CNN's "New Day" anchors promised Monday to work out the show's kinks quickly, but it didn't seem to have any.
The 6 a.m. show made no bones about trying to be the newsiest morning program on television — or its willingness to throw in funny animals and Nancy Grace for comic relief. The animals felt like one of the less damaging concessions to keeping it light. Grace's comedy, as always, was unintentional.
The show, led by anchors Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan and news reader Michaela Pereira, started seriously with a voice-of-God introduction. (It was actually James Earl Jones, but it's hard to tell them apart.)