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CNN's Amanpour to leave network next June after 43 years

Amanpour's weekly CNN International show concludes in May, and her PBS show ends in December; her podcast with her ex-husband continues, apparently the one partner she's keeping.

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Published 10:54 PM ET, Monday, October 19, 2026

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Interviews“I predicted that in nineteen eighty-four.”Winston Abernathy Tagg▶ Full · 1:45Amanpour Leaving CNN: The Expert Who Predicted Both OutcomesInterviews · Oct 19

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First reported by Fox News: “Veteran CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour announces exit from network, will go off the air next June”, with reporting from NBC News, The Daily Beast, E! Online and The Hollywood Reporter.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 10:54 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Amanpour.
BBN covered this story before: Supreme Court rejects 9/11 plea deals; Omar probe; Amanpour exit (October 19).

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Fox NewsVeteran CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour announces exit from network, will go off the air next June
NBC NewsCNN’s Christiane Amanpour to depart network after 43 years October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
The Daily BeastCNN Star Christiane Amanpour Announces Shock Exit October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
E! OnlineCNN's Christiane Amanpour Leaving Network After 43 Years October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
The Hollywood ReporterCNN Shocker: Christiane Amanpour to Exit News Channel Next Year October 19, 2026 · facts used on air

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChristiane Amanpour says she is leaving CNN at the end of June, after forty-three years. Joining us is Winston Tagg, author of Don't Say Why.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorProfessor, did you see this coming?
Winston Abernathy TaggYes. I predicted it in twenty nineteen. Well, twenty seventeen.
Winston Abernathy TaggI also predicted she would stay, so I'm covered both ways, and I have a chapter for each.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBoth chapters. In one book.
Winston Abernathy TaggChapter four is the leaving, chapter five is the staying, and chapter six says it was always about the lighting.
Winston Abernathy TaggI'm testing this travel pillow for the tour, by the way.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe said she had a few sleepless nights, and then decided to separate from CNN, her partner of forty-three fantastic years.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs that a breakup or a retirement?
Winston Abernathy TaggNeither. It's a transition. I said so in twenty fifteen. Actually, twenty twelve. People forget that I was early.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe exit comes weeks after Paramount Skydance took over CNN's parent company, and she raised concerns about that takeover in May.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe hasn't said why she's leaving. Do you think the two are connected?
Winston Abernathy TaggI can't say. But I predicted the takeover in two thousand nine, and I predicted the weeks after it, which is where we are now.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCNN's chief executive, Mark Thompson, says he's very sorry to see her go but accepts it is the right time for her.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs that what a new owner says about the old tenants?
Winston Abernathy TaggYes, it's page ninety in the book, and I wrote it in nineteen ninety-eight. That's before the pillow was invented.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNineteen ninety-eight.
Winston Abernathy TaggI also predicted her podcast with her ex-husband goes on. I'm good with exes. The book covers that too.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorProfessor, thank you. Your book comes out in June, the same month she leaves.
Winston Abernathy TaggI predicted that in nineteen eighty-four.

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Oct 19Christiane Amanpour to Exit CNN in June After 43 Years · Variety
Oct 19Amanpour announces CNN departure after 43 years · The Hill
Oct 19Supreme Court rejects 9/11 plea deals; Omar probe; Amanpour exit · USA Today
Oct 19CNN's Amanpour to leave network next June after 43 years (this story)

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