NewsNation Snags Republican Primary Debate With Moderators Elizabeth Vargas, Megyn Kelly
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Before CNN, CBS News or ABC News can snare one of the series of Republican primary debates taking place in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, another news outlet will have its turn.
NewsNation, the upstart cable-news property launched by Nexstar Media in March of 2021, will team up with SiriusXM Radio and the conservative political outlet Washington Free Beacon on December 6 to broadcast the event, the fourth backed by the Republican National Committee following debates telecast by Fox News Media networks and NBC News.
The media companies have enlisted NewsNation anchor Elizabeth Vargas; the outspoken host Megyn Kelly, whose “The Megyn Kelly Show” is simulcast on SiriusXM and who is known best from her time at Fox News Channel and NBC News; and Free Beacon journalist Eliana Johnson to moderate the affair.
The debate will be simulcast on the CW, the broadcast network Nexstar acquired in 2022, in the eastern and central time zones, with stations in the western U.S.
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