Fox News shuffles daytime lineup; CNN makes changes

NEWYORK» Fox News Channel is shuffling its daytime lineup and adding a new hourlong opinion show at 7 p.m. to replace that hour’s current anchor, Martha MacCallum.

Both Fox and CNN announced lineup changes, as is often the case for news organizations with a new president about to take power. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Fox’s John Roberts are among those taking on new roles.

Starting Monday, Fox’s 7 p.m. hour will be led by a rotating group of opinion hosts, with a permanent host to be named later.

Roberts, Fox’s White House correspondent during the Trump administration, will co-anchor a daily news show from 1 to 3 p.m., with Sandra Smith starting Monday, Fox said. Bill Hemmer is moving back to mornings, co-hosting a two-hour “America’s Newsroom” with Dana Perino at 9 a.m. MacCallum is taking over the 3 p.m. hour from Hemmer.

At CNN, Tapper’s daily news show will increase an hour, running from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., taking an hour from Wolf Blitzer’s “Situation Room.” Tapper will also be CNN’s lead anchor for all Washington-based events, the network said.