Wednesday 18 May 2022 11:40 PM Chris Wallace will host primetime CNN Sunday night show after jumping ship to ... trends now

Former Fox News host Chris Wallace has landed a CNN primetime hosting gig a few weeks after his interview show on the doomed CNN+ app was canned. 

Wallace left Fox News in December after 18 years at the network to join the streaming service CNN+, on a reputed $12m-a-year deal.

That was axed after just 22 days because of poor subscriber numbers.

But Wallace, 74, is getting a second chance at the network this coming fall where he will host a primetime show on Sunday nights, CNN CEO Chris Licht announced at Warner Bros. Discovery upfronts on Wednesday. 

The show will be part of a new 'CNN Sunday' programming block and will also be available to stream on HBO Max, the Hollywood Reporter reported. 

Licht said that news network is looking to move away from the 'extremes' that are currently dominating cable news

'Truth, fact and news that has real impact in their (viewers) lives is how we plan CNN's future,' he said. 

The network says it plan to apply that to morning news as well. 

'We are seeking to be a disrupter to the broadcast morning shows in this space, and we believe we have the resources to do it,' Licht, who has previously served as executive producer of both MSNBC's Morning Joe and CBS This Morning, said.  

Discovery CEO David Zaslav said also made it clear that the network would be pivoting towards straight news reporting. 

'People in America are looking for a place where people aren't yelling and giving their opinions and they're looking for more news. That's what you'll see from CNN,' Zaslav told CNBC's Squawkbox.