Jim Murphy Lands At CNN

Brian Stelter reports, in the NYT,  that Jim Murphy will produce the new CNN morning program with Chris Cuomo and a yet to be announced co-host.  Stelter writes:

In 2011 Mr. Murphy left “G.M.A.” and helped start “Anderson,” the daytime talk show hosted by the CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Amid behind-the-scenes turmoil over the ratings of the talk show, he stepped down in early 2012.

Blogger's Commentary:

'Stepping down' is being polite, we've heard that Murphy was fired (or maybe we should say forced out?).  But then most realize that Anderson and its reincarnation Anderson Live have been a train wreck from the start and cutting Jim Murphy loose in favor of the current executive producer Terence Noonan is just one of the program's numerous missteps. 
CNN and Jeff Zucker, unlike those calling the shots for Anderson's talker, are making a smart move with Murphy.  But he will have his hands full trying to make CNN relevant in the early morning. Good luck Mr. Murphy and welcome aboard.

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CNN Evening Programs Show Growth/Gap Narrows with MSNBC

CNN NARROWS THE GAP WITH MSNBC

The Network Tops MSNBC during Dayside

CNN Evening Programs Show Growth vs. a Year Ago; FNC has Steep Declines in Key Demo

In February, CNN narrowed the total day gap with MSNBC to only -9k in total viewers (424k vs. 433k) and -11k in 25-54 (130k vs. 141k). At its recent monthly peak (October 2012), the gap was -180k in P2+ and -72k in 25-54.  Last month it was -43k in 2+ and -26k in target demo.

CNN also topped MSNBC during dayside programming (9a-5p) in both total viewers (475k vs. 412k) and in the key demo 25-54 (129k vs. 119k) this month.

Other CNN ratings highlights include:

Erin Burnett Outfront

• Outfront was the only 7p show to grow vs. competitors – increasing +15% in total viewers (482k vs. 420k) and up +11% in the demo (148k vs. 133k) vs. last February.   Fox Report with Shep Smith was flat in P2+ and down -21% in the key demo and Hardball was down -7% in total viewers and off -5% in 25-54. 

Anderson Cooper 360

• AC 360 at 8p had the most growth this month in cable news prime – increasing +42% in total viewers (791k vs. 559k) and +27% among 25-54 (236k vs. 186k) compared to a year ago.  While AC 360 grew this month, The O’Reilly Factor was down -3% in total viewers and -26% in 25-54 and The Ed Show declined -14% and -10% respectively.  This represents O’Reilly’s worst delivery at 8p since July 2008 in key demo 25-54. Outside of the November 2012 (Election) and March 2011 (Japan Tsunami), this month represents CNN’s best performance at 8p in over three years in both total viewers and 25-54.

Piers Morgan Tonight

• Last year the cable news networks saw heightened viewing due to the political primaries, debates and the death of Whitney Houston. This year at 9pm all the nets saw declines vs. a year ago with PMT registering the smallest among total viewers (-3%), while FNC’s Hannity was off -11% and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show was down -6%.  In the demo 25-54, Hannity was down the most of all the networks, dropping -35% -- representing the Hannity’s worst demo delivery since May 2006. 

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

• The Sit Room posted increases at 6p vs. a year ago -- growing +15% in total viewers (522k vs. 455k) and increasing an impressive +25% in the key demo 25-54 (158k vs. 126k).  The show also grew the most vs. the competition, with FNC’s Special Report declining -15% in the demo and MSNBC’s Politics Nation declining -8% in total viewers.

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This Weekend's Programming 2/23 - 2/24/13

SATURDAY, February 23, 2013

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday 4:30PM – 5:00PM and Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM

This week on Sanjay Gupta MD, Sanjay joined by Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper & Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi, examine the potential implications for your health should congress fail to act and forced budget cuts take affect next week.  If Congress fails to act, the CDC expects to face projected cuts of $300+ million; the FDA could lose $200-250 million; the NIH expects $1.5 billion in cuts.  Also, director/producer David France joins Sanjay to discuss his film “How to Survive a Plague” - nominated for best documentary feature film at this years Academy Awards - about the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Peter Staley, a long time AIDS & gay rights activist (and a main character in the film), will also be part of the discussion.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER– Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM

Topic:   U.S. security firm ties hacking attacks to Chinese military unit based in Shanghai

Guest:  Kevin Mandia, CEO, Mandiant

Anchor:  Wolf Blitzer

SUNDAY, February 24, 2013

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON

Topics:  Forced Spending Cuts; Stalled Hagel Confirmation; Immigration Reform

Guest:   Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), ranking member, Armed Services Committee

Topics:  U.S.-Cuba Relations; Meeting with Castro; Guns and Immigration

Guest:   Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman, Judiciary Committee

