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''Inside Politics'' is a political talk show, broadcast on CNN. Originally hosted by
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and
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, and then Shaw and
Judy Woodruff Judy Carline Woodruff (born November 20, 1946) is an American broadcast journalist who has worked in network, cable, and public television news since 1976. She is the anchor and managing editor of ''PBS NewsHour''. Woodruff has covered every presi ...
, the show ran from 1992 – 2005 before being cancelled. The program was revived in 2014 with John King as host. What was a
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was then expanded to additional weekday broadcasts in 2016. Abby Phillip began hosting the Sunday editions in 2021 while King continues to host on the weekdays. The show is broadcast weekdays noon to 1:00pm ET on CNN from CNN's studios in Washington D.C. The Sunday broadcast airs at 8:00am ET.


History


First incarnation

The show was originally broadcast for more than 10 years. From 1993 to its cancellation in June 2005,
Judy Woodruff Judy Carline Woodruff (born November 20, 1946) is an American broadcast journalist who has worked in network, cable, and public television news since 1976. She is the anchor and managing editor of ''PBS NewsHour''. Woodruff has covered every presi ...
was the co-host and then host. She did not renew her contract and joined the ''
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'' in 2006.


Second incarnation

In January 2014, the network announced that ''Inside Politics'' would return beginning Sunday, February 2, 2014, hosted by CNN's chief national correspondent, John King. Following the success, the Sunday morning program was expanded into an hour, as well as additional weekday broadcast at noon ET, since September 26, 2016 (announced in August 2016). However, during certain times, the weekday edition of the program might be pre-empted by ''
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'', the program that both precedes and succeeds ''Inside Politics''. One of the major example were during the
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in 2020, where cable news ratings skyrocketed. Due to the need of more hard news coverage of the pandemic and lack of political news, ''Inside Politics'' was pre-empted by
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during that 12:00 p.m. hour. However, John King remained as the host for that block of ''CNN Newsroom''.


''Inside Politics Sunday with Abby Phillip''

In January 2021, CNN announced that Abby Phillip would take over as the host of the weekend edition of the show. As for that change, the weekend program was rebranded as ''Inside Politics Sunday with Abby Phillip'', while John King remains as host of the weekday edition. The show is broadcast on Sundays 8:00am to 9:00am ET on CNN and
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from CNN's studios in Washington D.C.


References


External links


CNN.com - Transcripts - Inside Politics
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