Saturday, February 19, 2005
The TurnAround--Dollar Signs----New CNN Programs??
There's a new program on the tv schedule for next Saturday morning on CNN/US. Online tv listings have the new program listed as The TurnAround and it is scheduled to air at 11 a.m. eastern following Dolans Unscripted. The TurnAround is described as a business and finance program in the tv listings and the description for the first program is,"A small business owner and a high-profile mentor work to develop a successful plan for the small business." On various message boards it's being said that Kitty Pilgrim will host the program. CNN Blog is working the story and will have more info SOON!
Update: Well looking at the program schedule for the entire day shows yet another new program on next Saturday's schedule. Dollar Signs is scheduled to air at 3:30p.m. Saturday. I have not heard anything on who might host this program. The program is described as, "Consumer financial topics of the week."
Notice: The programs show up on the schedule on tvguide.com and iwon.com. Unable to post a link due to the sites requiring a user to register to get the info.
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Anchor Go Round Weekend
Another "fresh face" appeared Saturday. CNN State Department Correspondent Andrea Koppel filled in for Fredricka Whitfield who is not officially on maternity just yet.
Update: Andrea also covered the desk Sunday as well.
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FNC Refuses Ad That Mentions Murdoch By Name
Source: CBS News Fox News Channel and The Nation magazine seem clearly aligned on opposite ends of the editorial media spectrum. But their advertising sections had been cross-pollinating — until Fox blocked The Nation's attempt at a commercial buy last summer.
More than six months after The Nation sent the cable network a 60-second spot, The Nation's syndication director, Mike Webb, is still reeling from the rejection. He upped the ante online Friday. In an e-mail addressed, "Greetings Web World," sent to scores of major media outlets, Webb lambastes Fox News' rejection of his magazine's commercial — especially because The Nation has accepted and published four Fox advertisements in less than two years.
In an e-mail addressed, "Greetings Web World," sent to scores of major media outlets, Webb lambastes Fox News' rejection of his magazine's commercial — especially because The Nation has accepted and published four Fox advertisements in less than two years. Fox rejected the same television advertisement by the liberal magazine that it says Bravo, CNN, MSNBC, and TBS/TNT have accepted. Webb writes Fox's decision "is effectively stifling free speech," for political reasons.
A Fox News spokeswoman wouldn't accept nor reject the notion the ad was too liberal for the network, but told CBSNews.com: "We reject ads all the time for different reasons." "I guess we're more selective than others," Fox's Irena Briganti said.
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Friday, February 18, 2005
High Profile Cases, Celebrity Guests Slated for Headline Prime Debuts
Source: CNN Pressroom For Headline Prime’s premiere night, the Showbiz Tonight co-hosts talk to singer Alan Duritz of the Counting Crows in a live in-depth interview. Throughout the week, Bryant and Hammer will talk to the stars of the hit television shows “24” and “Lost.” Showbiz Tonight will also feature special Oscar® coverage all week long with interviews with actors Alan Alda and Jamie Foxx and insightful fashion reports in partnership with InStyle magazine.
Nancy Grace on premiere night will cover the trial of a Cobb County, Ga., woman accused of poisoning both her husband and her lover with antifreeze-laced gelatin. During the week, Grace examines the Michael Jackson trial.
This new schedule breaks Headline News’ traditional news wheel format for the first time in the network’s 23-year history.
Nancy Grace on premiere night will cover the trial of a Cobb County, Ga., woman accused of poisoning both her husband and her lover with antifreeze-laced gelatin. During the week, Grace examines the Michael Jackson trial.
This new schedule breaks Headline News’ traditional news wheel format for the first time in the network’s 23-year history.
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CNN.com Updated To Reflect Program Changes on HLN
>Nancy Grace debuts on CNN.com's Law Center with "Seeking Justice" to coincide with her hour-long CNN Headline News program, "Nancy Grace," which starts Monday. Check out the first edition HERE.