Topics:  Guns; Immigration; Sequestration

Guest:   Former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS), former Chairman, Republican National Committee
Guest:   Jackie Calmes, White House Correspondent, The New York Times
Guest:   Gwen Ifill, Moderator and Managing Editor, PBS's "Washington Week"
Guest:   Gov. Dan Malloy (D-CT)

Topic:    Movies and Politics

Guest:   Crystal Palmer, director, D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Department

Anchor:   Candy Crowley

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topic:    White House Press Corps Access to Obama; MSNBC Hires Former Obama Advisors Axelrod and Gibbs

Guest:   Bill Plante, CBS News Senior White House Correspondent

Guest:   David Zurawik, Television Critic for the Baltimore Sun

Guest:   Julie Mason, host of “The Press Pool” on Sirius XM Radio

Topic:    Mitt Romney’s Presidential Campaign Architect: One of his first extensive interviews since the campaign

EXCLUSIVE Guest:   Stuart Stevens, senior advisor to the Romney 2012 Campaign

Topic:    The Oscars: Washington Portrayed on the Big Screen

Guest:   Ann Hornaday, film critic, The Washington Post

Host:     Howard Kurtz

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM     

Topics:    Warfare rules: drones & hacking – also the significance of the debate over torture in “Zero Dark Thirty”

Guest:     Reuel Marc Gerecht, contributing editor, The Weekly Standard, former director of the Project for a New American Century Middle East Initiative

Guest:     Richard Haass, PhD, president, Council on Foreign Relations

Guest:     Jane Harman, former U.S. Congresswoman (D-CA), director, president and chief executive officer of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Guest:     Gen. Michael Hayden, AF (ret.) former Director of the National Security Agency, CIA (George W. Bush Administration)

Topic:      Meteors and asteroids – the state of American science at predicting them and preventing impacts with Earth

Guest:     Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD, astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History; author of Space Chronicles (2012)

Topic:      Iran’s internal struggles – and how those struggles may be affecting Iran’s willingness to negotiate on the nuclear issue

Guest:     Karim Sadjadpour, associate, Middle East Program – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Guest:     Hooman Majd, journalist, author – The Ayatollahs’ Democracy: An Iranian Challenge (2010)

Anchor:   Fareed Zakaria

THE NEXT LIST –  Airs Sunday 2:30PM – 3:00PM

This week The Next List profiles Diana Eng, a fashion designer and technologist who gets her inspiration from math, science and nature. Best known for her role on the second season of "Project Runway," Eng’s mission is to bring innovation to the fashion world by creating fashion and accessories that combine cutting-edge technology with design concepts from nature and science.

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CNN Joins Forces with Soledad O’Brien’s New Production Company

CNN Joins Forces with Soledad O’Brien’s New Production Company

Starfish Media Group Will Produce Specials and Documentaries for CNN

  

CNN is entering into a production and distribution agreement with critically-acclaimed journalist Soledad O’Brien, whose new production company will produce long-form programming specials for the network it was announced today by Jeff Zucker, president CNN Worldwide. O’Brien’s company, which will launch in June, will produce three long-form programming specials for CNN in 2014. Those specials will include one of the network’s most successful franchises, Black in America.  O’Brien’s new production company, Starfish Media Group, in conjunction with CNN, will act as the exclusive worldwide distributor of previous documentaries featuring O’Brien.  She will also host the 2013 CNN Black in America documentary, which will air later this year.

“We greatly value Soledad’s experience, and her first-rate storytelling will continue to be an asset to CNN,” said Zucker. “Documentaries and long-form story telling are important to our brand and we’re anticipating more of what we’ve come to expect from her -- riveting content.” 

“The new partnership opportunity allows me to focus on what I love to do the most, and to focus on the next stage of my career, owning my own work,” said O’Brien, “At CNN, I am grateful to have been able to tell often underreported stories and confront difficult topics.  In the new production venture, I will continue to shine a light on what we all find most interesting about America.” 

As anchor and special correspondent for CNN,  O’Brien has been integral in hosting and developing the award winning Black in America franchise, one of the network’s most successful international franchises, as well as reporting breaking news from around the globe. In 2011, she won her first Emmy for Crisis in Haiti (Anderson Cooper 360) in the category of Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form. O'Brien was part of the coverage teams that earned CNN a George Foster Peabody award for its BP oil spill and Katrina coverage and an Alfred I. duPont Award for its coverage of the Southeast Asia tsunami. The National Association of Black Journalists named O’Brien the Journalist of the Year and Edward R. Murrow Awards lauded her with the RTDNA/UNITY award for Latino in America in 2010.

