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Friday, November 19, 2010

Weekend Programming November 20 & 21


SATURDAY, November 20, 2010


SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports from Kobe, Japan, the site of the World Health Organization’s Global Forum on Urbanization & Health – examining the trends in mental and physical health for our increasingly urban global populations. Dr. Gupta reports on the toxicity of the air we breathe, the impact of the stress of urban living on the brain, what fish to eat to get the most Omega-3s, and also demonstrates how to survive in an earthquake.


WHAT THE WEEK –Airs Saturday 2:30PM – 3:00PM, 5:30PM – 6:00PM
Pete Dominick distills a week’s worth of news into a smart and fun wrap of everything you need to know.


ESCAPE FROM JONESTOWN – Airs Saturday 8:00pm - 10:00pm, 11:00pm - 1:00am, 2:00am - 4:00am
More than 900 people – almost a third of them children – died in Jonestown in a mass murder-suicide pact led by the Rev. Jim Jones in 1978, after Jones’ gunmen shot down a visiting U.S. Congressman on a remote air strip in Guyana. At least 30 Jonestown church members managed to escape, surviving by their wits, will and courage, fleeing 36 miles, on foot, through the surrounding jungle to escape. CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien tells the story of who lived and why – and how their lives have turned out over the three decades since the tragedy.


TAKEN: THE KIDNAPPING OF ELIZABETH SMART – Airs Saturday 10:00pm - 10:30pm & Sun. 10:30pm - 11:00pm
Elizabeth Smart was snatched from her bed at knifepoint in the dead of night. Now, eight years later, the man accused of kidnapping and raping her is finally on trial. Reported by Martin Savidge for CNN, TAKEN examines the story behind her abduction, the toll on her family, and her determination to get justice. Interviews include Tom Smart, Elizabeth’s uncle, and John Walsh, host of “America’s Most Wanted,” who played a vital role in her rescue and in the capture of her alleged kidnapper.




SUNDAY, November 21, 2010


SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports from Kobe, Japan, the site of the World Health Organization’s Global Forum on Urbanization & Health – examining the trends in mental and physical health for our increasingly urban global populations. Dr. Gupta reports on the toxicity of the air we breathe, the impact of the stress of urban living on the brain, what fish to eat to get the most Omega-3s, and also demonstrates how to survive in an earthquake.



STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM

Topic: START; NATO; Afghanistan
Guest: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Topic: New Airport Security Screening Measures
Guest: Rep. John Mica (R-FL), Ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Anchor: Candy Crowley


FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM - 11:00AM & 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Topic: Democracy, nuclear issues, and human rights in Iran; U.S. / Iran relations
Guest: Mohammad-Javad Larijani, Judiciary Human Rights Council of Iran, Councilor to the Supreme Leader of Iran

Topic: Can the U.S. leave Afghanistan by 2014? What are the consequences?
Guest: Rachel Reid, Afghanistan Researcher for Human Rights Watch
Guest: Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Guest: Nir Rosen, Journalist and author of Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World

Anchor: Fareed Zakaria



RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE 11:00AM – NOON

Topic: Palin Family in the Media Spotlight; PBS/Tina Fey Controversy; Ted Koppel versus Keith Olbermann
Guest: Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg News
Guest: Matthew Continetti, The Weekly Standard
Guest: Steve Roberts, The George Washington University

Topic: Carter’s Relationship with the Media
Guest: President Jimmy Carter

Host: Howard Kurtz




ESCAPE FROM JONESTOWN – Airs Sunday 8:00pm - 10:00pm, 11:00pm - 1:00am, 2:00am - 4:00am
More than 900 people – almost a third of them children – died in Jonestown in a mass murder-suicide pact led by the Rev. Jim Jones in 1978, after Jones’ gunmen shot down a visiting U.S. Congressman on a remote air strip in Guyana. At least 30 Jonestown church members managed to escape, surviving by their wits, will and courage, fleeing 36 miles, on foot, through the surrounding jungle to escape. CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien tells the story of who lived and why – and how their lives have turned out over the three decades since the tragedy.


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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Ratings for the Week of November 8th

1 - Special programming was aired on one night during the week

Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.


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Monday, November 15, 2010

Another Piers Morgan Team Member

Steve Krakauer, senior editor of Mediaite.com has been named digital producer of CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,” set to debut in January 2011 it was announced today by the show’s executive producer Jonathan Wald.

“Steve has been a leading voice in the digital world, reporting on cable news, politics and pop culture. He’ll be a great addition to the CNN team and will be instrumental in driving “Piers Morgan Tonight” beyond its one hour of television and into a more active online experience,” said Wald.

Most recently, Krakauer was senior editor of Mediaite.com, the media news, opinion and rankings website where he covered media and television, conducting interviews with industry leaders, launching multimedia web shows and breaking news. He helped launch the site in July 2009, which is now ranked in Technorati's Top 10 blogs. He was previously an editor at TVNewser.com, and was part of the NBC page program. Krakauer has appeared as a guest on NBC, Fox News and MSNBC. He was named a "rising star" by the New York Times in April 2010. He graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School in 2006.

