09-09-2023, 01:12 AM
Anderson Cooper 360 is celebrating its 20 year anniversary today.
The show premiered September 8th, 2003 at 7pm in a new primetime block that also featured “Paula Zahn Now” at 8pm. Anderson moved to 10pm in November 2005 to make way for an expanded “The Situation Room” before landing at 8pm in August 2011 after a series of failed primetime shows such as “Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull” and “Parker Spitzer” couldn’t make headway in the 8pm hour. Anderson would anchor at 8pm and 10pm until the launch of “AC360: Later” in September 2013, which was cancelled February 2014. From 2014-2016 Anderson would only anchor 9pm during breaking news (CNN aired long form programming during 9pm in early Zucker era) before eventually taking it over until Chris Cuomo came along in June of 2018.
The show premiered September 8th, 2003 at 7pm in a new primetime block that also featured “Paula Zahn Now” at 8pm. Anderson moved to 10pm in November 2005 to make way for an expanded “The Situation Room” before landing at 8pm in August 2011 after a series of failed primetime shows such as “Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull” and “Parker Spitzer” couldn’t make headway in the 8pm hour. Anderson would anchor at 8pm and 10pm until the launch of “AC360: Later” in September 2013, which was cancelled February 2014. From 2014-2016 Anderson would only anchor 9pm during breaking news (CNN aired long form programming during 9pm in early Zucker era) before eventually taking it over until Chris Cuomo came along in June of 2018.