CNN Coverage: WHITNEY HOUSTON: LIFE, DEATH, MUSIC – Airs LIVE Saturday 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Piers Morgan and Soledad O’Brien anchor from New Jersey near the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark from 11am ET – 2pm ET; Don Lemon reports.
HLN Coverage: Farewell to Whitney Houston
Beginning at 9 a.m. (ET) on Saturday, February, 18, HLN Anchors Ryan Smith and Susan Hendricks will host special, early coverage of the funeral of Grammy-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston. Hosts Jane Velez-Mitchell and AJ Hammer, will report live from New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey as the funeral begins. HLNtv.com will have a gallery of mourning from around the world, the social media response online and coverage of the entire funeral.
THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
The best of The Situation Room from the week of February 13.
Guest anchor: Candy Crowley
CNN PRESENTS – Airs Saturday at 8:00PM – 9:00PM, 11:00PM, and 2:00AM
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Randi Kaye host a 3-story magazine special which includes an in-depth look at the life and death of music legend Whitney Houston. CNN Newsroom anchor Don Lemon reports from Los Angeles on Houston’s talent, and achievements, her struggles with addiction, and the final hours in the life of the iconic singer. Interviews include singers Jennifer Holliday, Kelly Price, and Kim Burrell, Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson, Los Angeles Times music writer Gerrick Kennedy, and Adam Ambrose of Tru Hollywood Nightclub, where Houston spent an evening out shortly before her untimely death. Amber Lyon reports on the history of safety violations and accidents at Vermont’s Yankee Nuclear Power Station, and its controversial re-certification by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Also, senior international correspondent Nic Robertson investigates the security of aviation cargo, including detailed reporting on how al-Qaeda exploited weak screening procedures to transport laser printer bombs in recent years via commercial aircraft.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and Noon
Topic: Election 2012
Guest: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), presidential candidate
Topics: Economy; Obama Administration
Guest: Howard Schultz, CEO, Starbucks
Topics: Syria; Iran; Israel
Guest: Gen. Michael Hayden, former CIA director
Guest: Ambassador Edward Walker, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Israel
Topics: Election 2012; GOP
Guest: Gov. Mitch Daniels, Indiana
Guest: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
Anchor: Candy Crowley
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM
Topics: Should the US arm the Syrian opposition? Will Israel strike Iran? Is Dempsey worried about the burgeoning Chinese army? Will the Americans held in Egypt be released? Will the US military be able to properly defend the nation given the proposed budget cuts?
Guest: Gen. Martin Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. A Fareed Zakaria GPS Exclusive.
Topics: The visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping – is Xi a different kind of Chinese leader? Will there be changes in policy after the Chinese re-order their government in 2012? Will the Chinese economy collapse? Will China come into greater conflict with the U.S.?
Guest: Gordon Chang, author The Coming Collapse of China (2011)
Guest: James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic and author of China Airborne (2012)
Guest: Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University and founding editor of The China Quarterly (U.K.)
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria
RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11AM - Noon
Topics: Romney’s Religion and the Press; Santorum on Social Issues
Guest: Frank Bruni, The New York Times
Guest: Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post
Guest: Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics.com
Topic: Pitfalls of Tweeting Journalists
Guest: David Carr, The New York Times
Topic: Investigating Media Matters
Guest: Vince Coglianese, The Daily Caller
Topic: Local Reporter Experiences Backlash
Guest: Andrea McCarren, WUSA TV
Topic: Problems at Philadelphia Newspapers
Guest: Buzz Bissinger, Vanity Fair
Host: Howard Kurtz
THE NEXT LIST – Airs Sunday 2:00PM – 2:30PM
Anchor Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviews Dale Dougherty, a man on a mission to inspire all of us to get passionate about making more things – cheese, wine, sculptures, robots, rockets, 3D printers – even electric muffins! Over a decade ago he created a Bay Area grassroots festival called Makers Faire (http://makerfaire.com/) – now there are similar festivals in NYC, Africa, and other places around the world where people show off all of the spectacular things they’ve made (e.g. a basketball bikini).
CNN PRESENTS – Airs Sunday at 8:00PM – 9:00PM, 11:00PM, and 2:00AM
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Randi Kaye host a 3-story magazine special which includes an in-depth look at the life and death of music legend Whitney Houston. CNN Newsroom anchor Don Lemon reports from Los Angeles on Houston’s talent, and achievements, her struggles with addiction, and the final hours in the life of the iconic singer. Interviews include singers Jennifer Holliday, Kelly Price, and Kim Burrell, Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson, Los Angeles Times music writer Gerrick Kennedy, and Adam Ambrose of Tru Hollywood Nightclub, where Houston spent an evening out shortly before her untimely death. Amber Lyon reports on the history of safety violations and accidents at Vermont’s Yankee Nuclear Power Station, and its controversial re-certification by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Also, senior international correspondent Nic Robertson investigates the security of aviation cargo, including detailed reporting on how al-Qaeda exploited weak screening procedures to transport laser printer bombs in recent years via commercial aircraft.
