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Chris Cuomo’s nightly NewsNation show will debut on October 3, with Alexandra “Dusty” Cohen named as its executive producer.

for several ethical lapses and an accusation of sexual harassment (he denies that accusation.) “Bill so you know is not just good on the show he’s good off the show, so I thank you for that,” Cuomo said, prompting Maher to joke “we’re just friends.”Cuomo said that “happy” is “probably not the right word” to describe how he feels now that he’s headed back to cable. But, he said, “I want to help.

@ChrisCuomo is joining NewsNation: The cable news veteran believes he can provide viewers a break from America's "binary" media when his new show launches this fall. More: https://t.co/TXSo1HxHWI pic.twitter.com/5M9fl1JVxBIt’s a serious step down from Cuomo’s formerly lofty heights at CNN, where he was the top-ranted anchor in 2019 and 2020, thanks in part to frequent guest appearances by his older brother, disgraced former New York Gov.

Chris Cuomo will be making his return to TV sooner than you know it.

Chris Cuomo is coming back to TV. The embattled news anchor, who was fired from CNN in December, is joining NewsNation’s prime-time line-up this fall.Chris, 51, revealed the news during a sit-down chat with NewsNation's on Tuesday, where he discussed his new role with the Nexstar Media Group’s cable network.«I want to help. I want to find a way to help people.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter a long and much-publicized interruption, Chris Cuomo wants to get after it again.Cuomo, who made that phrase the mission statement for his 9 p.m. program on CNN, is taking his bulldog demeanor and lean-in anchoring style to NewsNation, the still-nascent news outlet backed by large station owner Nexstar Media, which has in recent months made a series of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its presence in the media sector.

In his first sit down interview since he was fired by CNN, Chris Cuomo denied that he tried to influence media coverage of his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as he was facing allegations of sexual harassment.

Chris Stirewalt, who was a veteran politics editor at Fox News until he was let go in the aftermath of the 2020 election, is joining NewsNation, Nexstar’s non-partisan news venture.

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook said a show called The Hill will debut on NewsNation by year end, building on the 2021 acquisition of the Beltway-focused digital asset as it builds up content on the news network he said is showing “green shoots.”

Political columnist George Will is joining Nexstar Media’s NewsNation as senior contributor.

NewsNation, Nexstar’s nearly year-old news network, is expanding its lineup with the launch of a morning news show hosted by Adrienne Bankert and a primetime program headlined by Dan Abrams.

Former “Live PD” host Dan Abrams is joining NewsNation with his own nightly primetime show, as the former WGN America undergoes a major expansion of hours. Additionally, “GMA Weekend” host Adrienne Bankert is joining the cable channel to anchor three-hour weekday morning news show “Morning in America.”Both shows launch on Sept.

Dan Abrams is returning to TV! The veteran journalist, host and media personality is joining the NewsNation network with a new series, NewsNation announced the show on Monday.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNexstar Media Group’s fledgling NewsNation cable network is shuffling its programming lineup to add a nightly live show hosted by Dan Abrams and a three-hour morning news block anchored by Adrienne Bankert.Both shows begin Sept. 27.

Today, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that Emmy-winning journalist Adrienne Bankert has joined its cable network NewsNation, as an anchor and correspondent.

Today, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that Emmy-winning journalist Adrienne Bankert has joined its cable network NewsNation, as an anchor and correspondent.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorABC News alumnus Adrienne Bankert has joined Nexstar Media Group’s NewsNation cable channel as an anchor and correspondent.Bankert is expected to be part of the anchor team for a national morning news program that NewsNation is set to launch later this year. To start, she will cover national affairs and produce special reports for the Chicago-based news operation that launched last September on the cable channel previously known as WGN America.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNexstar’s NewsNation channel is in turmoil as it faces staff defections amid concerns that the outlet is being pushed by management to lean to the right in its news coverage.The simmering controversy for the channel previously known as WGN America gained steam on Tuesday when Nexstar confirmed that Jennifer Lyons, the WGN-TV Chicago news veteran who led the launch of the primetime “NewsNation” block last September, has resigned her post as VP of news.

Bill Shine, the former Fox News producer turned executive, who later served as White House communications director under President Trump in 2018-2019, is consulting on Nexstar's NewsNation cable channel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Shine joined NewsNation ahead of its launch last year (it launched as a primetime news block in September 2020), a spokesperson for Nexstar says.

Nexstar, the local TV station giant, is rebranding its national cable channel WGN America as NewsNation, positioning it as a "fact-based and unbiased" competitor to cable news channels like CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. When it relaunches on March 1, NewsNation will be available in 75 million homes, after new carriage deals with distribution providers increased its household base by 8.5 million.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNexstar’s WGN America will rebrand itself NewsNation as of March 1 when the cabler expands its volume of daily newscasts to five hours a day.The move is another commitment from Nexstar to turn WGN America into a full-fledged news channel. WGN America launched a three-hour primetime newscast on Sept.

Nexstar-owned cable network WGN America will rebrand as NewsNation on March 1, debuting an expanded lineup of five hours of nightly news programming.