CNN News Central

CNN News Central is a daytime news program carried by the U.S. cable news channel CNN. It premiered on April 3, 2023, as part of a phase-out of CNN's existing rolling news block CNN Newsroom, with its afternoon edition premiering two weeks later on April 17, 2023. The morning edition is anchored by John Berman, Kate Bolduan, and Sara Sidner in New York City and is simulcast on sister network HLN, while the afternoon edition is anchored by Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez in Washington, D.C.

With the cancellation of CNN This Morning, the morning edition of News Central was moved into its timeslot as a replacement in February 2024, and the first 30 minutes of the morning edition is broadcast on CNN International.

History
In January 2023, as part of changes to CNN's programming instituted by new president Chris Licht, it was announced that the network planned to re-launch its daytime rolling news blocks with a new format. On March 1, 2023, it was announced that the programs would be titled CNN News Central, with its morning edition from New York premiering on April 3, 2023, and an afternoon edition anchored from Washington premiering on April 17, 2023.

News Central features teams of anchors that are present throughout their respective block (rather than having blocks hosted by solo anchors throughout the day, as with its predecessor CNN Newsroom, and the competing dayside blocks America's Newsroom and MSNBC Reports on Fox News and MSNBC respectively). Its presentation utilizes a "visual-first" approach influenced by CNN special event coverage such as elections, including the extensive use of infographics on video walls in the studio to highlight key points and imagery related to the story being discussed.

On August 14, 2023, CNN announced that the 3 p.m. ET hour of News Central would be replaced by a new program, The Bulletin with Pamela Brown. In September 2023, Jim Sciutto moved to CNN Newsroom on CNN Max.

On February 26, 2024, the morning edition of News Central was moved up from 9 a.m. to 7 a.m. due to the cancellation of CNN This Morning, and is simulcast on sister network HLN (due to contractual obligations regarding HLN's news content); the 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. hours are filled by hours of CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta and Wolf Blitzer respectively, with The Bulletin expected to premiere in the 11 a.m. timeslot after Brown returns from maternity leave.

Mornings (New York City)

 * John Berman, anchor (since April 3, 2023)
 * Kate Bolduan, anchor (since April 3, 2023)
 * Sara Sidner, anchor (since April 3, 2023)

Afternoons (Washington D.C.)

 * Brianna Keilar, anchor (since April 17, 2023)
 * Boris Sanchez, anchor (since April 17, 2023)

Former anchors

 * Jim Sciutto (April 17, 2023 – September 2023)