This Weekend's Programming 5/18 - 5/19/13

SATURDAY, May 18, 2013

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM

Topic:   A bad week for the Obama administration

Guest:  Ron Brownstein, senior political analyst, CNN; editorial director, National Journal

 Anchor: Wolf Blitzer

SUNDAY, May 19, 2013

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON

Topics:  Obama’s Bad Week; Administration Response

Guest:   Dan Pfeiffer, senior adviser, White House

Topics:  IRS Targets Tea Party; DOJ Probes AP Phone Records; Benghazi Investigation

Guest:   Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)

Topics:  Politics

Guest:   Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist; CNN contributor

Guest:   Ana Navarro, Republican strategist; CNN contributor

Guest:   Susan Page, Washington bureau chief, USA Today

Guest:   Jessica Yellin, chief White House correspondent, CNN

Anchor:  Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM

 Topic:      Advice for the president on how to manage controversies

Guest:     Ken Duberstein, formerWhite House chief of staff (Ronald Reagan Administration)

Topics:    The shrinking U.S. deficit; Europe’s continuing economic troubles; the IRS controversy

Guest:     Zanny Minton Beddoes, economics editor The Economist

Guest:     R. Glenn Hubbard, PhD, dean of finance and economics, Columbia Business School

Topics:    The future of technology 

Guest:     Eric Schmidt, executive chairman, Google

Guest:     Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas; adjunct senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Topics:    Wars in Afghanistan: is everything old new again?

Guest:     William Dalrymple, author, Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 (2013); fellow, Princeton University

Anchor:    Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topics:    DOJ Probe into AP Phone Records; Coverage of Obama’s Bad Week

Guest:     Jennifer Loven, former White House correspondent, Associated Press

Guest:     Jane Hall, American University School of Communications

Guest:     Joe Concha, Mediaite

Topic:      IRS Targets Conservative Groups

Guest:     David Shuster, correspondent, Current TV

Guest:     Jennifer Rubin, contributor, CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report”; Washington Post’s “Right Turn” blog

Topic:      Reporter’s Personal Story of Her Preventative Double Mastectomy

Guest:     Michelle Cottle, Newsweek/Daily Beast

Host:       Howard Kurtz

9:00pm – 10:00pm        Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Libya PREMIERE)

CNN host Anthony Bourdain explores Libyan hip-hop, Italian restaurants, tribal allegiances and post-war uncertainty in Libya.  Bourdain looks at the country through personal stories, food – and the music – of anti-Qaddafi rapper ex-patriots who returned to fight.

 



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Stephanie Elam Joins CNN as Los Angeles based Correspondent

Stephanie Elam Joins CNN as Los Angeles based Correspondent

Stephanie Elam will join CNN as a correspondent based in Los Angeles, it was announced today by Terence Burke, vice president of newsgathering for CNN/U.S.

Elam returns to CNN from KNBC in Los Angeles where she served as a weekend evening anchor and general assignment reporter. During her tenure at KNBC, her reporting centered around emergency awareness, empowering Southern Californians with information to be earthquake ready, water safety and informed about money matters. She covered the release of John Smith, a man jailed 18 years for a crime he did not commit; the 2012 Golden Globes red carpet; and she anchored KNBC's breaking news coverage of the Seal Beach murders.

“Stephanie is an excellent communicator and tenacious reporter, and we are pleased to have her back as a part of the CNN family,” said Burke.

Before KNBC, Elam was a business news correspondent for CNN based in New York, where she also reported for HLN and CNN International. Elam covered a myriad of stories from the worst financial period in decades to the death of Michael Jackson during her time at CNN from 2003 to 2011.

Elam is a graduate of Howard University with a degree in broadcast journalism.

