TVNewser is reporting that David Bohrman is leaving CNN after 14 years. His farewell to staff is after the jump. You can follow the link for the full article.
Friday, August 5, 2011
David Bohrman Leaves CNN
This Weekend's Programming 8/6/11
SATURDAY, August 6, 2011
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – LIVE Saturday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta anchors a LIVE edition from Riverside Park in Manhattan with the 6-person CNN Fit Nation triathlon team. Two members from last year’s team of first-timers return to offer tips for defeating jitters, day-before and day-of competition, and more for Sunday’s Nautica NYC Triathlon.
THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs LIVE Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Topic: Uncertainty in the economic market; 2012 politics
Guest: Ron Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst and editorial director for National Journal Group
Topics: American economy; debt deal
Guest: Austan Goolsbee, outgoing Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE ON ECONOMY – LIVE Saturday 7:00PM – 8:00PM and 10:00PM – 11:00PM
Topic: Economic Outlook for America; U.S. Credit Downgrade
Anchors: Wolf Blitzer and Christine Romans
CNN PRESENTS – Airs Saturday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
CNN investigative correspondent Kaj Larsen hits the seas for some scuba with the U.S. Navy marine mammal unit that trains dolphins to detect and intercept swimmers who could be potential terrorist divers. Other animals are trained to sweep the shoreline for mines and check ships for unintended explosives. National correspondent Gary Tuchman reveals the inside life of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the breakaway fundamentalist Mormon sect, FLDS, who is accused of polygamy and child endangerment. As attorneys prepare opening statements for the upcoming trial in San Angelo, Texas, Tuchman details the hold that Jeffs still has over his followers – even from behind prison bars. Also, correspondent Amber Lyon reports on pain pill-addicted babies who are crowding Florida hospitals as so-called ‘pill mills’ – clinics and medical practices that dispense prescriptions inappropriately – continue to flourish. Federal drug authorities consider the State of Florida among the states with the largest problem with inappropriate prescription drug use.
SUNDAY, August 7, 2011
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – LIVE Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen anchors a LIVE edition from Riverside Park in Manhattan on race day for the Nautica NYC Triathlon.
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM
Topic: Uncertainty in the economic market; U.S. Credit Downgrade; Unemployment
Guest: Steve Forbes, Pres. and CEO Forbes Inc.
Guest: Larry Summers, former director of the National Economic Council
Topic: Cyber security; Uprising in Syria
Guest: Vice Adm. Mike McConnell (Ret.), Former Director of National Intelligence
Topic: California politics; Washington debt crisis
Guest: Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA)
Topic: Politics of the debt deal; 2012 elections
Guest: Anita Dunn, former White House communications director
Tom Davis, former U.S. Rep. (R-VA)
Anchor: Candy Crowley
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topic: What are the political lessons to be learned from the debt ceiling debate? Did the president and the GOP contenders play a constructive role in the debate?
Guest: Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief, AOL Huffington Post Media Group
Guest: Joe Klein, political columnist, Time Magazine
Guest: Reihan Salam, columnist, The National Review
Guest: Nick Wapshott, contributing columnist, Reuters
Topic: What’s the REAL story behind the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque”? What inspired the Park51 project in the first place? Why is it near Ground Zero?
Guest: Sharif El-Gamal, chairman, Park51
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria
RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE 11:00AM – NOON
Topic: Coverage of the Debt Deal
Guest: Joan Walsh, Salon.com
Guest: Dennis Prager, Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host
Guest: Terence Smith, former PBS media correspondent
Topic: The Challenges of covering Hollywood
Guest: Sharon Waxman, founder of TheWrap.com
Topic: Experience with memory loss
Guest: Ned Zeman, author and Vanity Fair contributing editor
Host: Howard Kurtz
CNN PRESENTS – Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:000PM and 11:00PM
CNN investigative correspondent Kaj Larsen visits the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Golden Gate, the busiest surf rescue station on the West Coast, near San Francisco, which averages over 600 search and rescue cases per year. The summer action-comedy film 30 Minutes of Less, about a kidnapped pizza delivery guy who is strapped with a bomb to his chest and told to rob a bank, is loosely based on a much more complicated true crime mystery. Investigative correspondent Drew Griffin reports on the not so humorous story behind the movie premise. CNN’s Poppy Harlow reports on what may be a precedent-setting lawsuit over celebrity merchandising. Five of the stars of the TV classic Happy Days, whose characters inspired memorabilia from t-shirts, lunch boxes, and dolls to DVDs and slot machines, received scant profits from the wide use of their likenesses. Harlow interviews Don Most, Marion Ross, Anson Williams and Erin Moran about whether they were cheated out of millions promised in their contracts with CBS Studios.
