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We've tried our best to give CNN a chance to recapture our attention but we've finally come to the realization that they have chosen a direction for the network that we simply aren't interested in documenting.  So for now, and the foreseeable future, we are no longer going to be updating All Things CNN or publishing comments to this blog. The archives will remain accessible.
In the words of Ted Turner 'There's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.'

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Sunday Morning Programs 4/27/14

SUNDAY, April 27, 2014

INSIDE POLITICS – Sunday 8:30AM – 9:00AM

Topics: Hillary Clinton: Age vs. Experience; Bob Dole Questions the Experience of His Party’s Rising Stars; The 2014 Shifting Landscape; John Boehner on Immigration

Guest:  Peter Hamby, national political reporter, CNN

Guest:  Jackie Kucinich, political reporter, The Washington Post

Guest:  Maeve Reston, reporter, The Los Angeles Times

Guest:  Manu Raju, senior congressional reporter, POLITICO

Anchor: John King

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

Topic:   Middle East Peace Process

Guest:  Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – LIVE Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM on CNN/U.S. and 3:00PM – 4:00PM on CNN International

Topic:   The Pivot to Asia: Is It Working? What Is It Accomplishing?

Guest:  Tom Donilon, former National Security Advisor (Obama Administration)

Topic:   The Next Big World Crisis- in the China Seas

Guest:  Geoff Dyer, foreign policy correspondent, Financial Times

Guest:  Robert Kaplan, chief geopolitical analyst, Stratfor; author, Asia’s Cauldron (2014)

Topic:   How War Has Been Good For Civilization

Guest:  Ian Morris, professor of classics and history, Stanford University; author, War! What Is It Good For? Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots (2014)

Topic:   Is America “Broken”?

Guest:  Philip K. Howard, chair, Common Good; author, The Rule of Nobody: Saving America From Dead Laws and Broken Government (2014)

Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topic:   In an Exclusive Interview, Barry Diller, Financial Backer of Aereo, Discusses the Aereo Supreme Court Case

Guest:  Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive, IAC

** CNN EXCLUSIVE **

Topic:   David Gregory, TV Networks, and the Usage of Brand Consultants

Guest:  Andrew Heyward, former CBS News president

Guest:  Jack MacKenzie, president, Magid Generational Strategies

Topic:   How Does Media Matters Try to Influence the News?

Guest:  David Brock, founder, Media Matters

Topic:   The Risks of Live Tornado Chasing Coverage

Guest:  Mike Bettes, meteorologist, The Weather Channel

Anchor:  Brian Stelter

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Happy Easter 2014

Happy Easter from the ATC Team!

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Sunday Morning Programming 4/20/14

SUNDAY, April 20, 2014

INSIDE POLITICS – Sunday 8:30AM – 9:00AM

Topics: Obamacare; Biden’s Big Week; Hillary’s New Book Title and Future Grandchild; Will Romney Run?

Guest:  Laura Meckler, reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Guest:  Peter Hamby, national political reporter, CNN

Guest:  Jonathan Martin, Inside Politics commentator; national political

correspondent, The New York Times

Guest:  Annie Lowrey, Inside Politics commentator; economic policy reporter, The New

York Times

Anchor: John King

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

Topic:   Political Panel: Obama & the Senate Races

Guest:  Stu Rothenberg, editor and publisher, The Rothenberg Political Report

Guest:  Mo Elleithee, communications director, DNC Communications

Guest:  Sean Spicer, communications director, RNC Communications

Topic:   Veteran Suicides

Guest:  Tom Tarantino, former Army officer; Chief Policy Officer, IAVA

Guest:  Sen. John Walsh (D-MT)

Topic:   Running the Boston Marathon

Guest:  Lukman Faily, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S.

Topic:   MH370: The Search For the Missing Plane Continues

Guest:  Kim Beazley, Australian Ambassador to the U.S.

Anchor: Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – LIVE Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM on CNN/U.S. and 3:00PM – 4:00PM on CNN International

Topic:      “The Social Progress Index” – A New Report That Ranks Countries on How Well Their Citizens Live. The U.S. Ranks 16^th, Why?

Guest:     Michael Porter, Harvard Business School

Topics:    Anti-Semitism: Its Roots and Why It Seems to Be Intractable Around the World

Guest:     Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 B.C. to 1492 A.D. (2014)

Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topic:   Glenn Greenwald’s First Interview Since the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Was Awarded to The Guardian and The Washington Post

Guest:  Glenn Greenwald, founding editor, ‘The Intercept’

** CNN EXCLUSIVE **

Topic:   Former CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson On Her Resignation

Guest:  Sharyl Attkisson, former CBS News Investigative Correspondent

Topic:   The Partisan Propaganda War Between President Obama and Russian President Putin Over Ukraine

Guest:  Jamie Rubin, former State Department spokesman

Topic:   Aereo’s Upcoming Supreme Court Battle Over Its Streaming Video Service

Guest:  Chet Kanojia, founder and CEO, Aereo

Anchor:  Brian Stelter

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Bourdain & Spurlock Season Premiere Ratings

CNN ANTHONY BOURDAIN PARTS UNKNOWN & MORGAN SPURLOCK INSIDE MAN #1 IN KEY DEMO; UP DOUBLE-DIGITS VS. PRIOR SEASON PREMIERES

CNN Original Series’ Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown and Morgan Spurlock Inside Man each won their respective time periods (9-10pm ET and 10-11pm, ET) on Sunday in the key P25-54 demo among cable news networks, outperforming the combined delivery of Fox News Channel and MSNBC, and from their previous season premieres.

