''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is an American news programming block that airs on CNN. Broadcasting for 43 hours each week, ''Newsroom'' features live and taped news reports, in addition to analysis from experts on the issues being covered, and

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s throughout each hour. The program tends to focus on softer news than their hard news politics-based primetime lineup. The program is the standard "brand" for general rolling-news programming for the network, originating from their

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. It debuted on September 4, 2006 replacing ''CNN Live Today'', ''Live From'', ''CNN Saturday'', ''CNN Saturday Night'', ''CNN Sunday'', and ''CNN Sunday Night''.

History

''CNN Newsroom'' features various anchors on weekdays and weekends. Since the start of September 8, 2008, the program has employed a single-presenter format. The program shares the same name of an earlier CNN/U.S. program, debuted in 1989, that was shown commercial-free by teachers in schools. On June 18, 2012, CNN introduced ''Around the World'' presented by

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. This hour-long block of news focuses on news across the globe. The show is based in CNN's World Headquarters in Atlanta. On February 25, 2013, ''Newsroom International'' was changed to ''Around the World'', but was cancelled on February 7, 2014. Weekend mornings, which formerly aired under the ''Newsroom'' banner before being relaunched as weekend editions of '' New Day'' in June 2013, are anchored by Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul. Fredricka Whitfield hosts the weekend daytime edition of ''Newsroom''. The weekend afternoon/evening edition was originally hosted by Don Lemon (later Poppy Harlow and Ana Cabrera). On August 12, 2013, CNN/U.S. rebranded the a portion of the broadcast of ''Newsroom'' as ''Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield''. The 60-minute-long show based in

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focused on the most important legal news of the day, and aired its last episode on September 23, 2016. From August 12, 2013 to February 7, 2014, ''Newsroom'', with its reduced airtime, aired weekday mornings for two hours anchored by Carol Costello.

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anchored the a later hour of the program with Brooke Baldwin until February 2014, when the slot was renamed as ''Wolf''. The new show details the latest on politics, breaking news and international news, and was simulcast on

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. Wolf was cancelled on November 9, 2018. On February 10, 2014, an hour of ''CNN Newsroom'' was renamed ''@THIS HOUR with Berman and Michaela'' hosted by John Berman and Michaela Pereira. In November 2014, Poppy Harlow took over primetime anchoring duties on weekend evening editions of ''CNN Newsroom''. The shift was covered by rotating anchors following Don Lemon's move to '' CNN Tonight'' in early 2014. In February 2017, Carol Costello left CNN for HLN, and was succeeded by John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Ana Cabrera took over Harlow's weekend evening slot. In May 2018, John Berman left the show to become the new co-anchor of ''New Day'', the flagship morning program for CNN. In September 2018, Jim Sciutto became the new co-anchor in ''CNN Newsroom'' on the show with Poppy Harlow. ''CNN Newsroom'' currently has a duration of five hours with an hour of "''At This Hour''" with

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and an hour of '' Inside Politics'' with John King in between the duration at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. Poppy Harlow and Jim Scuitto cover the 9–11am slot, while

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and Victor Blackwell from 2–4p, all Eastern Times. In January 2021, CNN announced Pamela Brown as the host of the 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. edition on weekends. In February 2021, CNN announced a major change to its schedule. Brianna Keilar’s “''CNN Right Now''” program was cancelled and replaced by an hour of ''CNN Newsroom'' hosted by

and Victor Blackwell took the place of Brooke Baldwin (who left CNN in mid-April) on the 2–4 p.m. slot of ''CNN Newsroom''. In August 2021, Poppy Harlow announced she would be leaving CNN temporarily to attend a one year law school program. She continues to anchor the 9–11 a.m. slot on holidays, days off, or filling in for other anchors on other CNN programs including ''CNN Newsroom''. She returned to her regular timeslot on May 30, 2022. On September 8, 2022, CNN/U.S. broke into programming to report on the death of

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at the age of 96. Regular programming was paused. Between 12 a.m ET and 5 a.m ET, CNN/U.S. viewers didn't receive replays of ''

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'' and '' Don Lemon Tonight'' as ''CNN Newsroom'' (CNNI) was airing coverage of the Queens death. Regular programming resumed after about 5 days with ''CNN Newsroom'' (CNNI) was still airing between 12 a.m. ET and 5 a.m ET. On September 19, 2022, CNN aired the Funeral of

which started at 5 a.m ET and then finished at 1 p.m. ET. On December 15, 2022, it was confirmed that

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Notable personalities

''Programs occasionally pre-empted for special programs.''

Current Anchors

Weekdays

Weekends

Weather team

* Chad Myers

Former Anchors

Awards

In 2010, ''CNN Newsroom'' was nominated for a

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for ''"Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine"'' for the episode "Gay Killings in Iraq" during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards. Also that year, it was nominated for "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" for the segment "Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach 'I Was Utterly Devastated'".

Gaffes

In September 2014, CNN technology analyst Brett Larson was criticized after incorrectly referring to the imageboard website

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as a person, suggesting it was “a systems administrator who knew his away around and how to hack things”. He had appeared on the program to explain the leak of nude celebrity photos from several hacked iCloud accounts. In June 2015, a London gay pride parade included an

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parody flag, replacing the Arabic letters with dildos and butt plugs. Malveaux described the presence of an ISIS flag at a gay pride parade as "unnerving" before a seven-minute live cross to a CNN "terrorism expert" in London.

References

External links

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