressing hope that he would be tapped to fill the 9 p.m. By Sunday morning, there was already chatter on social media about who should succeed him in CNN's key time slot.ĬNN has yet to announce a permanent successor for Cuomo. CNN host Chris Cuomo was officially terminated Saturday after he had been suspended indefinitely earlier in the week.
