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CNN This Morning has tapped Lauren Mensch and Chris Russell as its new executive producers, an effort to bolster the network’s morning show after its debut in November. They will succeed Eric Hall, who departed in January to helm the 11 PM hour of CNN Tonight hosted by Laura Coates. Mensch will…

Don Lemon returned to CNN This Morning on Wednesday and issued another apology for comments he made about women on the show last week. Related Story Anderson Cooper To Host New CNN Sunday Primetime Series 'The Whole Story' “I appreciate this opportunity to be back on CNN This…

Don Lemon will return to CNN This Morning on Wednesday following the backlash over comments he made last week about when women were in their “prime.” CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht wrote in a memo to staff late Monday, “I sat down with Don and had a frank and meaningful conversation. He…

Don Lemon will not appear on Monday’s edition of CNN This Morning, missing the show amid controversy over comments about women he made last week that led to an apology on Twitter and to staffers. Lemon is taking the holiday break, a CNN rep confirmed. He was absent from Friday’s show because of…

UPDATED: Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, called Don Lemon’s comments on women “unacceptable,” while Lemon apologized to staffers in an editorial call on Friday. "I'm sorry that I said it. And I certainly see why people found it completely misguided,” Lemon said, according to an account…

Stephen Colbert had some harsh words to say about Don Lemon’s outfit on CNN This Morning. The late-night show host took to The Late Show to air out his grievances over Lemon’s fit that he didn’t think was right for the news program. Despite Colbert saying that Lemon was “a dear, dear friend” and that…

UPDATED: The executive producer of CNN This Morning is departing the show and moving to the 11 PM hour of CNN Tonight hosted by Laura Coates. Eric Hall’s exit comes less than three months after the revamped morning show’s debut. The network has not yet named a successor, but one is expected soon…

CNN’s new morning show CNN This Morning launched Tuesday with a news-heavy three hours that nevertheless played up an essential element of rival shows: conversation and chemistry. “I probably got two hours sleep,” Don Lemon, formerly part of the network’s nighttime lineup, said in the opener, flanked…