Anderson Cooper isn’t leaving CNN any time quickly. The Hollywood Reporter’s Marisa Guthrie reported Wednesday that CNN has signed Cooper to a new contract with a view to keep him on the community in the course of the 2016 presidential election.

With displays at 8 and 10pm, Cooper is an essential a part of CNN’s primetime lineup. During the 1/3 quarter of this yr, Cooper’s 8pm broadcast led the network in total viewers while his 10pm exhibit was #1 for CNN within the 25-54 demo. Whereas Cooper’s 8pm rankings constantly fall neatly below Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor, in recent weeks and months his has been one of the most handiest primetime CNN presentations to high MSNBC, on this case All In with Chris Hayes at 8pm.

Back in March of 2013, there were rumors that NBC had approached Cooper to replace Matt Lauer on the As of late Express. Sources indicated that Cooper can have became down the place as a result of he was once “not thinking about trading globetrotting for 4am get up calls.”

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