NEW YORK — CNN host Jake Tapper is moving out of the 9 p.m. Eastern time spot he briefly occupied in the cable news channel’s prime-time lineup.
He is slated to exit that post after the midterm elections, which take place Nov. 8. Tapper will continue doing his afternoon program “The Lead,” which he started in 2013.
“As part of a special lineup, Jake agreed to anchor the 9 (p.m.) hour through the midterm elections,” a network spokesman said in a statement to the New York Daily News. “At the completion of that schedule, he’ll be returning to his award-winning program ‘The Lead.’ We will announce post-election plans for that time slot in the coming days.”
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