CNN Cancels ‘This Morning’ Anchor Lineup, Moves Production From New York to Atlanta

Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly are done after a year-and-a-half stint – undoing the last of former chief Chris Licht’s programming decisions

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CNN is revamping the morning programming, canceling the current “CNN This Morning” anchor duo of Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly, adding an additional hour to Kasie Hunt’s early show and bumping up “CNN News Central” to 7 a.m.

And with that, new CEO Mark Thompson has fully undone the programming decisions made by former CEO Chris Licht, whose first move was to create “CNN This Morning,” initially with hosts Harlow, Kaitlan Collins and Don Lemon.

Thompson told staffers Monday that production of the new “This Morning” will move from New York to Atlanta. Harlow and Mattingly will no longer host “CNN This Morning,” but are engaged in discussions about new roles.

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