Jeff Zucker’s First Official CNN Hire: ESPN’s Rachel Nichols Joins News Network

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday January 24, 2013 @ 1:34pm PST

Just four days after officially taking over at CNN, Jeff Zucker today announced his first hire and first new show on the cable news network. Longtime ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols will join CNN and Turner Sports to anchor a new weekend sports program starting later this year. “We’re just thrilled that a sports journalist of Rachel’s stature and expertise will now be a regular part of the CNN lineup. Her arrival, beginning next week, is an important step in expanding the range of programming and storytelling on CNN,” CNN Worldwide president Zucker in a statement Thursday. Nichols’ as yet unnamed show “will focus on the most interesting stories and personalities in the world of sports,” said CNN.. The hire of Nichols, who spent nine years at ESPN, comes one day after former ABC Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper made his debut on CNN on the network’s The Situation Room. Brought on board at CNN in late December, Tapper too will have a new show on the network this year.

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Paget Brewster Returning To ‘Criminal Minds’ Next Season, Rachel Nichols Leaving

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday May 28, 2011 @ 5:14pm PDT
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EXCLUSIVE: Paget Brewster will continue on CBS’ crime drama Criminal Minds next season, while new series regular Rachel Nichols won’t return. Meanwhile, co-star Thomas Gibson still doesn’t have a deal for next season, with negotiations ongoing.

I hear CBS and series’ … Read More »

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Rachel Nichols To Become Regular On ‘Criminal Minds’; Paget Brewster’s Status Unchanged

Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Nichols is in negotiations to join the cast of CBS’ Criminal Minds as a series regular, the show’s first new regular addition since Joe Mantegna took over for Mandy Patinkin in 2007. Nicholson was originally tapped for … Read More »

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TV Casting Roundup: New Additions To ‘Criminal Minds’, ‘The Cape’ & ‘KROG’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 5:46am PDT
Nellie Andreeva

In notable recent TV castings, Rachel Nichols has joined CBS’ Criminal Minds as a recurring, Izabella Miko has boarded NBC’s The Cape and Cartoon Network has assembled the cast of its live-action comedy pilot KROG.

Rachel Nichols (Star Trek) has been … Read More »

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