Krakauer can be found on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SteveKrak


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Saturday, November 13, 2010

This Weekend's Programming


SATURDAY, November 13, 2010

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

Topic: New Proposals to Cut the Deficit
Guest: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Topic: Economy
Guest: Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody’s Analytics
Topic: Earmarks; Tea Party
Guest: Dr. Rand Paul (R), Senator-elect from Kentucky
Topic: White House Investigations
Guest: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Topic: Twitter
Guest: Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer


VETERANS IN FOCUS: Service, Struggle & Success Airs Saturday 3:00PM – 4:00PM
HLN’s Robin Meade hosts “Veterans in Focus: Service, Struggle & Success,” a special presentation from CNN’s award-winning, multi-platform “In Focus” team which highlights the stories of service, struggle and success of our nation’s veterans and the loved ones around them.

DEATH AND TAXES: JOE STACK'S ATTACK ON THE IRS Airs Saturday 8:00PM – 9:00PM, 11:00PM
A CNN Special Investigation into the intentional plane crash into an Austin I.R.S building. What lead to this deadly act and who missed the signs?

PURE EVIL: THE KILLINGS IN CONNECTICUT Airs Saturday 10:00PM – 10:30PM
Examines the notorious home invasion and triple murder of 3 members of the Pruitt family in Connecticut. The lone survivor, the father brutally beaten and left helpless as his wife and two daughters are murdered during a vicious home invasion.

WHAT THE WEEK –Airs Saturday 10:30PM – 11:00PM


SUNDAY, November 14, 2010


SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks into the new study that’ found that only about a dozen, out of three thousand fast food kids’ meals meet nutritional guidelines. He also looks at the diet of a nutrition professor who spent two months on a junk food diet, yet lost 27 pounds and 8 percent of his body fat. Dr. Gupta will examine both – and discuss some healthy alternatives. Also, it’s open enrollment time for Medicare, Dr. Gupta reports on some considerations that beneficiaries may want to know more about.


STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM

Topic: Midterm Breakdown; New Balance of Power; Lame Duck Congress
Guest: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Guest: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Topic: New Balance of Power; Democratic Strategy
Guest: Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Topic: New Balance of Power; Democratic Strategy
Guest: Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)
Topic: Midterm Breakdown; Lame Duck Congress
Guest: Anita Dunn, former White House Communications Director
Guest: Tom Davis (R), former U.S. Representative
Guest Anchor: Joe Johns


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

Topic: Advice from an elder statesman and economist on how to fix the economy, manage crises around the world.
Guest: George Schultz, former U.S. Secretary for Labor, Treasury, and State; former Director of the Office of Management and Budget; former dean of University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; former President of Bechtel; current fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Topic: Are China’s neighbors growing nervous? What did President Obama accomplish in Asia?
Guest: Victor Cha, Asian Studies and Government Professor, Georgetown University; Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Guest: Suhasini Haidar, CNN-IBN anchor, India
Guest: Yoshihisa Komori, editor-at-large, Sankei Shimbun (Japan)
Guest: Jason Tedjasukmana, editor-at-large, TIME (based in Jakarta, Indonesia)
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria


RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE 11:00AM – NOON

Topic: Jay vs. Conan vs. Dave in the Fight for Late Night
Guest: Bill Carter, New York Times
Topic: Newsweek, Daily Beast Merge
Guest: Tina Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast
Host: Howard Kurtz


BUSH: TWO YEARS LATER: A SPECIAL EDITION OF STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY
Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:00PM; 11:00PM – Midnight // Airs Monday 2:00AM – 3:00AM
President George W. Bush will sit down with CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Candy Crowley in one of the few interviews he has granted since leaving the White House. In December 2008, Crowley conducted one of President Bush’s last interviews before he left the White House. She will check in with the former president two years later on the struggling U.S. economy, the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and his new book, “Decision Points.” Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will join his brother in the second half of the interview to discuss their father, their upbringing and the current political landscape.

PURE EVIL: THE KILLINGS IN CONNECTICUT – Airs Sunday 10:30PM – 11:00PM
Examines the notorious home invasion and triple murder of 3 members of the Pruitt family in Connecticut. The lone survivor, the father brutally beaten and left helpless as his wife and two daughters are murdered during a vicious home invasion.

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Your Views on the News, November 11, 2010

We thought you all might enjoy a look at Chad Myers, CNN meteorologist, on The Daily Show this past Wednesday night. It's at the end of the clip but since there are a lot of other CNN'ers included we thought you might enjoy a few minutes of media missile madness.



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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Candy Crowley Interviews Pres. George Bush


President George W. Bush will sit down with CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Candy Crowley in one of the few interviews he has granted since leaving the White House. Bush: Two Years Later: A Special Edition of State of the Union with Candy Crowley will air during a one-hour prime time special on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET .

In December 2008, Crowley conducted one of President Bush’s last interviews before he left the White House. She will check in with the former president two years later on the struggling U.S. economy, the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and his new book, “Decision Points.” Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will join his brother in the second half of the interview to discuss their father, their upbringing and the current political landscape.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley airs Sundays at 9 a.m. and noon ET. This Sunday, Nov. 14, correspondent Joe Johns will act as substitute anchor during the regularly scheduled program while Crowley is on assignment in Miami for the prime time special. Tom Bettag serves as the program’s senior executive producer.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Ratings For The Week Of November 1st


1 - Special programming was aired on one night
2 - Special programming was aired on two nights

Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.


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