SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Saturday and Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Topic: Affordable Health Care
Guest: Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Live Coverage Saturday Night of Washington Caucus Results: 8:00PM – 9:00PM
On Saturday, March 3, CNN will air America’s Choice 2012: Washington Caucuses live from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET. Lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer will lead coverage from Washington, D.C. and will be joined by anchor and chief national correspondent John King at the Magic Wall. Chief political analyst Gloria Borger and CNN contributors Hilary Rosen and Ari Fleisher will be on hand to provide analysis as the results are reported. National political correspondent Jim Acosta and senior correspondent Joe Johns will report from the Super Tuesday state of Ohio. Political reporter Shannon Travis and producer/reporter Paul Vercammen will be live from Washington State.
CNN PRESENTS – Airs Saturday 11:00PM – 12:00AM
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Brooke Baldwin host a two-story magazine program. Correspondent Kaj Larsen reports from Honduras with a rare behind-the-scenes look at US Drug Enforcement Administration operations there trying to stem the flow of an estimated 25 tons a month of cocaine bound for the US. Also, correspondent Deb Feyerick tries to untangle the extremely complicated case of a former NYC police officer convicted of murder – but in a series of twists and emerging information, and the officer’s overturned conviction – the case continues to raise questions about evidence suppression, witness tampering, justified defense, and judicial fairness.
SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Saturday and Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Topic: Affordable Health Care
Guest: Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA)
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON
Topic: Super Tuesday
Guest: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, Republican presidential candidate
Topic: Super Tuesday
Guest: Rep. Ron Paul, Republican presidential candidate
Topic: 2012: White House and Congress
Guest: Ron Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst
Guest: Dana Bash, CNN senior congressional correspondent
9AM HOUR:
Topic: President Obama’s AIPAC Speech
Guest: Martin Indyk, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Guest: Nick Burns, Former Under Secretary of State
NOON HOUR:
Topic: President Obama’s AIPAC Speech
Guest: Rep. Mike Rogers (R), Chairman, Intelligence Committee
Guest: Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D), Ranking Member, Intelligence Committee
Anchor: Candy Crowley
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: GOP presidential primary politics; religion & politics
Guest: Chrystia Freeland, global editor-at-large, Thomson Reuters
Guest: Joe Klein, political columnist, TIME Magazine
Guest: Reihan Salam, columnist, The National Review
Guest: Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor & Publisher for The Nation
Topics: Will Israel attack Iran? What’s behind Israel’s thinking on an Iran attack? What will Netanyahu say to Obama on Monday at the White House?
Guest: Ronen Bergman, political and military analyst for Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel)
Topics: Do President Obama or Mitt Romney’s tax plans do much in the way of reform? What would real reform of U.S. taxes look like? How damaging as so-called “tax expenditures”?
Guest: Bruce Bartlett, domestic policy advisor (Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations)
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria
RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11AM - NOON
Topics: Romney’s Primary Victories; Prospect of a Brokered Convention
Guest: Julie Mason, Sirius/XM Radio
Guest: David Frum, FrumForum.com; CNN contributor
Guest: Dana Milbank, The Washington Post
Topics: Breitbart’s Legacy; James Murdoch Quits News International
Guest: Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine.com
Host: Howard Kurtz
THE NEXT LIST – Airs Sunday 2:00PM – 2:30PM
Anchor Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviews social entrepreneur Dan Ogola, founder of The Matibabu Foundation, a community health care initiative that serves more than 60,000 people per year, particularly in the areas of HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and infant care, in his native Kenya. Ogola is on a mission to create sustainable prosperity and has opened a state-of-the-art hospital in the impoverished community of Kibera, where he was reared as a boy, launched a “Youth Friendly Center” where high school students can study computer skills or trades such as sewing, and is constructing a “Smart Center” where adults can learn to read or study agricultural techniques.
CNN PRESENTS – Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Randi Kaye host a three-story magazine program, including an investigation by Dr. Gupta into the use of military veterans as unwitting human test subjects for chemical experimentation at a military facility north of Baltimore, MD, from 1955 to 1975. Also, Kaj Larsen profiles two awarding-winning, committed journalists, Adela Bello and Javier Valdez Cardenas, who continue to report on government corruption, gang violence, and crime fueling the Mexican drug wars – despite constant death threats. Lastly, Drew Griffin reports on the emerging importance of social media and the role of intermediaries, such as lawyers and lobbyists, in the Vatican process of conferring saint status within the Catholic Church.
