Cable News Biggest Hirings, Firings and Moves of 2013

Publish date: 2024-06-05

Cable News’ Biggest Hirings, Firings and Moves of 2013

Martin Bashir
Less than a month after calling Sarah Palin a "world-class idiot," among other things, the longtime MSNBC anchor and British journalist bowed out of his daily show. His next job has yet to be determined.
Megyn Kelly
The former daytime anchor became the new face of Fox News when she returned from maternity leave in October to anchor the cable network's choice 9 p.m. time slot. The Kelly File is now cable news second-biggest show, shy of The O'Reilly Factor.
Soledad O’Brien
Following a slow exit from CNN, O'Brien became one of the biggest names to board upstart Al Jazeera America — which replaced Current TV on the cable dial in August 2013.
Nancy Grace
HLN may be headed for a massive rebrand, moving away from the courtroom coverage that saw it hit ratings highs in 2013 — but with a recently extended contract with the Turner net, trial coverage queen Nancy Grace is there to stay.
Howard Kurtz
Soon after departing his editorial gig at The Daily Beast for incorrectly accusing NBA player Jason Collins of not acknowledging a former heterosexual engagement in his Sports Illustrated coming out story, the longtime Reliable Sources host exited CNN for Fox News. He now hosts weekly Sunday series Media Buzz.
Newt Gingrich
A big year of new programming and big hires at CNN included a resurrection of the network's classic political panel series, Crossfire. Newt Gingrich was brought on board to lead the series' conservative voice.
Jake Tapper
The longtime ABC News correspondent, Tapper left the network at the start of 2013 for a gig as chief Washington correspondent at CNN — where he also now hosts daily show The Lead with Jake Tapper.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
The longtime View panelist left the women of ABC's morning roundtable for the men of Fox & Friends in fall 2013. She replaced longtime co-host Gretchen Carlson, who left for her own one-hour on Fox.
Alec Baldwin
Another well-documented run-in with a paparazzo prompted MSNBC to suspend Alec Baldwin's young talker, Up Late, after just five episodes. The actor and the network ultimately announced a "mutual parting" and officially pulled the plug two weeks later.
‘New Day’
In one of the biggest launches under Jeff Zucker's CNN tenure, the network relaunched its morning block 2013 with Chris Cuomo, Kate Bolduan and Michaela Pereira co-hosting a talker in hopes of competing with venerable broadcast daytime shows Today and Good Morning America.
Ed Schultz
MSNBC host Ed Schultz was shuffled off to the weekends when he lost his choice nightly 8 p.m. timeslot to Chris Hayes, only to be relocated back to weekdays in a new hour just a few months later.
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes made the moves from weekends to one of cable news' most competitive primetime hours when MSNBC gave him the 8 p.m. Rachael Maddow lead-in.
Maria Bartiromo
One of the most famous faces of finance, Maria Bartiromo left her longtime gig at CNBC in November for a big contract with competitor Fox Business Network.
Chris Matthews
Long occupying two hours of MSNBC's daily schedule, Chris Matthews saw his nightly show condensed to one original airing at 7 p.m.