ReliableSources, the media-news program that has been on CNN since 1993, is the latest piece of content to go on the chopping block under the cost-cutting regime of Warner Bros. Discovery
. The show, which has evolved from a dusty public affairs program in its earliest days to a lean-forward show that often took on Fox News and President Donald Trump under former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, will broadcast its last episode on Sunday, August 21. Its anchor,“We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors,” CNN said in a statement.
Chris Licht, the former CBS executive who has taken the reins of CNN, has articulated a plan to return the network to its news bona fides. But he does so as CNN’s parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, is looking to cut $3 billion worth of costs and is struggling with a massive debt load incurred as the result of acquiring WarnerMedia, CNN’s former corporate overseer, from AT&T.
Licht has already indicated he plans to retool CNN’s Sunday schedule with a block of programming that includes a new show led by Chris Wallace as well as a newsmagazine focused on enterprise and feature reporting. He is also working on plans to revamp “New Day,” CNN’s morning show. Viewers of CNN’s recent programming will no doubt have noticed some tinkering. The network’s 9 p.m. hour has become home to a panel of guests led by CNN anchors like Sara Sidner, Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota.
“Reliable Sources” has in recent weeks won the most viewership among audiences between 25 and 54 — the audience most coveted by advertisers in news programming — on CNN’s Sunday daytime schedule. It regularly beats its time slot rival at MSNBC. But the show has been outmatched by Fox News Channel’s “MediaBuzz,” led Howard Kurtz, who anchored “Reliable Sources” before Stelter started his tenure.
“I’m grateful for my nine years with CNN, proud of what we accomplished on Reliable Sources and so thankful for the viewers who tuned in every week for our examination of the media, truth and the stories that shape our world,” Stelter said in a statement. “It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential.” He indicated he would have more to say on Sunday, when the last broadcast of “Reliable Sources” takes place.
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