The new boss of CBS News, anti-woke opinion journalist Bari Weiss, axed a series of its shows Wednesday and fired dozens of staff.

Weiss, who was named editor-in-chief of the network when CBS’s new owner David Ellison bought her Free Press website, told staff it was an “enormously difficult day.” The wider Paramount company was warned by Ellison to expect widespread firings.

The biggest casualty was the entire show CBS Saturday Morning, with co-hosts Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson and its executive producer, Brian Applegate, all getting the axe.

Sources told The New York Post that the show was found to be “too expensive” by Weiss and network president Tom Cibrowski. CBS News declined to comment, leaving it unclear what will air on the show’s regular 7a.m. to 9a.m. slot this Saturday

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