NewsNation might want to discover a new host for its essential 9 p.m. hour, with Dan Abrams set to step other than his primetime program early subsequent yr.
Abrams introduced his choice Thursday on the finish of his program Dan Abrams Stay, including that he’ll step other than his present in February.
Abrams is without doubt one of the media enterprise’ largest multitaskers, serving as ABC Information chief authorized analyst, a satellite tv for pc radio host, host and producer for the Reelz Channel present On Patrol Stay and because the proprietor of a digital media empire that features Mediaite, Regulation & Crime Community and different manufacturers, all along with his nightly NewsNation program.
“As chances are you’ll know, I additionally host a weekend present known as On Patrol Stay that follows police in actual time, I host a day by day radio present on SiriusXM and seem on ABC Information as its chief authorized analyst,” Abrams mentioned Thursday. “However in my on-air roles, I dedicate far extra of my time to this present than the rest, and as laborious as it’s for me to confess, it’s not simply not sensible to do that present all week whereas additionally working, and increasing, my companies.”
“Three years after this actually sudden alternative, I’ve reached the purpose the place it’s unattainable to maintain devoting the time wanted for this present whereas additionally working and rising my different companies,” he added.
Abrams added that he’ll stay with NewsNation — albeit not as an anchor — with extra particulars to return in February. NewsNation is anticipated to call his successor early subsequent yr as effectively.
Abrams, it must be famous, signed a new multi-year deal with NewsNation only one yr in the past, and was one of many hosts who helped forge NewsNation’s new id below the possession of the native TV station big Nexstar. Three years in the past, when Abrams first got here on board, Nexstar rebranded it from WGN America, and earlier this yr it formally went to a 24-hour cable information format.
“NewsNation president Sean Compton and I rapidly realized we had a shared imaginative and prescient about the place there was a gap within the cable market – compelling, sensible, however politically agnostic information protection,” Abrams mentioned. “We shared the view that each different information channel was successfully cheerleading for one aspect or one other. And as we talked extra, the concept of my internet hosting a nightly present got here to life.”
Earlier this week NewsNation inked Abrams’ lead-in, Chris Cuomo, to a brand new multi-year deal.