CNN has decided to move on from a talk show format and instead will air nonfiction specials and documentaries in the time slot, the network announced on Thursday.
The specials, to be hosted by Anthony Bourdain, John Walsh and Mike Rowe will fill a time slot that Larry King and Piers Morgan once held onto, reports The Associated Press. In addition to the nonfiction series, CNN will have a nightly newscast. The hosts will be an ever-changing group.
CNN's already popular Parts Unknown, hosted by Bourdain, will be one of the series to air in the now empty timeslot. The show has done well for the network and is actually CNN's most popular show.
Other shows already selected include Morgan Spurlock's Inside Man, Rowe's Somebody's Gotta Do It, Lisa Ling's Our America and Walsh will host a criminal investigation series. On top of those series, a documentary The Jesus Code and a shorter series The Sixties will air at some point.
Though the decision might help out CNN, who has been struggling in the ratings, a few news personalities likely won't be happy. When news of Morgan's cancellation first came up, the network said that several people would try out for the time slot. Jake Tapper, Michael Smerconish, Bill Weir and Don Lemon all were in line to give the empty slot a test drive.