15-09-2022, 04:07 PM
Well this is an interesting and bold move by Chris Licht. Don Lemon moving to breakfast was not what I was expecting giving that he is kinda of the opposite what Licht originally wanted from his new direction. I suppose it's possible for Don to tone down his on air opinions given that he has worked well before he got Zuckered into an opinionated talking head and he may actually fit better on breakfast. Very pleased for Poppy Harlow and Kaitlin Collins though, Poppy has been a capable anchor on Newsroom with Jim and I think it was only a matter of time for Kaitlin to get a presenting role. She has basically been the main cover on New Day for Brianna when she has been off and has covered several other shows so I'm not surprised she has gone a permanent position, she has been a capable correspondent and has translated that well to presenting from what I have seen.
On the other side though, I feel really sorry for John Berman and Briana Kielar as they are great presenters stuck in a rather failed format from the bosses point of view. New Day in it's current format has clearly failed to cut through and they have fallen foul of the format they have been given. Doesn't help they are not even together most of the time anyway and it's clear that the new show will go back to being a New York only show rather than splitting the resources between Washington and New York. Hopefully both of them gets prime time slots but I dunno it'll be a demotion for them if one of them don't.
I can see Laura Coates being the favourite for a prime time show now there are two slots open. she has been on that 9pm slot quite regularly now and her style of questioning and grilling would be great for an evening show. Maybe Don's show will be replaced by a more serious news based evening news and analysis show that would fit well with one of John and Brianna presenting.
On the other side though, I feel really sorry for John Berman and Briana Kielar as they are great presenters stuck in a rather failed format from the bosses point of view. New Day in it's current format has clearly failed to cut through and they have fallen foul of the format they have been given. Doesn't help they are not even together most of the time anyway and it's clear that the new show will go back to being a New York only show rather than splitting the resources between Washington and New York. Hopefully both of them gets prime time slots but I dunno it'll be a demotion for them if one of them don't.
I can see Laura Coates being the favourite for a prime time show now there are two slots open. she has been on that 9pm slot quite regularly now and her style of questioning and grilling would be great for an evening show. Maybe Don's show will be replaced by a more serious news based evening news and analysis show that would fit well with one of John and Brianna presenting.