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE ON ECONOMY – LIVE Sunday 9:00PM – 10:00PM
Topic: Economic Outlook for America; U.S. Credit Downgrade
Anchor: Christine Romans
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Where in the World is Rick Sanchez?
TVNEWSER has posted an interview with Rick Sanchez about his future and a little look back at his time with CNN.
“You can’t win. I don’t care if you’re as masterful politically as Chris Matthews, as incredible in an argument as Bill O’Reilly, or as good-looking as Anderson Cooper. No matter what your skill set, someone’s going to be there every single day to blast your ass.”
When Sanchez was fired, he says what hurt him most is that “no one stood up for me. I was just as hated on the right as on the left.” If, by some quirk of fate, Sanchez returns to cable, “I’d have a publicist working with me every day and an agent watching my back, even if it costs half my salary.”
If he had to do it over again, “I would read every single word of every script, right off the ‘prompter,” Sanchez says. “I’d show up half an hour before, do my makeup, then do the show. Folks who do that are the ones who are beloved.”
The hard workers, like him, “are guaranteed to get a lot more crap,” he says.
To read the full interview and read more about his possible talk show based out of Miami follow the link.
Mediaite also reported recently that Sanchez will be calling the action for the Florida International's Golden Panther football team. Here's the link to that story.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
For All You Don Lemon Fans
Yesterday Don Lemon did a Q & A over at REDDIT. One bit of news he revealed is he'll be sitting in for Joy Behar on HLN while she's on vacation later this month. Here's more of what he had to say:
How much input do the anchors have in what news is presented? Could you write your own piece? Could you refuse to cover a story (for religious, political, or other reasons)? How far in advance do you know what you are presenting for the day?
Lemon: The anchor input depends on the anchor and the show. I have a ton of input. I insist on it. Some producers don't really like it but that's too bad. At the end of the day it's my face and reputation. I do write my own pieces. I can refuse to cover a story but that comes with the possibility of getting disciplined by the company I work for. I did question and refuse to cover a story when I worked in Chicago. I got a lot of flack for it. But it's ok. It taught me a lesson, made me stronger and more savvy about how to refuse a story without management even knowing it. Sometimes I have days even weeks to research a story. Sometimes, like this weekend with the debt ceiling, you just go in the air and follow the breaking news, no teleprompter, no scripts, just a laptop and my producer in my ear.
One of the most amazing things I've ever seen on television happened during your interview of supporters of disgraced pastor Eddie Long. Did you know you were going to bring up your own history of abuse, or did it just happen?
In a world that is so scripted and fake, it felt very genuine and authentic. Your honesty was
Lemon: First of all thanks. It was completely organic. I had no idea I would say it. I think I said it because I had been writing about my own experience with abuse for my book. So it had been on my mind and it just came out. I ‘m glad you were comforted I have a fun book stack of responses from that moment. Thousands of people wrote me with similar comments to yours. I hope it made a difference.
What did you think about Jon Stewart's segment on you? That was pretty amazing. Go you for actually caring about the news instead of the stupid gimmicks.
Lemon:I was totally stunned by the Jon Stewart segment. I was watching the show with a friend and was tweeting about the prior segments. Then mine came on and we both said in unison, "uh oh." Then I tweet 'OMG' and walked out of the room.. My friend said come back, watch it. I didn't for about an hour and after I had 2 beers. Then once I watched I thought it was funny and complimentary. I just didn't want to make my co-workers look like the brunt of the joke. But they understood and sent me nice emails. the truth is I love real news and my team knows it. We pride ourselves on gimmick-free news. In fact we ask ourselves when pitching ideas, 'is this too gimmicky?' And if the answer is yes, we drop it. I think the viewer may watch a gimmick for a while but then they catch on and tune out. It really is ok to be smart and present a smart newscast.
I took a tour of CNN's headquarters last year. Being in such close proximity to you guys while on air was really cool. Whats the most awkward thing a tourist has gestured to you through the glass?
Lemon:Yikes.. a lot of fun things happen.. I usually start the wave with the tour groups. One woman saw me and started jumping up and down and obviously she wasn't wearing any support up top. And just last week this woman freaked out and started kissing the glass so I went over and kissed back. I love the tour groups.
