SATURDAY, June 9, 2012
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Saturday 4:30PM – 5:00PM
This week on Sanjay Gupta MD, Sanjay talks to a U.S. Marine, hit with a rocket-propelled grenade which is stuck in his leg, and still live. Also, Sanjay speaks to CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen about her special “The Empowered Patient: 25 Shocking Medical Mistakes.”
THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Topic: 2012 Politics
Guest: President Bill Clinton
Topic: 2012 Politics; President Clinton
Guest: David Axelrod, senior adviser, Pres. Obama’s re-election campaign
Topic: President Clinton’s Remarks
Guest: Eric Fehrnstrom, Senior Adviser, Romney Campaign
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer
THE EMPOWERED PATIENT: 25 Shocking Medical Mistakes 8:00pm – 9:00 pm & 11:00pm – 12:00am
24/7 Pacquiao / Bradley Parts 3 & 4 12:00am – 1:00am & 3:00am – 4:00am
SUNDAY, June 10, 2012
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
This week on Sanjay Gupta MD, Sanjay talks to a U.S. Marine, hit with a rocket-propelled grenade which is stuck in his leg, and still live. Also, Sanjay speaks to CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen about her special “The Empowered Patient: 25 Shocking Medical Mistakes.”
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON
Topic: Economy; Congress; Election 2012
EXCLUSIVE Guest: David Axelrod, senior adviser, Pres. Obama’s re-election campaign
Topic: Congressional Politics; Intelligence Leaks; Syria
Guest: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), ranking member, Armed Services Committee
Topic: Intelligence Leaks; Drone Strikes
Guest: Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Intelligence Committee; Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee
Guest: Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Anchor: Candy Crowley
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: Is Rwanda the "Singapore of Africa?" How can corruption in Africa be conquered? Are elections in Rwanda free and fair?
Guest: Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda. A Fareed Zakaria GPS Exclusive.
Topics: What would Emanuel do to help the President's re-election efforts if he were still chief of staff? What lessons can one learn from the Wisconsin recall results? Will Emanuel serve if there's a second Obama Administration?
Guest: Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago. A Fareed Zakaria GPS Exclusive.
Topic: U.S. immigration policy reform
Guest: Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria
RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11AM - NOON
Topics: Media Bias Against Romney
Guest: Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post
Guest: David Shuster, Current TV
Topics: Cable News Ratings
Guest: Christina Bellantoni, PBS NewsHour
Guest: Terence Smith, former media correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Guest: Paul Farhi, The Washington Post
Topics: Leaking Information to the Press
Guest: David Sanger, The New York Times
Topics: Cronkite’s Legacy
Guest: Douglas Brinkley, author, “Cronkite”
Host: Howard Kurtz
THE NEXT LIST – Sunday 2:00PM – 2:30PM
This week The Next List profiles Taylor Wilson who at 18 has probably accomplished more than most people will in a lifetime. He is the youngest person in the world to build a nuclear fusion reactor. He’s won national acclaim for a counter terror device that sniffs out nuclear material in cargo containers.
GLOBAL LESSONS: The GPS Road Map for Making Immigration Work 8:00pm – 9:00pm, 11:00pm – 12:00am & 2:00am – 3:00am
THE EMPOWERED PATIENT: 25 Shocking Medical Mistakes 2:00am – 3:00am
Friday, June 8, 2012
This Weekend's Programming 6/9/12
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Fareed Zakaria's Primetime Political Special
The GPS Road Map for Making Immigration Work debuts Sunday, June 10, 8:00pm ET
The provocative topic of U.S. immigration policy is the focus of the second election year special hosted by CNN’s and TIME’s Fareed Zakaria for CNN/U.S. and CNN International. Zakaria examines immigration policies in Japan, Europe, and Canada – and explores what we can learn from each. Two American thought leaders on immigration politics and policy – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I-NY), and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R-KS) – discuss their proposals for America’s immigration policy challenges.Tuesday, June 5, 2012
TDS & the Diamond Jubilee
You knew The Daily Show's would have something to say about CNN's 2 hour coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and they did not disappoint. John Oliver summed it up with "They say the sun never sets on CNN's mighty news empire, remember this is the organization that owns the first Gulf War. And now look at what they've been reduced to, Piers Morgan and a cartoon butler spending two hours talking about barges. Look upon your works Ted Turner and despair."
