This Weekend's Programming 5/5/11

Friday, May 06, 2011

11:00pm – 12:00am In the Footsteps of Bin Laden (LIVE with tape)

Saturday, May 07, 2011

2:00am – 3:00am In the Footsteps of Bin Laden

7:30am – 8:00am Sanjay Gupta, MD
With the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers guidance on how parents may want to consider discussing tragic events like wars and the 9/11 attacks with children. Also, he reports on a halfway house run by the State of Minnesota and Catholic Charities that allows alcoholics to drink in safety in privacy. Dr. Gupta also profiles 70-year-old Joseph Maroon, MD, team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who credits his passion for triathlons with having saved his life.

6:00pm – 7:00pm The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Topic: Death of Osama bin Laden
Guest: Fran Townsend, CNN National Security contributor
Topic: Death of Osama bin Laden
Guest: David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst

Anchor: Wolf Blitzer

8:00pm – 9:00pm A Larry King Special - Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic

9:00pm – 10:00pm In the Footsteps of Bin Laden

11:00pm – 12:00am A Larry King Special - Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic

Sunday, May 08, 2011

12:00am – 1:00am, 3:00am-4:00am, 5:00am-6:00am In the Footsteps of Bin Laden

2:00am – 3:00am A Larry King Special - Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic

7:30am – 8:00am Sanjay Gupta, MD
With the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers guidance on how parents may want to consider discussing tragic events like wars and the 9/11 attacks with children. Also, he reports on a halfway house run by the State of Minnesota and Catholic Charities that allows alcoholics to drink in safety in privacy. Dr. Gupta also profiles 70-year-old Joseph Maroon, MD, team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who credits his passion for triathlons with having saved his life.

9:00am–10:00am, NOON-1pm State of the Union with Candy Crowley – Airs LIVE

Topic: Osama bin Laden Aftermath
Guest: Tom Donilon, National Security Adviser
Topic: Osama bin Laden’s Death; War in Afghanistan; Pakistan
Guest: Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Topic: Osama bin Laden Death; War in Afghanistan; Libya
Guest: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary-General
Topic: Obama’s Week; Entitlement Reform
Guest: Anita Dunn, former White House communications director
Guest: Tom Davis (R), former U.S. Representative

Anchor: Candy Crowley

10:00am–11:00am & 1:00pm–2:00pm Fareed Zakaria GPS

Topics: The significance of killing Osama bin Laden; US-Pakistan relations; President Bush’s reaction to the death of Bin Laden; who deserves credit for Bin Laden’s death
Guest: Condoleezza Rice, PhD, former U.S. Secretary of State (George W. Bush Administration)

Topics: The CIA’s hunt for Bin Laden
Guest: Gen. Michael Hayden, USAF (ret.), former director of the National Security Council, former CIA Director (George W. Bush Administration)
Topics: U.S./Pakistani diplomatic relations post-bin Laden; was Pakistan incompetent or insincere on Bin Laden intelligence?
Guest: Richard N. Haass, PhD, president of the Council on Foreign Relations
Guest: His Excellency Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States
Guest: Jugnu Mohsin, editor / publisher, The Friday Times (Lahore, Pakistan)

Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

11:00am–NOON Reliable Sources – Airs LIVE

Topic: Media Reports Conflicting Information After bin Laden Killed
Guest: Jamie McIntyre, LineofDeparture.com
Guest: Peter Baker, The New York Times
Guest: Jane Hall, American University
Guest: Frank Sesno, The George Washington University

Topic: Covering Terrorism in Post-9/11 Era
Guest: Brian Ross, ABC News

Topic: Death of Osama bin Laden Turns Partisan
Guest: Matt Lewis, DailyCaller.com
Guest: Dana Milbank, The Washington Post

Topic: View from the Other Side of the Podium
Guest: P.J. Crowley, former State Department spokesman

Host: Howard Kurtz

12:00am – 1:00am, 3:00am-4:00am, 5:00am-6:00am In the Footsteps of Bin Laden

2:00am – 3:00am A Larry King Special - Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic

7:00pm – 8:00pm Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Saving Gabby Giffords (PREMIERE)

8:00pm – 9:00pm Murder Abroad – The Amanda Knox Story (PREMIERE)

11:00pm – 12:00am Murder Abroad – The Amanda Knox Story

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS:

CNN PRESENTS: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BIN LADEN
CNN’s Anderson Cooper anchors an investigation into the life of al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, killed earlier this week by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs directed by the CIA. Partially-based upon the book, The Osama bin Laden I Know, by CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen, who was among the first team of television journalists to interview bin Laden in 1997, FOOTSTEPS was filmed in 10 countries, and features interviews with 10 people with first-person knowledge of bin Laden. Former CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour’s reporting sheds light on the man who declared war on the United States and was the world’s most wanted terrorist.

