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After he was tapped to anchor CNN’s new foray into late-night live news programming, Los Angeles-based anchor Elex Michaelson suggested that cable news habit of airing reruns in the post-midnight time slots that’s left much of its potential audience in the dark.
“I don’t think that works anymore,” Michaelson told Deadline last month, adding that many viewers are “watching dated news in a media environment that is faster and faster.”
A month after the premiere of The Story Is with Elex Michaelson, however, the network is still waiting to see if the West Coast will tune in during their primetime to watch live cable news.
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