What happened to Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly?

“CNN This Morning” anchors Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly signed off of the show Feb. 23, 2024.

On Feb. 28, 2024, Mattingly announced he would be staying with CNN, moving into the role of chief domestic correspondent and fill-in anchor. He’ll be assigned to cover the Trump campaign.

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Originally Harlow’s future at the network remained unclear, though the network said in a previously announcement that they are in discussions about a new role for her.

Poppy Harlow out at CNN

However, on April 26, 2024, the network announced that Harlow would be departing the network.

Prior to Feb. 23, Harlow and Mattingly disappeared from the show after the Feb. 15, 2024 edition but returned Feb. 21, 2024.

At the time, CNN confirmed they were simply taking time off for the long President’s Day weekend and were expected to return after a brief break.

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Audie Cornish and John Berman filled in Feb. 19, 2024, with Erica Hill beside Omar Jimenez on Feb. 16, 2024.

Cornish and Berman were back in the anchor chairs again Feb. 20.

Harlow and Mattingly returned to the show Feb. 21, 2024.

Harlow and Mattingly continued to anchor “This Morning” even after the network’s Feb. 5, 2024, announcement that the show would end. 

The move was part of a broader schedule shakeup that includes Kasie Hunt’s “Early Start” expanding to two hours and taking on the name “CNN This Morning.” It will run from 5 to 7 a.m. eastern.

Meanwhile, “CNN NewsCentral” with Berman, Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner will move up an hour and start at 7 a.m. eastern. 

The show will still run three hours, ending at 10 a.m. instead of 11 a.m. Weekend anchor Jim Acosta will anchor from 10 to 11 a.m. on “CNN Newsroom” with Pamela Brown launching “The Bulletin” at 11 a.m. eastern. Brown is on family leave, however, so Wolf Blitzer is slated to anchor until she returns.

CNN has not announced a new date for the schedule to take effect, though Acosta said his show will debut Feb. 26, 2024.

Hunt, Acosta and Brown will all anchor from Washington, D.C., with editorial production for all three shows plus “NewsCentral” handled out of CNN headquarters in Atlanta. The anchors are expected to collaborate with the Atlanta newsroom remotely.

Harlow and Mattingly’s version of “CNN This Morning” was the last weekday morning show produced from the network’s New York newsroom, though the Hudson Yards facility still handled studio operations as it does for the morning block of “NewsCentral.”