A LARRY KING SPECIAL – UNTHINKABLE: THE ALZHEIMER’S EPIDEMIC
CNN’s Larry King hosts a special on the sixth-leading cause of death across all ages in the U.S. that afflicts 5.4 million people, about which many Americans still know relatively little. King will be joined by people who have been touched by Alzheimer’s disease and will include interviews with former First Lady Laura Bush and California’s former First Lady and Alzheimer’s activist Maria Shriver; actors Seth Rogen, and Angie Dickinson; TV host Leeza Gibbons; football star Terrell Owens and son of President Ronald Reagan, Ron Reagan. Neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta will explain what Alzheimer’s is and how this disease affects the human brain.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA REPORTS: SAVING GABBY GIFFORDS
CNN chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta adds his expert medical insights to a report of how U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) survived the mass shooting in Tucson earlier this year that killed six and wounded 18 others. Describing how the frantic, life-saving efforts saved the Congresswoman’s life, Gupta interviews the EMTs who evacuated her to a trauma hospital, her surgeons, her rehabilitation doctors and other therapists. Gupta also performs a surgical demonstration of the skull surgery for the documentary so that viewers can better understand how it works.

MURDER ABROAD – THE AMANDA KNOX STORY
American exchange student Amanda Knox was convicted nearly 18 months ago for the murder of roommate Meredith Kercher, British exchange student in Perugia, Italy. CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin traveled to Perugia, Italy, where the sexual assault and stabbing death occurred, and Seattle, WA, where Knox grew up and her parents still live, to report the truth behind the international headlines. Griffin has a rare television interview with the chief prosecutor in the case, Giuliano Mignini, and reveals a pattern of prosecutorial behavior that raises questions about the original conviction.

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Today's Special Programming from Ground Zero

PROGRAMMING NOTES:

Anderson Cooper will anchor live from NYC’s Ground Zero beginning at 11am ET today. Cooper will anchor CNN’s Newsroom coverage of President Obama’s visit to the site of the 9/11 terror attacks. Wolf Blitzer will join him live from CNN’s D.C. bureau for the special, which will be simulcast on CNN International.

CNN’s John King, USA will be live at 7 p.m. ET from Ground Zero. CNN anchor John King plans to interview former Secretary of Homeland Security and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge during the program.

Tonight on AC360 – airing at 10pm ET – among Cooper’s guests will be former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice who will give her thoughts on the death of Osama Bin Laden.

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A Few Odds & Ends 5/4/11

A few CNN related videos to share with you today. First Soledad O'Brien popped up on TMZ last night. Here's the clip:

Jon Stewart apparently was as taken aback by Piers Morgan's candidness during the Royal Wedding coverage as Anderson Cooper and the rest of us were. Here's that clip:


And this next clip is a radio interview that John King did with Ryan Seacrest the morning after the POTUS announced Bin Ladin's death.


Broadcast&Cable has a most interesting with Sam Feist, CNN VP, about the behind the scenes scramble to get anchors and reporters in place for the President's big announcement.

I called Wolf Blitzer, who was at home in Maryland watching the Washington Capitals game. And I said, "Get in. Now." He said, "What is it?" I said, "I don't know, but it's important." So he grabbed a jacket and a tie and he raced downtown to CNN Washington bureau. At the same time, our chief national correspondent John King was at the hockey game with his daughter, and he raced to the Washington bureau.


Here are some new numbers on CNN’s coverage of the death of Bin Laden.


Fast National data: Monday, May 2 – day two death of bin Laden:

Anderson Cooper 360 tops both FNC and MSNBC in both total viewers and the demo at 10 pm
Piers Morgan and American Morning top MSNBC in total viewers and demo.
In the Arena tops MSNBC in the P25-54 demo.

10:00 pm:
• CNN’s Anderson Cooper tops FNC’s Greta Van Susteren and MSNBC’s Ed Show in both total viewers and demo 25-54
• CNN has 54 % advantage over FNC and a 149% lead over MSNBC in key demo:

CNN: 2.921 million total viewers/1.282 million P25-54 demo
FNC: 2.707 million total viewers/ 830k P25-54 demo
MSNBC: 1.404 million total viewers/ 514k P25-54 demo


9:00 pm:
• CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight tops MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow show in the demo 25-54
• Has second highest demo 25-54 performance since launch (after Japan earthquake) and third highest total viewer number (also after Japan and premiere)
• Morgan has a +21% advantage in total viewers and +27% lead in demo 25-54 over Maddow