>Headline News' homepage has been updated to reflect the new anchor lineup. Check it out HERE.
>Check out the homepage for Showbiz Tonight.
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Kagan Off To Afghanistan With Limbaugh?
We all know that Rush Limbaugh for some reason or another is set to travel to Afghanistan next week with the top US aid official and political commentator Mary Matalin BUT will CNN anchor Daryn Kagan be on the plane also? Here's what an inside source has to say about it: Daryn MAY be accompanying Rush to Afghanistan next week along with Mary Matalin... If she's off, that's what she's doing.
Update: Apparently the DC Post's Al Kamen seems to be in the know about who will be on the plane out of the country. In his In The Loop column he says: Agency for International Development Administrator Andrew S. Natsios may be heading to Dubai and Afghanistan next week, taking along a small press contingent: Rush Limbaugh and, briefly, CNN anchor Daryn Kagan -- they are a famous item these days -- along with Mary Matalin, who is going as an ex officio White House adviser.
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CNN Commended for Tsunami Coverage; FNC Criticized
Source: BC Beat Last night Reuters assembled a panel of journalists and international officials to discuss tsunami coverage. CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who reported from Indonesia after the tsunami, said he recognized a need to avoid presenting the tsunami as an "American story."
"TV is an experience medium. Our job was to convey the experience of those first two weeks," Brown said. "We said, 'This is a story that you as an American should care about.'"
For the most part, CNN was commended for its coverage by the panel, which included officials from the United Nations, Columbia University's Earth Institute, the Poynter Institute and Doctors Without Borders.
CNN -- and the news media as a whole -- also took heat from several panelists. Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs, a leading authority on global economic policy and an advisor to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, said U.S. news organizations ignore "silent tsunamis": ongoing and preventable epidemics such as malaria, which claims many times more victims each year than the tsunami did.
Giving another example, Sachs said, "Poverty -- as a challenge that needs to be addressed -- is a zero story in the U.S." Though he was critical of the media, Sachs reserved his sharpest words for the Bush administration.
Brown responded to Sach’s comments by describing the world inside Newsnight With Aaron Brown. "I'm not in the business of making you eat brussel sprouts," he remarked. "My job is to present a balanced meal. It has some chocolate. But it also has some substance."
At the end of the question-and-answer session, a representative from Fox News stood up to respond to the considerable criticism that her network had received during the discussion. (Fox was not represented on the panel. ) She pointed out that issue stories are harder to cover than event stories like the tsunami, which generated stunning video images.
"How do we make [an issue] story visually stunning and snappy?" she asked.
Jill Geisler of the Poynter Institute, a journalism foundation, responded that investing in "well-told stories" will pay off far more than "sexy video." She pointed out that Dateline NBC’s John Lawson is particularly good at producing “quest” stories. And, she added, "I’ve seen Fox News do it."
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CNN Political Producer Discusses Media Bias
Source: Vanderbilt Hustler Sam Feist, senior political producer for CNN and Vanderbilt alumnus, gave a lecture Tuesday evening at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN regarding "Media Bias in Campaign Coverage."
As senior political producer for CNN, Feist coordinates such popular political programs as "Crossfire" and "Wolf Blitzer Reports."
Below are a few of his comments:
"One goal of media networks is to make news through lines of questioning; that is, ask the question that will trigger a new response. Networks do not want to ask the same questions over and over again, because then you will only get the same answers," Feist said.
Feist said that he recognizes the power of working for a major news organization, especially during a presidential election.
"During these times, the media has the power to shape how Americans see their candidates by what the news networks decide to show," Feist said.
You'll find the complete article HERE.
As senior political producer for CNN, Feist coordinates such popular political programs as "Crossfire" and "Wolf Blitzer Reports."
Below are a few of his comments:
"One goal of media networks is to make news through lines of questioning; that is, ask the question that will trigger a new response. Networks do not want to ask the same questions over and over again, because then you will only get the same answers," Feist said.
