New London Bureau Chief too: Andrew Roy joins from CBS News.
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The new schedule:
*Denotes new programming
CNN US | Weekday, Live Daily Programming Schedule:
- *5-6a ET: 5 Things with Rahel Solomon
- *6-7a ET: CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish
- 7-10a ET: CNN News Central
- *10a-12p ET: The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
- 12-1p ET: Inside Politics with Dana Bash
- 1-4p ET: CNN News Central
- *4-5p ET: CNNās The Arena with Kasie Hunt
- *5-7p ET: The Lead with Jake Tapper
- 7-8p ET: Erin Burnett OutFront
- 8-9p ET: Anderson Cooper 360
- 9-10p ET: The Source with Kaitlan Collins
- 10-11p ET: NewsNight with Abby Phillip
- 11p-12a ET: Laura Coates Live
Interesting that he continues to be moved around the schedule instead of being redeployed to the White House round, where he made a name for himself for probably being Trumpās biggest press pack foe.
Tbh I think this is them pushing him out. Heās probably the biggest Trump critic at CNN and for better or worse, they donāt seem to want hosts/reporters who are so overly critical.
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I donāt even think heās overly critical, he just holds the President to account for his ridiculousness and questions the outrageousness of his remarks to which Trump does not like.
Isnāt Acosta one of CNNās higher rated hours of the day part?
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Apparently so. I think all this boils down to CEO and board of WBD wanting to water down CNNās coverage, so that Trump doesnāt stop them buying other media companies.
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Oliver Darcy is reporting that Acosta is leaving CNN.
In a Monday edition of his newsletter Status, former CNN media correspondent Oliver Darcy reports that the anchor has āsignaledā in private conversations with associates that he plans to leave CNN after mulling over chief executive Mark Thompsonās scheduling offer.
After ruminating over the offer [to move to midnight ET], however, Acosta opted out of the deal. It remains unclear when his departure will be publicly announced.
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Julia Chatterley has finished up at CNN:
Wonder where sheās off toā¦?
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Heās gone - his last show was today.
(Gifted article - so no paywall)
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In my opinion CNN need to:
Either overhaul CNN News Central or completely scrap it. On air, itās overuse of fake metal panelling and the whole āstarport airlockā design on the screens looks very dated and drab.
Itās also incredibly disjointed having the 3 presenters scattered across the studio. There are ways to do it, but itās not being implemented the best it could with their spinning cameras.
They also need to ditch World Sport from the international feed. Itās on at the wrong time of the day. You have breaking news coming out of the US, watch News Central and then they cut to the World Sport.
The decision behind that programming is baffling.
Agree on World Sport - it also is a tough hang sometimes given the vision restriction it operates under and feels it hasnāt really progressed or changed in about 15 years.
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Agreed. I saw before it was on at 4pm Australian time. So I donāt understand why the necessity to have it on late night Aus timeā¦
I just find the whole program quite boring and jarring too.
Iāve said this before but my feed of CNNI doesnāt show the half hour World Sport shows. Instead it sticks with News Central or The Lead. I donāt know why but Iām certainly not complaining! It used to be that there was a CNNI bulletin then World Sport, which made much more sense.
Itās just on too much - it doesnāt need to have 5 editions a day. (I think at one point they did 7!) I think itās for sponsorship reasons (that Rolex minute segment they do). It would be better if they just did sport as a segment in the bulletins, and maybe one or two full shows a day. And at weekends it goes out at the top of some hours, which for a supposed news channel is unacceptable.
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How are you watching CNN? Iād do anything for no world sport hahah
Iām watching through flash
CNNI really should be integrated into CNN Domestic and just have the one feed. Inside Africa etc is boring as bat crap.
Thankfully I have access to Domestic so I can ignore the international feed.
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Ahh, come on, you canāt beat Richard Quest! I agree with you on Inside Africa, thoughā¦ the most pointless show on Earth. And Connecting Africa, and African Voices, and Marketplace Africaā¦ you get the idea. Theyāre sponsored, which is the only reason they exist.
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If youāre not running a full international schedule that is distinctively un-American, which is what CNNI was until 10 years ago, thereās no real point in bothering for a few international opt outs. Youāve already lost the audience who donāt want American news all the time.
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They can all exist on CNN Fast for example, or digital properties, no reason to have to be on linear.
Quest could still anchor from London, especially overnight, CNN should be live 24/7 instead of repeating programming overnight on domestic.
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Agree. They could definitely combine and condense their operations that would reduce cost and improve the overall product.
as long as they dont merge it as badly as the BBC did with their domestic and world channels, it could work