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The host will continue to lead the Nexstar-owned cable channel’s 8 p.m. hour.
By Alex Weprin
Media & Business Writer
Chris Cuomo isn’t going anywhere.
The veteran TV news anchor has inked a new multiyear deal with NewsNation that will keep him at the upstart cable. Cuomo hosts his eponymous program at 8 p.m. on the Nexstar-owned cable news channel.
Cuomo is at the center of an expansion push from NewsNation, which opened a new studio in New York last year. The network leans on Nexstar’s stable of local journalists, but has also become a home for TV news veterans that have left the legacy channels.
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“Chris is a one-of-a-kind talent whose unrivaled analysis and commentary has helped grow the audience at NewsNation and strengthen our brand,” said Sean Compton, president of Nexstar’s networks division, in a statement. “He believes strongly in NewsNation’s mission of delivering ‘News for All Americans’ and we are extremely pleased that he will remain a staple of the network’s primetime lineup.”
“Of course I am staying,” Cuomo added. “Where else but NewsNation can you expose the game instead of being forced to play? Let’s get after it!”
Cuomo, a veteran of Fox News, ABC News and CNN, joined NewsNation in 2022 to help build out its primetime lineup, joining fellow TV veterans Dan Abrams and Ashleigh Banfield. In December 2021 Cuomo exited CNN after his efforts to help his brother — former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — battle sexual harassment claims, came to light.
NewsNation remains far behind the legacy cable channels in ratings, though executives note that its viewership continues to grow by double digits at a time when almost everyone else is losing viewers. And because it is a startup that utilizes Nexstar’s local resources, executives have said that it is already profitable.
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