Feist said that he recognizes the power of working for a major news organization, especially during a presidential election.
"During these times, the media has the power to shape how Americans see their candidates by what the news networks decide to show," Feist said.
You'll find the complete article HERE.
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Where Are They Now
This feature will return Monday. It's been a heck of a week and no time to do research. Thanks DCG
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Thursday, February 17, 2005
It's Official: CNN Teases New Headline Block
Source: Broadcasting and Cable Cable News Network will sideline two of its Sunday-night regulars this week to premiere shows from a new prime-time block on sister network CNN Headline News, which is going beyond headlines to establish some appointment TV.
At 7 and 8 p.m., the mother ship will slot in full-length preview episodes of Showbiz Tonight and Nancy Grace, the first two of three hour shows in the Headline Prime block, which debuts on Headline News the next night (Feb. 21). In the News and documentary series CNN Presents usually air on CNN during those times.
Headline Prime is the first departure in 23 years from Headline News’s traditional news wheel. The 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. block features Hollywood news-focused Showbiz Tonight, which will be taped live, legal talk show Nancy Grace, and news roundup Prime News Tonight.
It will be counter-programmed with hard news on CNN, according to CNN Group President Jim Walton.
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Look For More "Fresh Faces" On the Weekends
Where oh where has CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield been the last couple of weekends? A source tells CNN Blog Fred hasn't officially started maternity leave just yet. Here's what the source has to say: "It's not "official" as yet but they wanted some "fresh faces" used for the audience to get used to her not being there, so, she may or may not show up again before it becomes"official" but doubt it."
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More Info About "CNN Prime Cuts"
A source tells CNN Blog, "I've heard that the "new show" Prime Cuts will be hosted by Anderson Cooper much like CNN Presents is hosted by Aaron Brown. AC has become Jonathon Klein's go to guy!! This may become weekly series, right now it's on the same"try-out" level as the Carlos Watson show."
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Where Are They Now
Today we feature a true broadcast journalist. For 40 years Garrick Utley has worked as a broadcast journalist on NBC, ABC, CNN, as well as Public Radio and Public Television. With a primary focus on international affairs he has reported from more than 75 countries.
Utley began his career with NBC News in Brussels in 1963. In 1964-1965 he was based in Saigon where he covered the American entry into the Vietnam War. He then served as NBC’s correspondent in Berlin and in Paris. Utley was the Senior European Correspondent for NBC News, based in London, from 1973-1979, and in the 1980s he was the network’s Chief Foreign Correspondent working out of the New York headquarters. Utley also served as anchor of the weekend editions of NBC Nightly News from 1971-1973, and again from 1988-1993. He was the host of several network magazine programs, the Sunday edition of Today, and the moderator of Meet The Press. In addition, Utley also covered the presidential campaigns in 1972, 1980, and 1986. From 1993-1996, Utley was Chief Foreign Correspondent for ABC News based in London, and from 1997-2002 he was a contributor for CNN, reporting from its New York bureau. Currently he is a co-host of “America Abroad” on Public Radio, a program which examines the United States’ role and relationships in the world. He also serves as host of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Public Television.
Utley has received several of broadcast journalism’s most respected honors, including the Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow award, and the George Foster Peabody award. He is the author of the book: “You Should Have Been Here Yesterday” (PublicAffairs, 2000), a narrative of the growth of television news in the United States.
What's he up to these days? After CNN didn't renew his contract at the end of 2002, Utley currently resides in New York City with his wife Gertje.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2005
TV Week: Former NBC Producer (Now Producer at CNN Center) Top Candidate for "AM" Position
Source: TV Week Word is that Kim Bondy, who left NBC News to become an Atlanta-based VP and senior executive producer for CNN in 2001, is the leading candidate so take over "American Morning." Ms. Bondy, a former "Weekend Today" producer, is credited with having helped convince former "Weekend Today" co-anchor Soledad O'Brien to leave NBC News to become co-anchor of "American Morning."