Starfish Media Group is a 360 media production company and distributor, dedicated to uncovering and producing empowering stories that take a challenging look at often divisive issues of race, class, wealth, opportunity, poverty and personal stories.  Starfish Media Group will produce both long-form reporting for CNN and other platforms, as well as theatrical and scripted television projects. In addition to Starfish Media Group, Soledad, along with her husband Brad, will also continue to run the Soledad O’Brien and Brad Raymond Foundation, that sends two dozen young women to and through college (obrienraymondfoundation.org).

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Another CNN Change + Your Views on the News

CNN International's Michael Holmes Joins Newsroom International

    On Monday, February 18, CNN International anchor Michael Holmes will join Suzanne Malveaux as co-anchor of Newsroom International. Malveaux and Holmes will take viewers around the world in 60 minutes covering the day's most important global news, trends and destinations.

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This Weekend's Programming 2/16 - 2/17/13

SATURDAY, February 16, 2013

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday 4:30PM – 5:00PM and Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM

This week Sanjay Gupta MD is putting heart health under the microscope.  The show will start famous “Heart Attack Grill,” where the menu advertises “food good enough to die for.” The spokesman died of a heart attack this week – just months after the last spokesman dropped dead at age 29, and two customers died of heart attacks right in the restaurant.  Sanjay talks to the owner of the grill, and heart specialist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum to see how much fast food is too much.  Sanjay also looks at a screening test that shows whether young people, especially young athletes, are at risk of sudden death. There’s no question the test would save lives, but it’s still controversial.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER– Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM

Topic:   Pope Benedict Resigning

Guest:  Bishop David O’Connell, Diocese of Trenton

Topic:   Wisconsin Shooting; State of the Union

Guest:  Lieutenant Brian Murphy, first responder to the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting

Anchor:  Wolf Blitzer

SUNDAY, February 17, 2013

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON

Topics:    Senate Democrats and President Obama’s Agenda

Guest:     Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)

Topics:    Republican Efforts to Derail Obama Cabinet Nominees

Guest:     Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)

Topics:    Effect of Sequestration on Defense Cuts

Guest:     Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)

Guest:     Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)

Topics:    Politics

Guest:     Dana Bash, CNN chief congressional correspondent

Guest:     Ron Klain, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden

Guest:     Former Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH)

Guest:     Jeff Zeleny, New York Times

Anchor:   Candy Crowley

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topic:    State of the Union and Dorner Manhunt Coverage; Kurtz vs. O’Reilly on Drone Coverage

Guest:   Frank Sesno, Director, The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs; former Washington bureau chief

Guest:   Jane Hall, professor, American University School of Communications

Guest:   Paul Farhi, columnist, The Washington Post

Topic:    Partisan Coverage of the State of the Union and GOP Response; “Water-gate”

Guest:   Keli Goff, political correspondent, TheRoot.com

Guest:   Will Cain, analyst, The Blaze and GBTV; CNN contributor

Topic:   How Bronstein Won Trust to Tell the Story of ‘The Shooter’

Guest:  Phil Bronstein, chairman of the board, Center for Investigative Reporting

Host:     Howard Kurtz

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM     

Topics:    How Australia passed a ban on ‘assault-style’ weapons following the Port Arthur shooting massacre in 1996 – has it worked?

Guest:     John Howard, former prime minister of Australia (1996-2007)

Topic:      What can President Obama do about jobs?  Why can’t more progress be made on job growth?

Guest:     Larry Summers, former Director of the White House National Economic Council (Obama Administration), former U.S. Treasury Secretary (Clinton Administration)

Topics:    An inside look at China’s economy – is it in for a hard landing? What effect does corruption have on growth there? Where will China’s renewed nationalism lead?

Guest:     David Li, PhD, professor and chair, department of finance, Tsinghua University (China) and member, Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China

Anchor:   Fareed Zakaria

THE NEXT LIST –  Airs Sunday 2:30PM – 3:00PM

This week The Next List profiles Ed Lu, a former NASA astronaut and current CEO of the B612 Foundation. His goal is to build a space telescope that will detect possibly cataclysmic asteroids headed for Earth.

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CNN Live From Chicago Today & Tonight

CNN will broadcast the President’s address from Chicago today, where he visits his home district and the area where Hadiya Pendleton was gunned down after performing in the Inaugural Parade.  Beginning at 3:30pm (ET), Chris Cuomo anchors coverage of the President’s address. Cuomo will host Anderson Cooper 360 from Chicago tonight at 8pm ET, interviewing a woman who has opened up her home to inner city Chicago kids who are living in an urban war zone.  Erin Burnett will interview Rev. Jesse Jackson for tonight’s Erin Burnett OutFront in regards to his criticism of the President’s handling of gun violence in their hometown of Chicago.  Ted Rowlands and Gary Tuchmann report from Chicago.  Rowlands follows Hadiya Pendleton’s murder case, and Tuchmann spends time with gang members who, for the night, put down their weapons.

