05-08-2022, 03:09 AM
(01-08-2022, 06:25 PM)TMD_24 Wrote: Rolling over the CNN news thread from TV Live Forum.
Still testing the 9pm slot with no permanent presenter yet. Laura Coates seems to be the most prominent presenter on the slot so far though they did have Kasie Hunt do the slot a few weeks ago. Can't be long though before Laura gets some presenting slot since she seems to be used the most on cover. Another thing I noticed is that New Day seems to have use less double headed presentation over the last few weeks. Mostly it has been coming from New York though New Day Weekend seems to be doubled headed from Washington and New York/Or Atlanta.
Laura Coates is definitely a strong contender for a primetime show. Sara Sidner is also a strong candidate for something permanent. She has covered CNN Tonight, New Day Weekend, and Amanpour and has done a great job with each. Kasie Hunt seems like the least likely to get a politics show without someone being bumped. For New Day Weekend Amara Walker feels like the natural choice since she was Christi Paul’s go-to cover anchor.
New Day is definitely in experimental mode. It’s subtle but you can tell they’re testing new ideas. Brianna Keilar being in New York makes a huge difference. Still not crazy about John Avlon guest anchoring. I wonder how long until we know if John Berman and Brianna are still going to be anchoring the show.
As for CNNI, when was the last time Becky Anderson was in Abu Dhabi? Seems like all of the clips on the Connect the World twitter are either Becky in London or Eleni Giokis in Dubai.
And Kate Bolduan’s CNNI show was “State of the Race”, then “State of America”.