17-02-2023, 02:02 AM
(13-02-2023, 01:57 PM)TMD_24 Wrote: EDIT: I just seen the schedule and now it is listed as "CNN Prime". Clearly lining up another present or format for that slot.Indeed, CNN website shows it as a one-hour 9pm thing starting from next Tuesday, Feb. 21st. Monday 20th has 2 hours of "Tonight" 9-11pm.
The name for me echoes that of "Cuomo Prime Time", so as it is his former slot, this makes sense. Interestingly, when Cuomo got the boot they opted of the old name of Don's show, not more obvious "CNN Prime Time" -- may be because the latter involved more significant graphics refit.
More, it was weird that they did not change the name when they had put Jake in the slot in October. It was pre-planned, still with Don vacating the late slot in favour of the morning show, it resulted in 3 hours of "CNN Tonight", the first one very different from the last two (and on the website all three had a Jake photo in the schedule).
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(09-02-2023, 10:54 PM)Newsroom Wrote: I do suspect however that they'll utilise the Newsroom.Not sure if you were talking about New York newsroom (with 17N having a view of it) or Washington newsroom, but...
they apparently did some refit to Washington newsroom and are using it as a new backdrop, though only for their generic (i.e. not Pentagon or WH) DC reporters, not the show itself.
The whole thing has debuted no sooner than today. Although I give way to possibility that it is yet another LED or VR backdrop and not the real thing.
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UPD. On a separate note (not to multiply own posts), Washington Post published an article on the heels of today's morning debacle and the following apology by Don:
www.washingtonpost.com
Interestingly, some of the CNN staff think exactly the same as @Kojak and @drnilescrane:
Quote: Another female on-air personality told The Washington Post that the situation on the morning show is “unsustainable” in its current form. “We keep asking ourselves: Does he want to get booted off the show and go back to prime time in the evenings?”