Following are the highlights:

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (ABPU):

•  ABPU, which launched its third season on Sunday, April 13 at 9pm ET with an episode featuring “Punjab, India” delivered 325k P25-54, besting Fox News Channel by +108% and MSNBC by +333%

•  “Punjab” is the highest-rated season premiere episode of the series in the demo, surpassing the 242K for the season two premiere by +34% (Jerusalem, 9/15/13) and season one premiere by +15% (Myanmar, 4/14/13)

• ABPU delivered 735k P2+, up +8% vs. season 2 premiere

Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (MSIM):

• MSIM, which began its second season on Sunday, April 13 at 10pm ET with an episode dedicated to "Celebrity," delivered 244K P25-54, leading MSNBC by +83%  and Fox News Channel by +139%.

• "Celebrity" topped the first season premiere ("Marijuana"  6/23/13) by +11% in the P25-54 demo and ranks as the series' highest rated telecast, also in the demo.

• MSIM drew 437K P2+, an increase of +4% vs. season 1 premiere

Upcoming season three episodes of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown will  feature tours of Las Vegas (April 20), Lyon, France (April 27), Mexico City (May 4), Mississippi Delta (May 11), Russia (May 18), Thailand (June 1) and Bahia, Brazil (June 8).

Season two of Morgan Spurlock Inside Man covers Futurism (April 20), Pets in America (April 27), Privacy (May 4), The Book of Morgan (May 11), UFOs (May 18), Income Inequality (June 1) and College athletes (June 8). 

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live+SD data.  Fast National data for 4/13/14 is time period based, while historical data is program based.

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Sunday Morning's Programs 4/13/14

SUNDAY, April 13, 2014

INSIDE POLITICS – Sunday 8:30AM – 9:00AM

Topics: Obamacare and Sebelius’ exit; Jeb’s Immigration Stance and His Impact on the GOP Field; Will the Equal Pay Push Help Democrats in November; Hillary: the Shoe, the Book, and “Thinking” About Running

Guest:  Maggie Haberman, CNN political analyst; senior political reporter, POLITICO

Guest:  Amy Walter, national editor, Cook Political Report

Guest:  Jonathan Martin, senior political reporter, The New York Times

Guest:  Manu Raju, senior congressional reporter, POLITICO

Anchor: John King

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

Topic:   Reporter Roundtable on MH370

Guest:  Michael Holmes, CNN International anchor and correspondent

Guest:  Joe Johns, CNN senior Washington correspondent

Guest:  Pauline Chiou, CNN International anchor and correspondent

Topics: MH370: The Search for the Black Box Continues as the Clock Runs Out

Guest:  Jeff Densmore, director of engineering, Dukane Seacom

Guest:  Ken Christensen, aviation consultant; president, Integrated Aviation Solutions

Topics: Obamacare; Midterm Elections; Kissy Congressman Vance McAllister; Obama & Race

Guest:  Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), chairman, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Guest:  Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman, the National Republican Congressional Committee

Topic:   Political Panel: Sebelius’ Resignation

Guest:  Cornell Belcher, CNN political commentator; democratic pollster

Guest:  Ron Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst; editorial director, National Journal

Guest:  Liz Mair, former online communication strategist; former RNC online communications director

*** 12:00 PM SHOW ***

Topic:   MH370: Salvage and Investigation

Guest:  Steven Wallace, CNN aviation analyst; former FAA investigator

Guest:  Arnold Carr, sonar technology expert

Topic:   MH370: The Search Continues

Guest:  Stephen Trimble, aviation journalist, Flight Global

Guest:  Miles O’Brien, CNN aviation analyst

Anchor: Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – LIVE Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM on CNN/U.S. and 3:00PM – 4:00PM on CNN International

Topic:   What Is Next in Ukraine

Guest:  Nick Paton Walsh, senior international correspondent, CNN International

Topic:   Ukraine & Russia- What Is Likely to Happen Next

Guest:  Zbigniew Brzezinski, PhD, former National Security Advisor (Carter Administration); counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Topic:   Middle East Peace- Can Jerusalem Be Divided?

Guest:  Mayor Nir Barkat, mayor of Jerusalem

Topic:   The Renowned Chef Discusses Russia, Mexico, and India

Guest:  Anthony Bourdain, host, CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Topic:   Assessing the Recent Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—Is It Too Late to Act?

Guest:  Thomas Friedman, columnist, The New York Times; author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need A Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America (2008)

Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topic:   Stephen Colbert Gets the Nod as the Next Host of CBS’ “Late Show”

Guest:  Dick Cavett, talk show host

Topic:   Stephen Colbert Gets the Nod as the Next Host of CBS’ “Late Show”

Guest:  Michelle Fields, conservative commentator; journalist

Guest:  Keli Goff, columnist, The Root/Daily Beast

Topic:   Comcast and Time Warner Cable Faced the Senate Judiciary Committee This Week to Answer Questions About Their Proposed Merger Which Would Create One of the Largest Cable Companies in the World

Guest:  Sen. Al Franken (D-MI), Senate Judiciary Committee

Topic:   How Should Television Networks Respond When Television Personalities Partake in Political Activities?

Guest:  Frank Sesno, director, G.W. University School of Media & Public Affairs

Topic:   The Search for Flight 370: Chinese Media are Covering the Same Investigation Covered by the Rest of the World’s Media, But From a Very Different Perspective

Guest:  Jim Spellman, correspondent, CCTV

Anchor:  Brian Stelter

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