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Record-Breaking April for CNN Digital

Record-Breaking April for CNN Digital

CNN.com Takes Top Spot for Breaking News

As the events in Boston unfolded last month, the world turned to CNN on air, online and on the go.  Topping every news and information competitor, CNN Digital posted its most trafficked week (536 mm page views) and story in history (87 mm page views, source: Adobe SiteCatalyst).  April also marked CNN.com’s second highest month on record for global video starts (162.5mm) and the narrowest margin (15%) ever between the CNN Digital Network and combined Yahoo!-ABC News rollup in unique visitors.  A record-breaking month for CNN, April highlights include: 

#1 Site for Breaking News

Throughout the week of the Boston manhunt, CNN.com was the most trafficked news and information site online, topping Yahoo! News with an all-time high of 536 million page views:

CNN.com (536 million)

•             Yahoo! News by 8% (496 million)

•             HuffingtonPost.com by 22% (441 million)

•             FoxNews.com by 42% (377 million)

•             NBCNews.com by 94% (276 million)

•             NYTimes.com by 201% (178 million)

*Source: comScore Media Metrix for week ending 04/21/13

With 75 million unique visitors in April, CNN Digital closed the gap with Yahoo!-ABC News Network to only 15% (89 million) – the narrowest margin ever.  While CNN grew its audience 31% over last year, Yahoo!-ABC was flat. 

For the month, CNN Digital held a top spot in unique users, topping:

CNN Digital Network (75 million)

•             HPMG News by 18% (64 million)

•             NBC News Digital by 26% (60 million)

•             New York Times Digital by 85% (41 million)

•             CBS News by 87% (40 million)

•             USAToday Sites by 99% (38 million)

•             Fox News Digital Network by 102% (37 million)

*Source: comScore Media Metrix, April 2013

Earning 2.3 billion page views for the month, CNN Digital held a strong lead over the competition and placed behind only the Yahoo-ABC rollup (2.9 billion), beating:

CNN Digital Network (2.3 billion)

•             HPMG News by 45% (1.6 billion)

•             Fox News Digital Network by 103% (1.1 billion)

•             NBC News Digital by 124% (1 billion)

•             CBS News by 202% (764 million)

•             New York Times Digital by 205% (758 million)

•             USAToday Sites by 292% (589 million)

*Source: comScore Media Metrix, April 2013

#1 in Mobile News

As the number one mobile news source for six years running, CNN Digital continued to outperform the competition in March (most recent available data), boasting a record 26 million users:

CNN Digital Network (26 million)

•             Yahoo!-ABC News Network by 34% (20 million)

•             FoxNews Digital Network by 42% (19 million) 

•             Google News by 168% (10 million)

•             New York Times Digital by 243% (8 million)

•             MSNBC News by 257% (7 million)

*Source:  Nielsen Mobile MediaView

#1 on Social Media

CNN received nearly a quarter million social media mentions on April 19th - the highest level of any day to date, beating out the 2012 Presidential Election which had 210k social mentions.  CNN remained #1 in social mentions for the month, topping all TV and digital competitors.  With more than 11 million fans of its branded Facebook pages and 37 million Twitter followers, CNN is the most-followed news network on social media platforms. 

*Source:  Sysomos Domestic mentions 4/19/2013, 11/6/2012

Twitter Analytics, Facebook API 5/10/2013

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CNN on TDS

The Daily Show on Monday, May 6th with Christiane Amanpour

The Daily Show on Wednesday, May 8th:

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This Weekend's Programming 5/10 - 5/12/13

Friday, May 10, 2013

7:00pm – 8:00pm         Erin Burnett OutFront (LIVE)

8:00pm – 9:00pm         Vanished: Anderson Cooper 360° Special

9:00pm – 10:00pm        Piers Morgan Live (LIVE)

10:00pm – 11:00pm      Murder in the First Degree: Inside the Arias Trial

11:00pm – 12:00am      Vanished: Anderson Cooper 360° Special

Saturday, May 11, 2013

1:00pm – 2:00pm         Beyond the Manhunts: How to Stop Terror – A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special

8:00pm – 9:00pm         Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Canada)

9:00pm – 10:00pm        Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Morocco/Tangier PREMIERE)

10:00pm – 11:00pm      Murder in the First Degree: Inside the Arias Trial

11:00pm – 12:00am      Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Canada)

