Chris Cuomo returning to TV, seven months after ouster from CNN

NEW YORK (AP) – Can Chris Cuomo live down being fired by CNN and win back a TV audience?

We will see, now that he’s about to host another prime-time show in the fall. Cuomo says the new gig is on NewsNation, a new cable outlet that’s replacing WGN America.

At one time, Cuomo was CNN’s most popular prime-time host.

But he was fired in December after his bosses said he wasn’t being straight with them about the extent to which he helped his older brother – former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo – dodge a sexual harassment scandal.

CNN has yet to name a full-time host to replace Cuomo in its 9 p.m. Eastern slot.