Chris Cuomo isnt going anywhere.

The veteran TV news anchor has inked a new multiyear deal with NewsNation that will keep him at the upstart cable. Cuomo hosts his eponymous program at 8 p.m. on the Nexstar-owned cable news channel.

Cuomo is at the center of an expansion push from NewsNation, which opened a new studio in New York last year. The network leans on Nexstars stable of local journalists, but has also become a home for TV news veterans that have left the legacy channels. Chris is a one-of-a-kind talent whose unrivaled analysis and commentary has helped grow the audience at NewsNation and strengthen our brand, said Sean Compton, president of Nexstars networks division, in a statement. He believes strongly in NewsNations mission of delivering News for All Americans and we are extremely pleased that he will remain a staple of the networks primetime lineup.

Of course I am staying, Cuomo added. Where else but NewsNation can you expose the game instead of being forced to play? Lets get after it!

Cuomo, a veteran of Fox News, ABC News and CNN, joined NewsNation in 2022 to help build out its primetime lineup, joining fellow TV veterans Dan Abrams and Ashleigh Banfield. In December 2021 Cuomo had been fired from CNN after his efforts to help his brother former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo battle sexual harassment claims, came to light.

NewsNation remains far behind the legacy cable channels in ratings, though executives note that its viewership continues to grow by double digits at a time when almost everyone else is losing viewers. And because it is a startup that utilizes Nexstars local resources, executives have said that it is already profitable.