D.L. Hughley Cancelled
City File New York beats TVNewser by five minutes with the story that D.L. Hughley has been cancelled.
A source tells us that CNN has decided to cancel the show due to “budgetary constraints.” We haven’t heard back yet from reps at CNN, although the move wouldn’t be surprising given CNN’s troubles as of late and the fact that HLN (the network you used to know as Headline News) is now “beating its older sibling CNN in the target 25-54 demo,” according to Broadcasting & Cable. We’ll let you know as soon as we hear more. Update: It’s confirmed: Hughley is out. An official statement from CNN and more detail on his departure below.
March 5, 2009 at 3:05 pm
WOW! I guess this could be considered yet another lie&failure combo courtesy of Jon Klein!
Btw, didn’t I read a quote on this very blog about Hughley being on for at least a year? (Or something very close to that.)
Translation: Yet another person still getting PAID by CNN but not on the AIR, eh?
March 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm
CNN sucks. D. L. actually DID break news last week, pretty good work for a show called Hughley Breaks the News. It’s a good show and Klien is a liar and an idiot.
March 5, 2009 at 6:46 pm
who cares who was first? only inside cable news cuz it wasnt first. grow up