CNN’s firing of anchor Chris Cuomo leaves a serious void in its essential 9 p.m. hour, at a time when the community is already struggling to reverse a decline in scores.
Community President Jeff Zucker fired Mr. Cuomo on Dec. 4 after a authorized overview discovered that he had violated firm requirements by serving to his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, reply to allegations of sexual misconduct. Chris Cuomo’s present, “Cuomo Prime Time,” was CNN’s highest-rated program and a linchpin of its prime-time programming.
