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Chris Cuomo is returning to TV news. The former CNN anchor, who was fired in December from the network, is joining NewsNation.

“And the media is trapped in it very often. I think we need outlets that aren’t fringe and just trying to fill their pockets.” He added that he is “going to try very hard to be fair” in his reporting.

The hiring of Chris Cuomo brings both star power and baggage to NewsNation, which has yet to build a large audience since its launch two years ago.

The network airs 11 hours of live news programming each day, with plans to go 24/7 by 2024. NewsNation has 221 anchors, producers, editors and researchers working at its newsroom inside the 61-year-old WGN-TV studios on West Bradley Place in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood. Before that, Cuomo, an attorney, was co-anchor of ABC’s “20/20″ and chief law correspondent for ABC News. He started at ABC in 2006 as news anchor at “Good Morning America,” and previously worked at Fox News. The time slot for Cuomo’s new one-hour show on NewsNation has yet to be disclosed. Cuomo, 51, who long hosted the top-rated prime-time show on CNN, was fired in December for allegedly violating network standards by advising his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as he navigated sexual harassment allegations. “I never lied and there were no secrets.”

Ex-CNN anchor follows Leland Vittert, Dan Abrams and Ashleigh Banfield to the fledgling news channel.

“Other people have the luxury of judging allegations and situations,” Cuomo continued. Speaking to NewsNation’s Dan Abrams on Tuesday night, Cuomo said, “I never lied, and there were no secrets… As reported by Variety, Cuomo will join the NewsNation prime-time line-up in the fall.

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In the interview, he denied manipulating the press to help his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). Catch up quick: Cuomo had been with CNN since 2013. He was later fired by the network. - Cuomo used to host a radio show for SiriusXM butleft that jobshortly after he was fired from CNN. Earlier this month, he introduceda new podcast called The Chris Cuomo Podcast. - In the week leading up to his firing, CNN was informed of a new sexual harassment allegation against Chris Cuomo, perthe New York Times. Details: Cuomo will host his own prime-time show for the network beginning this fall, according to a statement from NewsNation. The network didn't reveal which hour he would take the anchor seat.