Chris Wallace jokes that CNN+ streaming had ‘one viewer’

CNN anchor Chris Wallace poked enjoyable on the painfully low viewership of his personal community’s doomed streaming service throughout an look on “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” on Thursday.

Wallace received candid after declaring that when he final appeared on the late-night comedy present in March, his present “Who’s Speaking To Chris Wallace?” was nonetheless airing on CNN+. The pricey streamer shut down only one month after its debut after failing to lure many paid subscribers.

“The final time I used to be on the present, it was March twenty seventh,” Wallace stated.

“I bear in mind it properly, CNN+ nonetheless existed again then,” Colbert replied.

Colbert’s joke drew a spherical of snickers and a few lingering applause from one viewers member. Wallace used the audible clapping as a possibility to mock CNN+.

“Thanks. There was the one viewer of CNN+,” Wallace quipped in response, drawing extra laughter.

Mediaite earlier reported on Wallace’s remarks.

Wallace was billed as a headliner on CNN+ when the $5.99 service debuted to nice fanfare final March. He joined CNN after an 18-year stint at Fox Information, the place he helmed the conservative community’s Sunday morning information present.

The fledging community fizzled shortly and was nixed as part of a cost-cutting push underneath WarnerBros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. The corporate laid off about 300 junior staffers as a part of the choice, whereas others have been reassigned to new roles.

The CNN anchor beforehand joked concerning the streaming service’s brief lifespan throughout an October interview with superstar chef Man Fieri, when he joked that they wanted to “watch out” on set.

“That is my one sequence. That is my one studio. That is my one set,” Wallace stated on the time. “So we have to be very cautious with it, as a result of I virtually misplaced it just a few months in the past.”

Wallace discussed CNN+’s downfall throughout an occasion hosted by the Frequent Floor Committee final April, stating that WarnerBros. Discovery executives had “come to the conclusion that having a slim, area of interest product like a information streaming service doesn’t work.”

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Regardless of CNN+’s collapse, Wallace’s interview continued to air on HBO Max. A separate, shorter model of “Who’s Speaking To Chris Wallace” that includes one of the best moments from his current interviews airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET on CNN.

The CNN+ shutdown was one of many first strikes in a sweeping overhaul on the community, whose President Chris Licht is pushing towards a concentrate on centrist, non-partisan protection.