"CNN's Morning Show Shake-Up: Overhauling Lineup and Promoting Jim Acosta Amid Ratings Struggles"
CNN This Morning has been scrapped after 18 months due to poor ratings and the departures of hosts Don Lemon and Kaitlan Collins. The show was marred by scandals, including Lemon's firing for sexist slurs and insulting an alleged rape victim, as well as tensions between Lemon and Collins. The departure comes amid a significant drop in CNN's viewership, with the network's primetime views plummeting by 61 percent in March 2023. Lemon was fired unceremoniously in April 2023 after 17 years with the network, and the show's current hosts, Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly, will also come off the air.