Monday, June 4, 2012
Ratings For The Week of May 28-June 1
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.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Weekend Musings
Regis Philbin guest hosted Piers Morgan Tonight on Tuesday (5/29/12) and, in our opinion, did a wonderful job. He devoted the entire hour to interviewing David Letterman, who rarely makes these types of appearances. Letterman suggested twice that Regis would be a good fit with CNN. He also comically forgot Anderson Cooper's name. Here's the clip:
The big CNN talk this week were firings and hirings. But we also noticed some of our commenters reacting to an article on Broadcast & Cable.com:
Turner Broadcasting CEO Phil Kent admitted to being "very unhappy" with CNN's primetime ratings, but said it won't resort to tricks to increase viewership.CNN ratings hit a 20-year low in May and speaking at the Nomura U.S. Media & Telecom Summit Thursday, Kent said the company had plans to improve the quality of its broadcasts and increase viewership.
Kent said the ratings problems had two causes, some he called environmental and the others "self-inflicted."
Over the years, CNN has benefited from breaking news and in the first five months of this year, there have been few big stories, especially compared to last year's rush of unrest in the Middle East, tsunamis, reactor meltdowns and earthquakes.
Even the election has been "pretty boring to people," said Kent, who expects interest in politics to heat up.
"This is not an excuse. It's just a fact," said Kent, calling those factors about half the problem.
The self-inflected problems stems from the fact that "we haven't put the best shows on the air," he said.
This Weekend's Programming 6/2/12
SATURDAY, June 2, 2012
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Saturday 4:30PM – 5:00PM
Dr. Sanjay Gupta duels with Dr. Marcy Zwelling, a critic of California's proposed new cigarette tax and talks with Lori Bremner, an American Cancer Society volunteer about Prop 29.
THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Topic: Obama’s birth certificate, Mitt Romney
Guest: Donald Trump
Topic: Political Wrap
Guest: Ron Brownstein
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer
SUNDAY, June 3, 2012
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Dr. Sanjay Gupta duels with Dr. Marcy Zwelling, a critic of California's proposed new cigarette tax and talks with Lori Bremner, an American Cancer Society volunteer about Prop 29.
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON
Topics: Virginia as a Battleground State; 2012 Politics; Jobs; Economy
Guest: Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA), Republican Governors Association Chair
Topics: Bipartisanship; 2012 Politics; Senate Agenda; Jobs; Economy
Guest: Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN)
Guest: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Topics: Politics and the Economy; May Job Numbers
Guest: Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody's Analytics
Anchor: Candy Crowley
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: Advising Team Romney: how would he deal with the debt and the deficit? Will he cut taxes? How? Where? Will he cut spending? How? Where? Is austerity the answer? What IS Mitt Romney’s economic philosophy?
Guest: R. Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School; former chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors (George W. Bush Administration); adjunct scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Romney campaign senior economic advisor. A Fareed Zakaria GPS Exclusive.
Topics: Syria: will President Assad survive the current crisis? Is military intervention imminent? What’s the endgame?
Guest: Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Topics: How nations can remain competitive and why the United States is slipping
Guest: Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor of Harvard Business School
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria
Diamond Jubilee: Riverboat Pageant – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – 1:00PM (re-airs Monday 1:00AM)
**Pre-empts Reliable Sources this week**
Live from London, CNN will globally televise the spectacular pageantry of the Diamond Jubilee, marking Queen Elizabeth’s 60 year reign of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. CNN’s special live coverage will be anchored by Piers Morgan and Brooke Baldwin, across CNN/U.S. and CNN International. CNN’s live simulcast coverage begins on Sunday, June 3, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (ET) on location at the Tower Bridge for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Hundreds of boats will sail up the River Thames, making it one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river.
Friday, June 1, 2012
CNN's Coverage of the Diamond Jubilee
CNN’s live simulcast coverage begins on Sunday, June 3, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (ET) on location at the Tower Bridge for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Hundreds of boats will sail up the River Thames, making it one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river.
