Brian Stelter Leaving CNN – Reliable Sources Show Canceled
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More major changes have come to CNN.
CNN canceled its media affairs show Reliable Sources which was hosted by CNN Host Brian Stelter. Stelter is also leaving the network.
Stelter has hosted the show for nine years and it was the longest-running show on the network.
CNN is canceling its Sunday media affairs show Reliable Sources, and host Brian Stelter is departing the network, Stelter tells NPR.
In a statement to NPR, Stelter says he’s grateful for the show and his team’s examination of “the media, truth and the stories that shape our world.”
“It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential,” Stelter said, promising to say more on Sunday’s show — its final episode.
The show has been struggling with ratings – in June it had its lowest-rated episode since September of 2019.
CNN’s media-centric show “Reliable Sources” hosted by Brian Stelter had its worst-rated episode since September 2019.
Stelter’s show logged just 580,000 last Sunday, and a mere 73,000 viewers in the all-important 25-to-54-year-old demographic, Fox News reported. The show lost 13% of the total audience and it marked Stelter’s smallest audience since Sept. 15, 2019.
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