Is it hard to separate personal political convictions from the objective persona most anchors put on?Is there a congressperson that is particularly intimidating when it comes to interviews?
Lemon: It’s not hard for me to separate it. I’m probably one of the most objective people you'll meet. Also, I don't associate with any political party so that makes it even easier. Politicians are politicians and politics are politics. That's the story on that. To answer the 2nd part of your question, I’m not intimidated by anyone. The only person who came close to intimidating me was Stephen Colbert. I knew his character from tv, but when we started to really have a conversation I realized that he's not the character and it kinda caught me off guard. I said to my self, I know the character but I really don't know the man. So I had to readjust quickly.
When did you first feel like "hey i have a knack for this news reporting stuff"?
Lemon: I’ve known since I was a kid, but I didn't really know what to call it. My mom says I asked A LOT of questions to anyone who would listen. I’d even go over to other people's tables at restaurants. Guess I was 'born this way' or at least born to be a journalist
Don Lemon has the potential of becoming a great name for an alcoholic beverage. Answer me this, Don Lemon, what would you put in a "Don Lemon"?
Lemon:Wow. That's an awesome question. A lil vodka, some lemonade, a splash of sparkling water for bubbles and I'd stir it with one of my fingers. Aaahhh refreshing!
This is just a short sample of the q & a session. There is much more to read at REDDIT. Just follow the link.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
CNN Signature Programs Surge with Double Digit Gains in July
CNN Posts More Growth than FNC and MSNBC in July
CNN Continues to top MSNBC in Weekday Daytime 25-54
CNN Signature Programs Surge with Double Digit Gains in P2+ and 25-54 in July
CNN Continues to top MSNBC in Weekday Daytime 25-54
CNN Signature Programs Surge with Double Digit Gains in P2+ and 25-54 in July
In the M-F Primetime daypart, CNN increased more than FNC or MSNBC versus year-ago, building by +15% in total viewers (662k) and +40% among 25-54 viewers (215k). This compares to gains of +12% in total viewers and +14% among 25-54 for MSNBC and declines of -6% in total viewers and -11% among 25-54 for FNC.
CNN also continued to surpass MSNBC in July during the M-F 9a-5p daytime daypart among both total viewers (504k) and the demo (144k), holding an advantage of 33% and 27%, respectively.
CNN Programs Surge with Double Digit Gains among both total viewers and 25-54 viewers in July
• CNN Newsroom at 3p increased 21% among total viewers (578k) and 28% among demo viewers (157k).
• The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 6p increased 10% among total viewers (573k) and 11% among 25-54 viewers (167k).
• John King USA increased 18% among total viewers (500k) and 25% among 25-54 viewers (156k).
• Piers Morgan increased 9% among total viewers (715k) and 37% among 25-54 viewers (217k).
• Anderson Cooper 360 increased 32% among total viewers (760k) and 56% among 25-54 viewers (283k).
CNN reached a cumulative audience of 101.9 million in July, followed by HLN with 90.9 million, Fox News with 86.7 million and MSNBC with 85 million.
CNN Digital
In July, traffic and video usage on CNN.com was up over last year with 1.2 billion global page views and 89.1 million global video views.
Proving that users come to CNN.com for breaking news, the World section saw double-digit growth in July with 105.9 million page views (25% over last month and 59% last year), related to coverage of the massacre in Norway. The top two stories on CNN.com overall were related to news of Norway, one with 8.7 million page views and the second with 6 million.
Also showing steady increases in July was CNN.com’s Opinion section with 21 million global page views, 34% over last month and 160% over last year. CNN contributor LZ Granderson had the top story on bratty kids with almost 1 million page views followed by Bob Greene’s op-ed on the missing Indiana boy with more than 900 thousand page views.
HLN numbers are after the jump.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Ratings For The Week of July 25th - July 29th
1 - Special programming was shown on two nights during the week
2 - Special programming was shown 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.
CNN Sticks By Piers
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that not only did CNN thoroughly investigate Piers Morgan before hiring him but that they are standing by him.
An unnamed CNN source said, ""He wasn't hired to be a news anchor or correspondent; he was being hired as a personality—that dictated the standards," a person close to the network said. "He came off as a guy who had been chastened by his past and as someone who had the intelligence to grow and learn from it," this person added."
To read the article please follow the link.
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