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New HLN Programs Preview This Weekend on CNN/US; New CNN Weekend Program? AND New HLN Anchor Teams
According to program schedules (not yet on CNN.com) new HLN primetime programs Nancy Grace and Showbiz Tonight will air Sunday night on CNN/US. Showbiz Tonight will air at 7 p.m. eastern and Nancy Grace will air at 8 p.m. eastern. ALSO Sunday night on CNN/US a new program(?) called CNN Prime Cuts is on the schedule. Prime Cuts is described as "The best stories from the weekday prime time lineup." Please note the program schedule at CNN.com DOES NOT REFLECT THIS.
ALSOA TV Head's message board poster claims new anchor pairings are being promoted on "his TV." On Monday the new primetime line-up debuts. Below is what the message board poster claims to be as the new anchor pairings.
6 a.m.-10 a.m. "Robin and Company"
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Kathleen Kennedy and Stephen Frazier
1 p.m. -3 p.m. Chuck Roberts and Linda Stouffer
4 p.m.-6 p.m. Sophia Choi and Thomas Roberts
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Paula Zahn Now To Profile Breast Cancer Survivors in Special
Source: CNN Pressroom Paula Zahn, a long-time advocate against breast cancer, devotes the entire hour of her show on Wednesday, Feb. 23, to stories about the disease as told by the survivors and their families, including Zahn’s own experience with her mother’s diagnosis and recovery.
An interview with former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson stands as one of the highlights of this emotional hour. Thompson, whose mother-in-law, wife and daughter were all diagnosed with breast cancer, breaks down in a rare interview about the subject as he discusses the effects the disease has had on three of the most important women in his life.
Other guests include Grammy Award-winning singer Carly Simon, who places her bout with breast cancer as one her life’s most difficult battle, and actress Lynn Redgrave, whose daughter Annabelle Clark documented her mother’s treatment on film and in a diary.
During the hour, Zahn also engages in a highly personal interview with her own mother, Betty Zahn, a two-time survivor of the disease.
Delivering an in-depth look at the most pressing issues, Paula Zahn Now offers a wealth of opinion and viewpoints nightly through interviews with key newsmakers, substantive debate and discussion, and analysis from experts in their field. Paula Zahn Now airs on CNN/U.S. from 8 to 9 p.m. weekdays (ET).
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Paula Zahn Now To Profile Breast Cancer Survivors in Special
Source: CNN Pressroom Paula Zahn, a long-time advocate against breast cancer, devotes the entire hour of her show on Wednesday, Feb. 23, to stories about the disease as told by the survivors and their families, including Zahn’s own experience with her mother’s diagnosis and recovery.
An interview with former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson stands as one of the highlights of this emotional hour. Thompson, whose mother-in-law, wife and daughter were all diagnosed with breast cancer, breaks down in a rare interview about the subject as he discusses the effects the disease has had on three of the most important women in his life.
Other guests include Grammy Award-winning singer Carly Simon, who places her bout with breast cancer as one her life’s most difficult battle, and actress Lynn Redgrave, whose daughter Annabelle Clark documented her mother’s treatment on film and in a diary.
During the hour, Zahn also engages in a highly personal interview with her own mother, Betty Zahn, a two-time survivor of the disease.
Delivering an in-depth look at the most pressing issues, Paula Zahn Now offers a wealth of opinion and viewpoints nightly through interviews with key newsmakers, substantive debate and discussion, and analysis from experts in their field. Paula Zahn Now airs on CNN/U.S. from 8 to 9 p.m. weekdays (ET).
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An Interview With Lou Dobbs
Source: Axis of Logic To quote the website, "The CNN anchor is mad as hell about offshore outsourcing and faith-based economics" and they got an interview with Lou Dobbs concerning his favorite subject, OUTSOURCING. You'll find the complete interview HERE.
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Producer Shift at CNN
Source: New York Times CNN has replaced the senior executive producer of the prime-time program "NewsNight With Aaron Brown," a spokeswoman said last night.
