What's Happening at CNN

I will be blogging coverage of the coverage.(at least the first couple of hours anyway)

The simulcast of CNN-International coverage of the Iraq elections On CNN-US began a couple of hours earlier than what the program schedule said it would. Colleen McEdwards anchored the coverage as the polls opened at 11p.m. eastern. and Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour presented the first report from Baghdad as the polls were opening. Other CNN correspondents filing reports early in the coverage included Jane Arraf and Nic Robertson.

HERE's an easy to read program schedule for the rest of the weekend.

There's an enormous amount of info available on CNN.com about the Iraqi elections: Iraq: Transition of Power

UPDATE 11:30p.m. eastern- Just when you start applauding CNN's programming decisions they throw a curve at ya. CNN-US has went back to the regular schedule, airing a repeat of a repeat. Even the Anderson Cooper LIVE stand up was a repeat as he is saying "Polls open in a matter of hours." Next hour we get to see the REPEAT of a REPEAT of Larry King Live. I ask this, what's more important here, delivering the NEWS or making sure we fullfill a contract obligation to Larry King to have his face plastered on the screen for an hour?

UPDATE 12:00a.m. eastern- CNN-I anchors Monita Rajpal and Charles Hodson are anchoring coverage at this time. Now we just wait and see if CNN-US breaks away for the very important repeat of Larry King Live.

UPDATE 12:30a.m. eastern- Knock me down and call me Sally! The LKL rerun has been pre-empted for NEWS coverage of the Iraqi election.

UPDATE 01:30a.m. eastern- Well,CNN-I coverage continues on CNN-US and it's now bedtime for me!

# posted by ATN @ 11:23 PM