CNN: 2.009m total viewers/816k P25-54 demo
MSNBC: 1.665m total viewers/ 643k P25-54 demo
FNC: 3.001 m total viewers/946k P25-54 demo


8:00 pm:
• CNN’s In the Arena topped MSNBC’s Last Word w/ Lawrence O’Donnell show in the demo 25-54
• This represents a +29% advantage in demo 25-54 over O’Donnell

CNN: 1.554m total viewers/ 638k P25-54 demo
MSNBC: 1.593m total viewers/ 494k P25-54 demo
FNC: 4.476m total viewers/ 1.317m P25-54 demo

7:00 pm:
• CNN’s John King, USA topped MSNBC’s Hardball in both total viewers and in the demo
• This represents an +87% advantage in total viewers and a +136% lead in the demo over Hardball

CNN: 2.191m total viewers/877k P25-54
MSNBC: 1.174m total viewers/372k P25-54
FNC: 3.131m total viewers/1.021 P 25-54

6:00 – 9:00 am:
• CNN’s American Morning topped MSNBC’s Morning Joe in both total viewers and the demo 25-54
• Has a +48% advantage in total viewers and +75% lead in demo 25-54 over Morning Joe

CNN: 1.523m total viewers/704k demo 25-54
MSNBC: 1.028m total viewers/402k demo
FNC: 2.244m total viewers/914k demo




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Ratings For The Week of April 25th

1 - Special programming aired on four nights during the week

2 - Special programming aired on three nights 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.

CNN DOMINATES CABLE NEWS COVERAGE WITH NEWS OF THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN;

Outperforms both FNC and MSNBC;

CNN PEAKS AT 11:30 PM WITH 9.5 MILLION VIEWERS

According Nielsen Fast National data, CNN dominated cable news coverage with the breaking news of the death of Osama bin Laden on Sunday night, May 1^st.

10:00 pm – 3:00 am, ET: CNN’s Coverage of the Death of Osama bin Laden vs. Cable News Competition

Coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden (10:00p-3:00a) delivered 4.142 million total viewers and 2.101 million P25-54, up 981% and 1434% over the prior 4-Sunday performance, respectively. FNC followed with 2.845 total viewers and 1.267 in the demo and MSNBC trailed with 1.584 total viewers and 800k in the demo.

• CNN was top-rated in both total viewers and P25-54, topping second-place FXNC by 46% among total viewers and 66% among P25-54. CNN also out-performed third-place MSNBC by 161% among total viewers and by 163% among P25-54.

• This is CNN’s best 10:00p-3:00a performance since Election Night 2008, when the network delivered 8.989 million total viewers and 4.598 million P25-54.

11 pm: The hour President Obama announced bin Laden’s death:

CNN: 7.763 million total viewers/3.904 million demo 25-54

FNC: 4.778 million total viewers/2.070 million demo

MSNBC: 2.275 million total viewers/1.126 million demo

• CNN’s coverage peaked during the 11p hour averaging 7.763 million total viewers and 3.904 million P25-54.

• By quarter-hour, CNN’s coverage peaked at 11:30pm (Pres. Obama Address) with 9.527 million total viewers and 4.768 million among adults 25-54.

• The hour outperformed CNN’s 11 pm prior four Sunday’s average by +1080% among total viewers and +1627% among P25-54.

10 pm: Leading up to President Obama’s announcement:

CNN: 2.329 million total viewers/961k demo 25-54

FNC: 2.317 million total viewers/895k demo

MSNBC: 1.085 million total viewers/485k demo

Social Media: While news of Osama bin Laden’s death was unfolding, the terms “Wolf Blitzer” and “watching CNN” became trending topics globally on Twitter between 10p and 2a ET.

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Today's Coverage of Breaking News

PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE FOR CNN U.S. TODAY:
(subject to change and will be updated throughout the day, as information is sent to ATC)

11a-1pET CNN Newsroom anchored by Drew Griffin

1p-3pET CNN Newsroom anchored by Randi Kaye from Ground Zero

3p-5pET CNN Newsroom anchored by Anderson Cooper from Ground Zero and Wolf Blitzer from Washington, D.C.
Guests include: Time Magazine contributor, Omar Waraich, CNN Terrorism Analyst Paul Cruickshank, Former CIA covert operations officer Mike Baker, CNN reporters Barbara Starr , Ed Henry , Jill Dougherty, Jeanne Meserve, Nick Paton Walsh from Islamabad) and Ted Rowlands, as well as senior political analysts Gloria Borger and David Gergen. 5p-7pET The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (CNNI simulcasts)

8 - 9PM In the Arena
Arena is live tonight from what will be the lobby of 4 World Trade Center. Guests that will provide reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden include firefighters and family members of 9/11 victims, former CIA Islamabad station chief Robert Grenier, author and writer Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11), Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi (who personally knew bin Laden), Pakistan opposition party member Imran Khan, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and CNN political analyst David Gergen.

