''CNN This Morning Weekend'' is an American

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airing on weekends on

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and

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from CNN's headquarters at Techwood Studios in Atlanta. The program originally launched on June 22, 2013, as ''New Day Weekend'', the weekend edition of CNN's then-new morning show '' New Day''. Following the launch in late 2022 of ''CNN This Morning'' on weekdays, the show was rebranded as ''CNN This Morning Weekend'' but did not see a format change. After the weekday program's eventual cancellation, ''This Morning Weekend'' continued as before.

Background

''New Day Weekend'' era

''New Day Weekend'' launched alongside its weekday morning counterpart in 2013. The program was initially co-anchored by Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul, and based out of CNN's then-headquarters at the

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in Atlanta. Unlike ''New Day'', the weekend show has maintained a two-anchor format throughout its entire existence. In early 2021, Victor Blackwell left the program to co-anchor a two-hour block of

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with former ''New Day'' anchor

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. He was replaced with Boris Sanchez, who would anchor from either Atlanta or

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Paul announced her exit from the program in June 2022, citing the need to spend more time with her family, especially in the aftermath of the

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. Amara Walker replaced Paul, continuing to anchor from Atlanta.

''CNN This Morning'' era

In November 2022, coinciding with the premiere of CNN's new weekday morning show ''CNN This Morning'', ''New Day Weekend'' also switched to the ''CNN This Morning'' branding. The change did not impact the program's format, with Walker and Sanchez continuing to serve as anchors. Sanchez exited the program in 2023 to anchor the new weekday show ''

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'' alongside former weekday ''New Day'' anchor

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and CNN Chief National Security Analyst

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. In the same shakeup, Blackwell returned to Atlanta to anchor the program along with the new Saturday morning program ''First of All''. Despite the cancellation of the weekday ''CNN This Morning'' in February 2024, the weekend show was not affected. Walker announced in February 2025 that she would leave the network after more than ten years. An immediate successor was not named.

Notable on-air staff

* Boris Sanchez, anchor (2021–2022; now on ''CNN News Central'') *

Amara Walker Amara Walker, or Amara Sohn-Walker (; née Sohn), is an American journalist and a former news anchor for CNN This Morning Weekend. She also was a correspondent on CNN. Early life and education Walker was born and raised outside Los Angeles. ...

anchor (2022–2025) *

Victor Blackwell Victor Blackwell (born September 25, 1981) is an American television news anchor who currently co-hosts the weekend edition of ''CNN This Morning (2022), CNN This Morning'' and hosts ''First of All with Victor Blackwell'' on CNN. Early life and ...

, anchor (2013–2021; 2023–present) *

Christi Paul Christi Paul is an American journalist and former weekday news anchor for HLN and weekend anchor for CNN's '' New Day''. Biography Paul was raised in a Christian family in Bellevue, Ohio. She graduated from the University of Toledo whe ...

, anchor (2013–2022)

References

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