The senior producer, Sharon Van Zwieten, who held the post for about a year, was succeeded by Wil Surratt, executive producer of CNN's morning show, "American Morning," said Christa Robinson, a CNN senior vice president.
In informal remarks yesterday to the network's employees, Jonathan Klein, president of CNN's domestic operations, said, "This move puts us in a better position to win," Ms. Robinson said. CNN is a unit of Time Warner.
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Where Are They Now
Today we feature Holly Firfer. Firfer spent 13 years at CNN working in many aspects of the network. During her 13-year tenure with CNN, Firfer served as a correspondent for CNN's award-winning Health Unit where she played an integral role in the medical unit's programming, which included daily packages, the half-hour weekend show Your Health and coverage of breaking medical news. She served as a news anchor on CNN/U.S., CNN Headline News and also co-anchored various live programs, such as TalkBack Live, Turner Learning's Field Trips and a half an hour special for CNN NEWSROOM. She was a freelance news producer for the network's Chicago Bureau and in 1989 became part of CNN's Detroit Bureau team. In 1992, she moved to Atlanta to report and produce for CNN's On The Menu, traveling across the country and around the world to cover food, nutrition and cuisine. So whats Firfer doing now? Today she is apart of the morning show at 92.9 Dave FM in Atlanta.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
CNN Won't Replace Jordan
Source: AJC CNN will not replace Eason Jordan, its chief news executive who resigned Friday amid criticism about his comments regarding U.S. troops and journalists' deaths.
Jordan's duties, which were limited since he was demoted in 2003 from a role overseeing CNN news gathering, will be absorbed by executives Jon Klein and Chris Cramer, a network representative said.
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Headline News' Robin Meade New Co-Host Of AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network
Source: Market Wire Turner Private Networks, Inc. (TPN) and AccentHealth LLC, the only integrated health media company providing patient education television programming in doctors' offices in the United States, today announced a new co-host for the AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network. In 2005, Headline News' Robin Meade will host the show alongside Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The AccentHealth program, watched by 9.5 million viewers each month, airs healthy lifestyle segments on fitness, nutrition, healthy aging, disease prevention and wellness, as well as parenting and pediatric news, to patients in physicians' offices nationwide.
Robin Meade joins AccentHealth with significant news programming experience. Among other stories, Meade anchored Headline News' coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Currently she is the lead news anchor for the network's morning show, Robin & Company.
"Robin will be an excellent addition to the AccentHealth program," said Alison Hashimoto, Executive Producer, Turner Private Networks. "Her high consumer popularity and strong rapport with Dr. Gupta will make the show even more enjoyable for patients preparing to see the doctor."
"We're very excited to welcome Robin Meade to our show," said Edith Hodkinson, EVP, AccentHealth. "AccentHealth has consistently demonstrated superior communication effectiveness because of the credibility of our environment and of our CNN content and hosts. Dr. Gupta has gained enormous popularity with our viewers over the last three years and Robin Meade will create even greater consumer identification with the show,"continued Hodkinson.
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Klein: Increasing ratings is always incremental
Source: USA Today Great article by Peter Johnson which starts out by talking about the recent situation with CNN exec Eason Jordan THEN turns into how CNN doesn't seem to be picking up any steam in the ratings department. On that subject here's what the article had to say:
Klein, echoing the words of his predecessors, says that increasing ratings is always "incremental." He adds: "The bad news is how long viewer habits take to change. There's going to be a lag between improving quality and when we actually see results."
PLUS a few of the anchors let their voice be heard about what they think about CNN President Jon Klein. Below are the quotes from Anderson Cooper and Paula Zahn. You'll find the complete article HERE.
Anchor Anderson Cooper says Klein has raised the energy level at CNN by "asking a lot of questions. It's easy to get in a rut and think, 'This is the way it is done.' Now it's 'Perhaps we should try another way.' "
Anchor Paula Zahn says Klein has brought a "strong sense of discipline," evidenced by his harnessing of CNN's vast organization to report on the tsunami. "He's motivating us all to dig deeper."
