CNN’s newest anchor came in with great fanfare — but his ratings can’t even beat reruns of Anderson Cooper

Elex Michaelson joined CNN in September, and his live late-night news program debuted last month. - (CNN)

After he was tapped to anchor CNN’s new foray into late-night live news programming, Los Angeles-based anchor Elex Michaelson suggested that cable news habit of airing reruns in the post-midnight time slots that’s left much of its potential audience in the dark.

“I don’t think that works anymore,” Michaelson told Deadline last month, adding that many viewers are “watching dated news in a media environment that is faster and faster.”