Please note the following programming changes for SUPER TUESDAY, March 6:
7:00PM – 1:00AM AMERICA’S CHOICE 2012: SUPER TUESDAY PRIMARIES (LIVE)
1:00AM – 2:00AM (March 7) ANDERSON COOPER 360° (LIVE)
Friday, March 2, 2012
This Weekend's Programming 3/4/12
Super Tuesday on CNN
“CNN will deploy more resources in the field to cover Super Tuesday than any other television network,” said Sam Feist, CNN Washington bureau chief and senior vice president. “These contests will play a pivotal role in determining the direction of the rest of this campaign.”
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Changes at CNN
CNN will have a new lineup for Newsroom beginning next week (all times ET):
Carol Costello: 9AM - 11AM
Kyra Phillips: 11AM - Noon
Suzanne Malveaux: Noon - 2 PM
Randi Kaye will anchor CNN Newsroom Weekend mornings from 6 a.m. to noon and also do investigative reporting for Anderson Cooper 360 weeknights.
On a cooperate level CNN has announced Lynn Brindell, a veteran media marketing executive, will join CNN Worldwide as senior vice president of marketing. Brindell will work across all CNN brands and businesses to lead off-channel and digital marketing efforts, as well as develop strategies and programs to drive brand strength, and audience growth and engagement on all platforms.
Brindell’s significant media marketing experience includes multi-platform brand work at The Weather Channel, Food Network and Lifetime Television. She has developed brand positioning, launched prime time series, directed off-channel and digital marketing strategies, overseen marketing initiatives for cable networks, and online ad sales and affiliate sales. She has also collaborated with national marketing partners at retail and in cause-related campaigns.
Brindell’s extensive media marketing experience includes launching a prime time series and an award-winning national environmental marketing platform for The Weather Channel; launching signature Iron Chef America and Next Food Network Star series for Food Network; and developing and managing all aspects of Television for Women branding for Lifetime Television.
Brindell earned her bachelor’s of arts degree in English, magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. She was the first woman in the college’s history to solely receive the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Award. She also studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York, New York. She has received numerous recognitions for creative excellence and achievement, including BDA, BPME/PROMAX, AWRT (now AWM), AWMS, AIGA, Telly, International Flame and New York Festivals.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
CNN GROWS IN FEBRUARY
MSNBC & FNC LOSE VIEWERS IN FEBRUARY
AC 360 Tops MSNBC at 10p
CNN Tops MSNBC in Total Day and Dayside
February 2012 Highlights:
• CNN tops MSNBC in M-F primetime in target demo
• CNN tops MSNBC in M-Su primetime in key demo
• CNN tops MSNBC in total day among total viewers and in key demo
• CNN tops MSNBC in dayside in total viewers and target demo
• AC 360 tops MSNBC at 10p in key demo
• Despite the Arab Spring a year ago, CNN shows growth in primetime and total day, while MSNBC and FNC decline.
In February, CNN topped MSNBC in M-F prime and M-Su prime in the target demo 25-54 and in both total viewers and in the key demo in total day and dayside. Anderson Cooper 360 at 10pm also topped MSNBC’s Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell among 25-54.
Despite cable news being fueled by coverage of the Arab Spring during this time a year ago, CNN showed the most growth this month vs. a year ago in primetime and total day, while MSNBC and FNC both down.
In Monday-Friday primetime, CNN topped MSNBC (270k vs. 252k) and increased +11% (270k vs. 243k) in the demo 25-54 and grew 5% in total viewers vs. last year. MSNBC is down -5% (252k vs. 266k) and FNC is off -13% (502k vs. 579k) in the demo, and down -1% and -3% respectively in total viewers compared to a year ago. February represents the second consecutive month that CNN has outperformed MSNBC in M-F prime in the key demo.
Anderson Cooper 360 at 10p continued to show a strong ratings performance, topping MSNBC’s Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell at 10p in the key demo (262k vs.238k).
In Monday-Sunday primetime, CNN topped MSNBC in the target demo (283k vs. 237k) and grew an impressive +31% (283k vs. 216k) vs. a year ago, while MSNBC is down -9% (237k vs. 260k) and FNC declined -10% (418k vs. 466k). In total viewers, CNN grew +20% (807k vs. 675k), while MSNBC declined -3% and FNC is flat.
