Cuomo was accosted at a weekend party in 2019, baited by conservative provocateurs who captured him arguing with someone yelling at him and then posted the video online. I like making other people uncomfortable,” Cuomo told Variety in 2018, the year the network moved him up to primetime.īut he became a public target at CNN, too. Now many CNN anchors take pride in a more aggressive brand of commentary and reportage.Ĭuomo joined CNN from ABC News in 2013, and was set as a co-anchor of “New Day,” a morning program that executives billed as a counterpart to NBC’s “Today.” As the news cycle grew more frenzied, however, CNN jettisoned the original concept and set Cuomo in front of retooled effort that had him grilling Trump administration officials and newsmakers in segments that often ran so long that the network pushed back commercial breaks to accommodate them.
show, “Cuomo Prime Time” was once the home to Larry King’s genial celebrity interviews. Consider that the slot used for Cuomo’s 9 p.m. His broader rise was also emblematic of a new tone the outlet, once seen as a plain-vanilla dispenser of news, took on under Zucker, who became president in 2013. I owe them all and will miss that group of special people who did really important work.”ĬNN did make executives available to elaborate beyond the statements it released Saturday.Ĭuomo gained traction at CNN thanks to a sharp-elbowed, lean-in demeanor that he used both in front of the camera and behind it. “So let me now say as disappointing as this is, I could not be more proud of the team at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN’s #1 show in the most competitive time slot. “This is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told you why and how I helped my brother,” Cuomo wrote in a statement on his official Twitter. yKPwYtMznDĬuomo, who in the past has readily acknowledged he felt his family ties were stronger than his journalism callings, reiterated some of that in a new statement.
Statement on Chris Cuomo’s termination from CNN.
“It goes without saying that these decisions are not easy, and there are a lot of complex factors involved,” Jeff Zucker, WarnerMedia’s chairman of news and sports, said in a memo to CNN staffers on Saturday. But the network appeared on Saturday to have reached its tipping point. Katz said her client wished to remain anonymous to the public, but “will continue to cooperate with CNN’s investigation into her allegations.”ĬNN has defended Cuomo for months as he has dealt with accusations over his ethics and other imbroglios.
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