CNN should just have Don Lemon & Soleda
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now Don Lemon gave us a history lesson on
the church and the community. Piers Morgan
does not understand that culture or community.
Not sure that the media as a whole understands
the concept of homegoing at funerals. Don just
gave us a fascinating interview with a pastor who
was a walking history book. Don knew what to
ask and where to take the conversation.
That is a good point. Black Gospel is very
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The preaching and singing is very different
in black churches.
BET had the best presentation. The network had
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CNN is missing the point of a Homegoing. I think
they thought it was going to be like Michael Jackson.
This was a church setting and very different. BET was
the only network with a graphic that said Homegoing
in the title. It just moved your heart to hear I Will
Always Love You at the end of The Homecoming. It
was as if she was saying her goodbyes to all. God
bless her mom CIssy Houston.
Memo to CNN : in the future when you select
ReplyDeleteyour talent to cover events make sure the can
offer knowledge. Soledad had to keep schooling
Piers. Thank goodness for Soledad an Don. Piers
was out of his league.
Hi, we are back with this week's data. Nothing for
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coming up until Feb 29, 2012. Here are the stats so
far TV BY THE NUMBERS is the numbers source.
360 is averaging 557,000/183,000 at 8
Ed is averaging 1,035,000/233,000
BOR is averaging 3,048,000/628,000
We can't be sure but BOR might be down a little.
Is it an anomaly or real ? We can't say but FNC is
not holding on to viewers like they once did at
9 & 10 PM. However, it is early so nothing is solid.
We are wondering what will the 8 PM hour look
like if BOR is below 3 million for an entire week.
360 is growing up from the lead in but if Out
Front gets under 400,000 that is not good. Can
360 get in 600,000 realm or above ? Right now
the demo deficit is 50,000 between Anderson
& ED. Friday John KIng was in for Anderson so
it is possible the numbers will be down for 360.
Until the ratings are in for Friday we can't say if
Anderson or ED will come out ahead in the demo.
360 is averaging 668,000/253,000 at 10 PM
TLW is averaging 955,000/249,000
OTR is averaging 1,735,000/406,000
This is the most fascinating hour in cable news.
All can claim a demo win this week. This week's
stats are rather interesting.
360 was averaging 750,000/317,000 up until
Friday. TLW is averaging 941,000/247,000 and
OTR is averaging 1,586,000/382,000. We will
be keeping an eye on this to see how it all plays
out for the rest of the year. Can 360 or TLW flip
the demo ?
We will end this post here. More follows.
The saga continues. Here is the rest of the data
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TSR is averaging 597,000/130,000 at 5 PM
Hardball is averaging 792,000/141,000
The 5 is averaging 1,680,000/381,000
JK,USA is averaging 465,000/135,000
Politics Nation is averaging 789,000/176,000
SPCL RPT is averaging 1,893,000/397,000
We were shocked to learn that Sharpton is
getting a higher demo than Hardball at 5.
That is is leading to a rise in the ratings at
7 PM for MSNBC.
Out Front is averaging 410,000/129,000
Hardball at 7 is averaging 822,000/205,000
Fox Rpt is averaging 1,750,000/424,000
CNN has to figure out a way to gain or to hold
on to those TSR viewers. It's not a good sign
for CNN to keep losing viewers for 2 hours. No
way can that continue. FNC & MSNBC are in a
better position in prime time because of this.
Lead ins matter in prime time. Without BOR
FNC could not get those ratings with Hannity
or Greta. He builds up a lead for FNC. MsNBC
holds steady going into prime time.360 has to
make up a huge viewer deficit. The fact that it
is competitive in the demo is amazing.
PMT is averaging 682,000/220,000
TRMS is averaging 1,082,000/295,000
Hannity is averaging 2,159,000/503,000
We post this data for constructive not destructive
dialect. Please don't use this for personal attacks.
The situation for CNN improved this week. There
are 9 days to go . Stay Tuned.
How much is this ratings improvement due to the death of Whitney Houston coverage? CNN has a solid rep for breaking news so people come to them for big events. They will probably do well with the debate next week - that helped them in January. If CNN could have a contentious republican primary debate every week they would. There is a show idea - great lead-in for AC360?! Kidding, sort of ;)
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