CNN.com will live stream the President’s address on CNN.com/live and on the CNN apps.

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CNN #1 Last Night in Cable News Key Demos

CNN WAS #1 LAST NIGHT IN CABLE NEWS AMONG KEY DEMOS

CNN TOPPED MSNBC IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND DEMOS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT OF BREAKING NEWS AND STATE OF THE UNION

AC 360 Was Top-Rated at Midnight in Total Viewers and Demos

CNN Grew the Most vs. Last Year; FNC Lost Viewers

According to Nielsen Fast National data, CNN’s live coverage was number one last night (Tuesday, February 12) during breaking news, State of the Union address and throughout primetime in the key demo adults 25-54 and among younger viewers 18-34.  CNN topped MSNBC in total viewers and among the key demos across the night.  In addition, CNN topped broadcast networks ABC and CBS among 18-34.

When CNN went to live coverage of the State of the Union, Dorner coverage shifted to sister network HLN. The two hour coverage block (9:00-11:00p) averaged 311k in the key demo (up +97%) and 870k among total viewers (+57%) vs. the prior hour (8:00 pm).

Breaking News Coverage (6:00-9:15 pm)

CNN:              1.013m adults 25-54  403k adults 18-34      2.798m total viewers

FNC:               669k adults 25-54       130k adults 18-34       3.183m total viewers

MSNBC:         401k adults 25-54       99k adults 18-34         1.271m total viewers

State of the Union Address (9:15-10:15 pm)          

CNN:              1.436m adults 25-54  771k adults 18-34      3.635m total viewers 

FNC:               957k adults 25-54       257k adults 18-34       3.683m total viewers

MSNBC:         1.028m adults 25-54   351k adults 18-34       3.034m total viewers

Primetime (8:00-11:00 pm)

CNN:              1.284m adults 25-54  617k adults 18-34      3.361m total viewers

FNC:               868k adults 25-54       210k adults 18-34       3.822m total viewers

MSNBC:         790k adults 25-54       256k adults 18-34       2.393m total viewers  

AC 360 (Midnight-1:00 am)

CNN:              429k adults 25-54      194k adults 18-34      1.056m total viewers

FNC:               343k adults 25-54       23k adults 18-34         911k total viewers

MSNBC:         190k adults 25-54       100k adults 18-34       764k total viewers      

Vs. 2012 State of the Union

Compared to the 2012 Presidential State of the Union, CNN grew the most – increasing +36% in both the key demo and total viewers.  MSNBC was up less, increasing +26% in the demo and +8% in total viewers and FNC decreased -16% in the demo and was down -3% in total viewers. 

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‘The Lead with Jake Tapper’

 

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CNN's SOTU Coverage

CNN Dedicates Tuesday Night to President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Sen. Marco Rubio’s GOP Response to Air Live in Primetime

Guests include former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Michigan Gov. Granholm

CNN’s political team of anchors and correspondents will lead the network’s coverage of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address Tuesday, Feb. 12 beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

Leading the network’s coverage will be anchors Wolf Blitzer, Kate Bolduan, Erin Burnett, Anderson Cooper, Chris Cuomo and Jake Tapper. Special guests providing analysis and perspective include former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Dana Bash will report live from inside the U.S. House chamber and Jessica Yellin will provide updates from the White House.

Commentary will be provided throughout the evening by chief political analyst Gloria Borger, senior political analyst David Gergen, along with political contributors Cornell Belcher, Donna Brazile, Alex Castellanos, Margaret Hoover, Van Jones and Ana Navarro.

The Republican response, delivered by Sen. Marco Rubio, will also air live following the State of the Union address.

On the magic wall, chief national correspondent John King will provide a report card on first term State of the Union promises, and assess the prospects for congressional action on a second-term Obama wish list that includes the economy, immigration, gun control and climate change. Burnett will conduct a focus group from the University of Richmond, where registered voters provide live reaction during the president’s speech. John Berman and Tom Foreman, live from the network’s virtual studio, will offer reality checks of the president’s remarks and the Republican response.

CNN’s coverage extends across all platforms with the network’s “Tweet of the Union” database, which allows users to track the conversation among members of congress in real time and filter the conversation among demographic and editorial storylines. Starting Tuesday, viewers can follow the conversation at CNN.com/tweetoftheunion and add their own spin on the president’s speech via Twitter using the hashtag #tweetoftheunion.

CNN Digital will live-stream both the address and the response on CNN.com and on CNN’s mobile website and apps. Users can visit CNNPolitics.com for analysis, commentary and reaction to the speeches and follow along on The Political Ticker’s live-blog.

CNN International will simulcast both the Presidential address and the Republican response. In addition, a CNN/ORC International poll will be released on the favorability of the President and the GOP.

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