CNN has hired former San Diego TV news reporter Elex Michaelson to lead a new late-night newscast to be based in Los Angeles.

Michaelson, a veteran California political reporter and anchor who left LA station KTTV-TV Fox 11 in August, will head a nightly two-hour live broadcast from CNN’s studios on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank starting in mid-October, CNN announced.

Michaelson’s CNN program will air from 9 to 11 p.m. on the West Coast and from midnight to 2 a.m., East Coast time. It will also be carried on CNN International in Europe and Asia, including 5-to-7 a.m. in London and noon-to-2 p.m. in Hong Kong.

“I am so excited to join CNN and learn firsthand from some of the most talented journalists on the planet,” said Michaelson. “I’m especially grateful that CNN is expanding its in

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