Sunday, May 12, 2013

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON

Topics:  Benghazi; Guns; Immigration

Guest:   Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

Topic:    Sexual Harassment in the Military

Guest:   Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

Guest:   Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)

Topic:    Politics  

Guest:   Alex Castellanos, Republican consultant; CNN political contributor

Guest:   Karen Tumulty, national political correspondent, The Washington Post

Anchor:  Candy Crowley

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topics:    Media Coverage of Cleveland Kidnappings, Arias Trial

Guest:     Paul Farhi, The Washington Post

Guest:     Lola Ogunnaike, cultural commentator; former New York Times reporter

Guest:     Jim Warren, Washington bureau chief, New York Daily News

Topics:    Local View: Cleveland Kidnappings

Guest:     Connie Schultz, columnist, Creators Syndicate and PARADE

Topics:    Coverage of the Benghazi Hearings,Mark Sanford’s Win, Gov. Christie’s Weight Loss Surgery

Guest:     Jim Geraghty, contributing editor, National Review

Guest:     Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg

Host:     Howard Kurtz

THE NEXT LIST – Airs Sunday 2:30PM – 3:00PM

This week The Next List profiles solar power pioneer Yosef Abramowitz, Co-founder of the Arava Power Company, Solar-Power Pioneer, Entrepreneur, Activist and Environmentalist.  Abramowitz, a three -time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, has been instrumental in helping Israel become one of the world’s major players in alternative energy. An innovator, Yosef Abramowitz is so convinced renewable energy is the answer he’s created a unique business to actually install solar fields all over the world. The man, now dubbed “Captain Sunshine,” because of his Super Hero-like efforts to save the planet, endured long political battles to make it happen.

 

Program Descriptions:

Vanished: Anderson Cooper 360° Special

CNN’s Anderson Cooper hosts a town hall highlighting the frightening numbers of missing persons in America, and focusing upon some of the individual stories of people still looking for loved ones. The hour will also tell the stories of people who were found and reunited with their families, and the everyday heroes who have helped find them. John Walsh will be a guest throughout the hour.

Murder in the First Degree – Inside the Arias Trial

Now that Jodi Arias has been convicted of first-degree murder of businessman Travis Alexander, this special Anderson Cooper report examines the unusual trial as it enters the sentencing phase.  CNN’s Randi Kaye reviews the case and interviews legal experts – including HLN anchor Vinnie Politan – who parse the testimony and the evidence in the now-notorious “break-up murder” trial that has riveted court watchers and television viewers for months. 

Amanda Knox: The Unanswered Questions

Amanda Knox sits down with CNN’s Chris Cuomo to answer questions about the case against her.

Escape From Captivity

John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin report. 

ANTHONY BOURDAIN: Parts Unknown (quebec)

CNN host Anthony Bourdain travels to remote areas within the province of Quebec where he samples local delicacies and explores ice fishing and beaver hunting.

ANTHONY BOURDAIN: Parts Unknown (MOROCCO/TANGIER)

CNN host Anthony Bourdain explores the “Interzone,” where artists like Burroughs, Bowles, and the Rolling Stones sought escape from Western moral prohibitions and the possibilities of great empty spaces.  His quest is to find out if that “anything goes” attitude still exists.

manhunt (HBO)

From HBO Documentaries, Manhunt, is a riveting tale of espionage as revealed by the real insiders who led the CIA’s secret war against Osama bin Laden.  This documentary is based upon CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen’s bestselling book, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad (2012).

beyond the manhunts: How to stop terror – a fareed zakaria gps special

CNN’s and TIME’s Fareed Zakaria hosts an in-depth look into America’s secret wars on terrorists in the homeland and abroad.  Zakaria also speaks with those closest to the hunt for 9/11 terrorist Osama bin Laden and others about how U.S. intelligence agencies have slowly evolved to take on some activities associated with the U.S. Military and the changing role of women in America’s intelligence services.  Manhunt author and national security analyst Peter Bergen, former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden, The New York Times journalist Mark Mazzetti, former CIA director and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, former FBI agent Ali Soufan, and former CIA officers Nada Bakos, Robert Grenier, and Cindy Storer contribute.

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