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Where Are They Now
Former CNN-HLN anchor Bob Losure is in the spotlight today. Bob’s 12 years of anchoring and “live” field reporting for CNN Headline News in Atlanta included on-the-scene coverage for CNN NewsSource affiliates of Hurricane Hugo, the San Francisco earthquake, Manuel Noriega’s capture and return to Miami, the Federal Penitentiary riot in Atlanta, and the Avianca Airliner disaster on Long Island. What's Bob doing now? as a professional speaker, emcee, corporate spokesperson and on-camera commercial talent, Bob makes his home in the entertainment capital of Las Vegas. He has spoken to over 150 groups and organizations in the past 12 years, including several in Las Vegas venues.
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Monday, February 14, 2005
Charles Barkley To Get Air Time On CNN
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution (registration required) Charles Barkley has more to say and more places to say it. The outspoken basketball commentator not only extended his agreement with TNT's "Inside the NBA" studio show through the 2007-08 season, he also carved out a recurring role on HBO sports programming and on CNN.
Barkley, who is in his fifth season as an NBA analyst, said he wanted to branch out beyond basketball and "raise the consciousness on other important issues facing our country today."
On HBO, the 11-time NBA All-Star could appear on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," "Inside the NFL," or with Bob Costas. CNN could use him to comment on breaking news.
Barkley, who is in his fifth season as an NBA analyst, said he wanted to branch out beyond basketball and "raise the consciousness on other important issues facing our country today."
On HBO, the 11-time NBA All-Star could appear on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," "Inside the NFL," or with Bob Costas. CNN could use him to comment on breaking news.
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Wacko Jacko Lawyer To Call CNN Host As Witness
Source: Reuters Larry King is on the long list of celebrities to be called as witnesses in the Michael Jackson trial. Reuters reports other stars include Kobe Bryant, actress Elizabeth Taylor and "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno, singers Nick Carter, Stevie Wonder, Barry Gibb and Diana Ross, comedian Chris Tucker and talk show host Maury Povich.
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Blogger Rants Over Nuke Plant Photos on CNN.com, Demands Explanation
Is it just me or is this world getting crazier and crazier everyday. Well, anyway this blogger apparently wants someone at CNN.com fired over a mistake concerning identical nuclear plant pictures that were placed on stories concerning Iran and North Korea. I would bet it's got to be hell working in PR at one of the major news organizations due to all these crazy nuts on the internet.
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CNN Headline News’ Showbiz Tonight Broadcasts Debut in Oscar Fashion
Source: CNN Pressroom Showbiz Tonight, CNN Headline News’ brand new entertainment news program, kicks off its debut week in Oscar style on Monday, Feb. 21, with numerous live interviews with some of the actors, designers, musicians and others who make the Academy Awards possible.
The one-hour program, co-hosted by A.J. Hammer and Karyn Bryant, is part of CNN Headline News’ new prime-time line-up, Headline Prime. Additionally, it will be the only entertainment news show broadcasting live from New York City and Los Angeles with its own countdown to the awards ceremony. Special coverage will include in-depth interviews with nominees, a preview of this year’s red carpet couture and an at-home look with past Oscar winners.
The highlights of Showbiz Tonight’s “Oscar Countdown” include:
>One-on-one interviews with nominees, including Alan Alda live from the set of West Wing, Jamie Foxx, Counting Crows front man Adam Duritz live from Showbiz Tonight’s New York studio and Thomas Haden Church;
>Famed designer John Varvatos disclosing how he would dress each nominee and why, as well as proper attire for male celebrities;
>Twice weekly segments with InStyle magazine including “Tuesday InStyle,” a look at what to expect on the red carpet, and “Thursday InStyle,” an at-home look with past Oscar winners and their statues;
>Hilary Swank and Hector Roca, Swank’s trainer for Million Dollar Baby, discussing her transformation into a boxer while preparing for her Oscar-nominated role;
>Features on what nominees would consider to be their worst Oscar nightmare, the frantic preparations for Hollywood’s biggest night and the thrill of being an award nominee.
