| Anderson Cooper 360° | |
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| Genre | News program |
| Presented by | Anderson Cooper |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 1,521 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | World Country |
| Production locations | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08) – present |
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Anderson Cooper 360° (commonly shortened to eitherAC-360 or360) is an Americantelevision news show onCNN andCNN International, hosted by CNN journalist and news anchorAnderson Cooper. Current segments include ‘Reality Check’ for fact-testing claims, ‘AC360° Hotline’ for viewer Q&A, and special field reports from Cooper. The show currently airs weeknights live from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm ET.
Since May 20, 2019,360° has been broadcast live from CNN's set in Studio 21L at CNN's offices in30 Hudson Yards inNew York City.[1] It is also sometimes broadcast from CNN's studios inWashington, D.C. or from the site of a breaking news event, airing Monday through Friday evenings. Clips and full episodes are also posted to CNN’s YouTube channel and offered as a weekly podcast, extending its audience online.
360° was launched on September 8, 2003, as a laid-backnews/talk program running for one hour at 7:00 pm ET. During Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, CNN executives noticed an impressive ratings boost ofNewsNight due to Cooper's on-site reporting and growing popularity. The executives decided to cancelNewsNight and expand360° to two hours on November 7, 2005. By late 2005, the now expanded two-hour format had lifted its primetime ratings by over 20 percent. In August 2011, the show was moved up to 8:00 pm ET while maintaining a replay of the show at its original 10:00 pm ET time slot.
In June 2013, however, CNN decided to stop airing regular repeats of the show, with the 10:00 pm ET time slot featuring its spin-off show titledAC360° Later which featured panel discussions on recent events led by Cooper. This show featured a rotating panel of analysts and aired new interviews even as repeats were phased out. After being faced with irregular and inconsistent scheduling (sometimes being replaced by CNN documentaries or re-runs ofAC360° from earlier in the day), it was finally discontinued in February 2014.[2] The cancellation was caused due to low and erratic viewership, coupled with CNN’s push toward on-demand digital content, which was ultimately the final nail in the coffin.
Cooper often anchors the programfrom the site of a major news story, such as his extensive coverage fromNew Orleans and theGulf Coast in the aftermath ofHurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill, in addition toPort-au-Prince after the2010 Haiti earthquake, and from the storm zone in Tacloban, Leyte, during the aftermath of SuperTyphoon Haiyan.
On September 26, 2007,360° began broadcasting inhigh definition on CNN HD.
Frequent analysts and contributors to the show include CNN's Chief National CorrespondentJohn King, Chief Political CorrespondentDana Bash, Senior Political AnalystDavid Gergen, Senior Washington CorrespondentJoe Johns, David Mattingly, Investigative ReportersRandi Kaye andGary Tuchman, Special Investigations reporterDrew Griffin, and Legal AnalystJeff Toobin. Other contributors includeJosh Campbell, truTV's legal analystLisa Bloom, terrorism expertPeter Bergen, Senior International CorrespondentNic Robertson, and addiction medicine specialist Dr.Drew Pinsky. King,The Situation Room hostWolf Blitzer, Chief Medical CorrespondentSanjay Gupta, Chief Washington CorrespondentJake Tapper, Chief National Security CorrespondentJim Sciutto, andNew Day co-anchorJohn Berman frequently serve as the fill-in presenters when Cooper is not available.
The CNN website and its AC360 section provides visitors segments and video clips of previous episodes and interviews. A podcast version of each broadcast was available for download throughout 2012, in which Cooper recorded a new introduction before playing clips from the main broadcast. That feature was subsequently phased out of the website.
In2006,360° was nominated twice for aGLAAD Media Award in the category of "Outstanding TV Journalism – News Segment." The nominated segments were "School Outing" and "Secret Sex Lives." In 2006, the show has won the following News & DocumentaryEmmy Awards:
The show also won the following Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Award in 2006:
The show was nominated but did not win in 2007 for the following News & Documentary Emmy Awards:[7]
The show won in 2007 for the following Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Awards:[8]
The show received two more nominations in 2008 but did not win:[9]
In 2010,Anderson Cooper 360° was nominated for aGLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine" for the episode "Bullied to Death?" during the21st GLAAD Media Awards.[10]
In 2011,AC360 won two Emmys for their coverage of the earthquake in Haiti:[11]
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