In total day (6a-6a), CNN outperformed MSNBC in both total viewers (475k vs. 455k) and the target demo (163k vs. 145k). In the key demo 25-54, CNN is up +3% (163k vs. 159k) last year, with FNC dropping -6% (270k vs. 286k) and MSNBC declining -1% (145k vs. 146k).
During the dayside (9a-5p), CNN also topped MSNBC in total viewers by +11% (439k vs. 396k) and by +27% in the key demo (117k vs. 92k).
CNN reached a cumulative audience of 95.9 million viewers in February 2012, FNC followed with 79.3 million and MSNBC had 75.5 million.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Ratings For the Week of February 20th-24th
Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.
Tuesday Night's Primary Coverage on CNN
Programming schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 28 – Arizona and Michigan Primaries (ET):
11:00 AM – 1:00PM CNN Newsroom (Suzanne Malveaux from Phoenix, Ariz.)
6:00PM – 7:00PM John King, USA (Special Edition)
7:00PM – Midnight America's Choice 2012: The Arizona and Michigan Primaries (Live)
Midnight – 1:00 AM Piers Morgan Tonight (Special Edition)
Anchors Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett and John King will headline the network’s America’s Choice 2012: The Arizona and Michigan Primaries coverage beginning at 7 p.m. live from the CNN Election Center. John King, USA kicks off the network’s primary coverage at 6 p.m. and a special edition of Piers Morgan Tonight is scheduled to broadcast at midnight.
CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger and senior political analyst David Gergen, along with political contributors Paul Begala, Maria Cardona, Alex Castellanos and Ari Fleischer, will be on set in the CNN Election Center to offer insight and analysis throughout the evening.
Anchor and chief political correspondent Candy Crowley will report from Romney campaign headquarters in Michigan; national political correspondent Jim Acosta from Santorum headquarters; and senior correspondent Joe Johns from Gingrich headquarters. CNN political editor Paul Steinhauser and correspondent Miguel Marquez will take viewers inside the voting process in Michigan and Arizona, respectively. Correspondent Tom Foreman will lead a focus group in the bellwether state of Ohio ahead of Super Tuesday. CNN Newsroom anchor Suzanne Malveaux will anchor live from Phoenix, Ariz. beginning Monday, Feb. 27 through Wednesday, Feb. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CNN.com will live stream the Arizona and Michigan primary coverage online, on CNN’s mobile website and across CNN's mobile apps. Users can visit the CNNPolitics.com for primary coverage and analysis. Other online features include: GOP Delegate Calculator, CNN Electoral Map and the 2012 Primary Caucus Calendar. Users can view the CNN Politics Facebook page and follow @CNNPolitics on Twitter for the latest.
Who's Popular, Who's Not in Media
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2012 PRNewswire -- Decades ago there were just a few names that dominated the news world. Everyone knew who Walter Conkrite, David Brinkley and Chet Huntley were. And, the odds were good it was one of those men who gave people their evening dose of national and world news. Today, that is not the case. Yes, there are still the big three anchors, but there are also the multitude of news personalities on all the various cable stations and even a radio personality who transcends many of his brethren on television. Many of these individuals can cause either a positive or negative reaction.
Looking at a list of 26 current affairs personalities, when asked which three are their favorites, almost one-quarter say ABC News' Diane Sawyer (23%), while one in five each say CNN's Anderson Cooper (19%) and NBC's Brian Williams (19%). Rounding out the top five favorite current affairs personalities is Bill O'Reilly (15%) and Barbara Walters (15%). A little further down the list are George Stephanopoulos (14%), Matt Lauer (13%), Katie Couric (13%), Rush Limbaugh (9%) and Sean Hannity (9%).
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,016 adults surveyed online between January 16 and 23, 2012 by Harris Interactive.
Looking at the flip side, which three of the 26 news personalities are America's least favorite, almost half say Rush Limbaugh (46%). Three in ten say Bill O'Reilly (31%) and almost one-quarter say their least favorite is Nancy Grace (23%). Rounding out the top ten least favorite news personalities are Sean Hannity (14%), Katie Couric (10%), Piers Morgan (10%), Barbara Walters (10%), Chris Matthews (10%), Rachel Maddow (7%) and Wolf Blitzer (7%).