Through the week, Hammer and Bryant will co-host live from Showbiz Tonight’s studio in New York City, while CNN correspondent Sibila Vargas will report from Los Angeles. On Friday, Feb. 25, Bryant will co-host the program live from the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre, and Hammer will co-anchor from New York.
On Sunday, Feb. 27, Vargas will report live from the red carpet throughout the day and evening for both CNN/U.S. and CNN Headline News. From 7-8 p.m. on CNN/U.S., Vargas and Bryant will co-host a live red carpet special titled, “Hollywood Gold Rush,” which will feature interviews with Oscar attendees.
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Where Are They Now
Today we feature former Headline News anchor and CNN Radio anchor Patti Tripathi. Tripathi joined CNN in 1996. Before coming to CNN Patti was a reporter for an ABC owned-and-operated televison station in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. She also anchored and reported for an ABC-affiliated television station in Indiana. As an anchor for WTRC Radio in Indiana, she won numerous Associated Press Awards for breaking news. She got her start in the business in 1988 as a reporter/editoral assistant for "The Arizona Republic" and then moved on to work as an associate producer for KTVK-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. So what's Patti doing now? The last we heard she was co-anchoring the newscasts on the American News Network.
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Sunday, February 13, 2005
CNN Sports Anchor Movin' On Up
TV Spy is reporting Headline News Sports Anchor Michelle Bonner will be joining ESPN as an anchor. Bonner joined CNN in 2003.
Pic from Tv Heads.
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Gergen:"He made a mistake. I did not think he deserved to lose his job over it."
CNN's Reliable Sources focused on Eason Jordan's resignation. On the program were David Gergen with US News and World Report, Bill Press a former talk show host at CNN and MSNBC and blogger Jeff Jarvis with BuzzMachine.com.
Gergen was also at the conference when Eason Jordan made the remarks that eventually came back to haunt him. Here's a transcript of Gergen's account of what Jordan said at the conference:
A little context is important. He had just come back from Baghdad, 16th trip. We were on the eve of the elections there. He was extremely tense, because he thought a CNN journalist as well as other journalists were in great danger there, and he was -- he praised U.S. troops for protecting CNN journalists and others, but he said, look, this is a place where we lost 63 journalists on all sides, and journalists on all sides are being -- are getting killed often carelessly -- and he used the word targeting. And certainly left the impression that U.S. troops were targeting journalists on the other side -- Al Jazeera, for example -- just as insurgents were clearly targeting American journalists.
And it was a startling charge, and I think everybody in the room sort of, you know, their head swerved. But as soon as he said it, it was clear he knew he had made a mistake. He had gone too far. Used -- he'd been -- his emotions I think just got the better of him. And he tried to walk it back. And he tried to be -- clarify it. But soon it was on the blog, and frankly, the -- it just -- the story just built up.
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Jordan: "What's done is done, I am looking forward and am excited about the future."
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (registration required) Here's a great article profiling the career of Eason Jordan. You'll find the article HERE.
Former CNN News Group Chairman Walter Isaacson wrote in an e-mail to the AJC that Jordan was dedicated to "the value of hard reporting by real journalists who braved going out into the field, like he so often did, rather than merely opining. It's ironic that he was brought down partly by talk-show and blogging folks who represent the opposite approach and have seldom . . . ventured out to do . . . frontline reporting."
Former CNN News Group Chairman Walter Isaacson wrote in an e-mail to the AJC that Jordan was dedicated to "the value of hard reporting by real journalists who braved going out into the field, like he so often did, rather than merely opining. It's ironic that he was brought down partly by talk-show and blogging folks who represent the opposite approach and have seldom . . . ventured out to do . . . frontline reporting."
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