06-06-2023, 08:09 AM
(05-06-2023, 10:59 AM)EastCoast Wrote: The 2004 election coverage above is broadcast from the floor of the NASDAQ in NYC.
That's correct – I remember reading that the use of video walls that night was the inspiration for the Situation Room, which debuted a few months later.
It's interesting to see that video of American Morning. IINM, that short-lived studio was the only time CNN had a true streetside studio. That whole tape really shows how different CNN was back then. The anchor pairing of Paula Zahn and Bill Hemmer plus the mix of some lighter stories with in-studio guests on a sofa makes it feel more like an emulation of the Today Show or GMA. It's certainly much different from the morning formats that followed, which have generally been more focused on hard news, politics, and panel discussion of varying degree.