Early Start with Rahel Solomon

{{About|the 2025 program titled Early Start|CNN's 2012–2024 news program of the same name|CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish}}

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| location = 30 Hudson Yards
New York City

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 60 minutes

| genre = Morning television show

| presenter = Rahel Solomon

| language = English

| country = United States

| network = CNN
CNN International

| first_aired = {{Start date|2025|03|10}}

| last_aired = present

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Early Start with Rahel Solomon is an American early-morning news program broadcast by CNN. It premiered on March 10, 2025.{{Cite web |title=CNN Communications on X: "The news you need, first thing. Wake up with @RahelSolomonCNN as she anchors Early Start with Rahel Solomon beginning this Monday, March 10 at 5am ET. Tune-in on @CNN, @CNNi, and CNN Max. ⛅️" / X |url=https://x.com/CNNPR/status/1897767418623095089 |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=Twitter}} and is currently anchored by Rahel Solomon and airs from 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. ET. The program is also seen globally on CNN International. It was initially announced as part of a revision to CNN's lineup, which also saw CNN This Morning cut to an hour, and anchor Kasie Hunt (who was moved to an afternoon show) succeeded by Audie Cornish.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-23 |title=CNN Announces New Weekday Schedule Lineup on CNN |url=https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/01/23/cnn-announces-new-weekday-schedule-lineup-on-cnn/ |access-date=2025-05-25 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mwachiro |first=Mark |date=2025-01-23 |title=CNN Revamps Weekday Programming Schedule Amidst Layoffs |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cnn-programming-schedule-revamp-layoffs/ |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=Adweek |language=en-US}}

The program was initially announced under the title 5 Things with Rahel Solomon, acting as a spin-off of CNN's podcast and online newsletter of the same name (which had also been the basis for a Kate Bolduan-hosted program on the short-lived CNN+).{{Cite web |last=Winslow |first=George |date=2022-02-23 |title=CNN+ Unveils Its Full Programming Slate |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/cnn-unveils-its-full-programming-slate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225171009/https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/cnn-unveils-its-full-programming-slate |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=TVTechnology |language=en}} It was retitled Early Start shortly before its premiere, taking on the branding that was formerly used by CNN This Morning from 2012 to 2024.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=2024-02-05 |title=CNN Drops Latest Morning Show Iteration As Part Of Shakeup; Jim Acosta & Pamela Brown Get A.M. Shows, Kasie Hunt’s Newscast Expands |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/cnn-morning-show-shakeup-1235814825/ |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}