| CNN NewsNight | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Aaron Brown Anderson Cooper Abby Phillip |
| Production | |
| Production locations | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | November 5, 2001 (2001-11-05) – November 4, 2005 (2005-11-04) |
| Release | October 16, 2023 (2023-10-16) – present |
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CNN NewsNight is a live news program broadcast byCNN andCNN International. It airs at 10:00 PMET on weeknights and is currently hosted byAbby Phillip. NewsNight is available as a podcast to listen to, like Spotify or Apple Podcasts.[1]
During its first run, the show focused on investigative journalism and had a strong emphasis on interviews. It included segments such as The Whip (which quickly previewed segments from four reporters at large), On the Rise, and Segment 7. The Morning Papers segment, known as The Rooster, featured a brief preview of compelling or interesting headlines from the next day's newspapers around the world. The segment concluded with the weather forecast in Chicago as provided in theChicago Sun-Times.
To cover the increased amount of news generated byHurricane Katrina and its aftermath in September 2005, CNN expanded NewsNight to two hours and added Anderson Cooper as a co-host. (Cooper's coverage of thenatural disaster elsewhere on the network had given him strong ratings.) These changes were intended to last for the duration of the hurricane's aftermath, but CNN later announced that it would keep the new format and make Cooper a permanent co-host.[citation needed]
On November 2, 2005, CNN announced that it was cancelingNewsNight and that Brown would leave the network.[2] As of November 7, 2005, the timeslot was given to Cooper's show,Anderson Cooper 360°.
CNN NewsNight was revived on October 16, 2023, with host Abby Phillip; it airs weeknights at 10:00 PM ET on CNN. IfLaura Coates Live is unavailable, the program extends it's runtime to 2 hours.
Between November 29, 2023, and April 10, 2024, the program was not aired on Wednesdays after then-CNN chiefChris Licht wanted more personality-based programming on the network;[3] this resulted in the launch ofKing Charles, a news discussion program co-hosted byGayle King and formerNBA playerCharles Barkley.[4] The programme performed poorly in the ratings, and on the April 10 broadcast, the hosts announced that it would be the final episode.[5] Consequently,CNN Newsnight again became a five-nights-a-week programme.
| Preceded by | CNN Weekday lineup 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Succeeded by |
