10-04-2024, 06:19 PM
In the early days CNN carried live overnight programming including on its sister channels like Headline News. But that indeed was cutback and then stopped. Periodically over the years they had CNNi simulacasts but those were sporadic. In later years indeed the reason that all the channels give for the replay of the primetime is because the West Coast didnt have a chance to view those programmes because of the 4 hour time difference. The channels realised that appointment viewing in primetime was typically the highest viewership across the day.