''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is the branding used for blocks of rolling news programming carried by the American cable network

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. The program debuted on September 4, 2006, consolidating most of CNN's existing rolling news blocks (including ''CNN Live Today'', ''Live From'', ''CNN Saturday'', ''CNN Saturday Night'', ''CNN Sunday'', and ''CNN Sunday Night'') under a single brand. In April 2023, CNN began to replace ''Newsroom'' on weekdays with ''

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'', with only its weekend editions remaining on the main channel. In September 2023, CNN reintroduced weekday blocks of ''Newsroom'' on its new streaming platform

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. In 2024, ''Newsroom'' returned to the domestic weekday schedule, with 10 and 11 a.m hours anchored by

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and

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respectively; Blitzer was later succeeded by Pamela Brown in September. In March 2025, these two hours were replaced by a rescheduling of '' The Situation Room'' (which also added Brown as a co-anchor alongside Blitzer), once again relegating ''Newsroom'' to weekends on the domestic schedule.

History

''CNN Newsroom'' features various anchors on weekdays and weekends. Since 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 Suzanne Malveaux. 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

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anchored the a later hour of the program with

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until February 2014, when the slot became the standalone program ''Wolf'', which ran until November 9, 2018. On February 10, 2014, an hour of ''CNN Newsroom'' was renamed ''At This Hour with Berman and Michaela'', hosted by

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and

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. 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 ''

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'' 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. In January 2021,

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.

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’s ''CNN Right Now'' program was canceled and replaced by an hour of ''CNN Newsroom'' hosted by

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on the 1-2 p.m. slot while

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and

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took the place of

(who left

in mid-April) on the 2–4 p.m. slot of ''CNN Newsroom''. In August 2021, Poppy Harlow announced she would be leaving

temporarily to attend a one year law school program. She continued 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 December 15, 2022, it was confirmed that

would be leaving CNN at the end of her 1 p.m. ET program on December 22; she subsequently moved to MSNBC in April 2023, hosting '' Ana Cabrera Reports''. In April 2023, CNN began to replace ''Newsroom'' on weekdays with the new format ''

'', which is designed as a more "energetic" format with a focus on breaking news coverage, visual elements influenced by its coverage of special events, and teams of anchors present throughout the block. Alisyn Camerota moved exclusively to ''

'', while Victor Blackwell moved to Saturday mornings co-hosting ''

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,'' and anchoring an hour of ''Newsroom''. In late September 2023, CNN adopted the ''Newsroom'' title for rolling news blocks on its new streaming channel

; these editions air from 8 to 11 a.m. ET and 2 to 3 p.m. ET featuring existing weekend anchors Amara Walker, Fredericka Whitfield and Jim Acosta, along with

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and Rahel Solomon. In February 2024, following the cancelation of ''CNN This Morning'', it was announced that a weekday hour of ''Newsroom'' with

would air at 10 a.m. ET. Wolf Blitzer also began anchoring an 11 a.m. hour of ''Newsroom'' as an interim program; the timeslot was to be filled by ''The Bulletin'' ''with Pamela Brown'' once she returned from maternity leave''.'' Brown began hosting the 11 a.m. hour in September 2024, but with the ''Newsroom'' branding maintained. On January 23, 2025, CNN announced upcoming changes to its schedule, including the replacement of Acosta and Brown's hours of ''Newsroom'' with a rescheduling of '' The Situation Room''—which would add Brown as a co-anchor alongside Wolf Blitzer. The new programming took effect on March 3, 2025.

Notable personalities

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

Current anchors

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

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. 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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