9 - 10PM Piers Morgan Tonight
Carmen Bin Ladin-former sister-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, Bob Woodward- Associate Editor of The Washington Post and author of “Obama’s Wars,” former Governor Tom Ridge – First Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (2003-2005), and Steve Emerson- Executive Director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism. Sen. John Kerry, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Sen. Bob Kerrey, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, as well as special guests Barry Zelman and Jim Riches, both who lost family members in the 9/11 attacks.

10 - Midnight AC360, Live from Ground Zero
Anderson Cooper's interview with Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan, Michael Scheuer – former Osama Bin Laden hunter, Ari Fleischer – fmr. WH press secretary under Pres. Bush, Jim Riches, Ret. FDNY Deputy Chief, NYT’s Thomas Friedman, Robert Baer, former CIA operative, Gary Berntsen, former CIA Officer and Kenny Specht, 9/11 first responder.
Additionally, CNN reporters and contributors: Nic Robertson, Sanjay Gupta, Peter Bergen, Fareed Zakaria and Fran Townsend.



In addition to CNN’s anchors and correspondents, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen (@peterbergencnn) – who interviewed Osama bin Laden for CNN in 1997 – and CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank are contributing to the network’s coverage.

CNN is covering the global impact of this story with the following reporters in the U.S. and around the world:

Islamabad, Pakistan: Nick Paton Walsh (@nickpatonwalsh)

White House: Dan Lothian (@danlothiancnn), Brianna Keiler (@brikeilarcnn), Ed Henry (@edhenrycnn)

Pentagon: Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn), Chris Lawrence (@clawrencecnn)

State Department: Jill Dougherty (@cnnjill)

Ground Zero (NY): Ali Velshi (@alivelshi), Jason Carroll (@jasoncarrollcnn), Deb Feyerick (@debfeyerickcnn), Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper)

New York Stock Exchange: Richard Quest (@richardquest), Alison Kosik (@alisonkosikcnn)

Times Square (NY): Alina Cho (@alinachocnn)

Newark airport (NJ): Allan Chernoff (@allancnn)

Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Jim Acosta (@jimacostacnn)

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Real Breaking News!

When the news broke of the impending announcement by President Obama that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by the US military CNN was quick to assemble a team and get on air. Wolf Blitzer anchored from Washington, DC.

CNN contributor Peter Bergen joined Wolf in the CNN DC studios.


Ed Henry reported from the White House lawn.

John King was at the magic wall with a geography lesson on where Osama was hiding out.


Also Fran Townsend, Jason Carroll from Times Square in NYC, Chris Lawrence from the Pentagon, Gloria Borger, Nic Robertson by Skype and David Gergen all spoke with Wolf.

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Royal Ratings

CNN's Royal Wedding/Nielsen Fast National Data for Friday, April 29, 2011:

* CNN's coverage of the Royal Wedding (4:00a-10:00a) delivered 1.662 million total viewers and 714k P25-54, up 473% and 500% over the prior 4-Friday performance, respectively.

* CNN was top rated in both total viewers and P25-54, topping second-place FXNC by 7% among total viewers and 52% among P25-54. CNN also out-performed third-place MSNBC by 164% among total viewers and by 146% among P25-54 (4:00a-10:00a).

* This is CNN's best 4:00a-10:00a P2+ delivery since the day after the 2008 Presidential Election (November 5, 2008) and its best P25-54 delivery since news of the Japan earthquake hit last month (March 11, 2011).

* Piers Morgan's special coverage of the Royal Wedding (8:00p-10:00p) delivered 1.286 million total viewers and 397k P25-54, up 121% and 139% over prior 4-Friday performance, respectively. This represents CNN's best 8:00p-10:00p among both P2+ and P25-54 since March 20, 2011 (start of crisis in Libya).

* Anderson Cooper's Royal Wedding Special (10:00p-12:00m) delivered 940k total viewers and 331k P25-54, up 43% and 40%, respectively, over prior 4-Friday performance.
This is CNN's best 10:00p-12:00m P2+ and P25-54 delivery since April 8, 2011 (Congressional Budget Deal reached).



CNN's Cume Delivery (4:00a-10:00a):

*CNN registered a total audience cume delivery of 9.634 million, up 152% over its prior 4 Friday average, and 4.056 million P25-54, up 180% over cume delivery achieved the prior 4 Fridays.

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