NEW YORK -- After days of rumors and an uncomfortable pairing on the late-night cable news schedule following Hurricane Katrina, CNN parted ways with Aaron Brown and gave Anderson Cooper sole possession of the flagship news time slot. The announcement brings an end to Brown's job at the network and further raises Cooper's profile to the face of the new CNN. The new Anderson Cooper 360 will run from 10 p.m.-midnight beginning Monday, with executive producer David Doss and a crew that will include staffers from "360" and NewsNight With Aaron Brown. Brown had once been the star of primetime for CNN, anchoring much of the breaking-news coverage and hosting NewsNight at 10 p.m. ET. But after Hurricane Katrina brought further attention to Cooper, Brown had been reduced to the role of in-studio host while showcasing his younger colleague. In an interview Wednesday, CNN-U.S. president Jon Klein said CNN decided to build its primetime schedule around "the two tentpoles that have the greatest potential and the greatest momentum": 360 and The Situation Room.
- 11/2/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Has CNN come to the end of the road in its pairing of Aaron Brown and Anderson Cooper on a recently expanded NewsNight? Speculation is rampant that CNN is weighing the possibility of keeping Cooper as anchor of the 10 p.m. EST edition of NewsNight while shifting Brown to anchor a new 7 p.m. edition of the show, which is now the home of Anderson Cooper 360. Brown had been anchoring the 10 p.m. NewsNight newscast as a solo act until early September, when CNN expanded the program to two hours to cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region. Cooper, who has reported for extended periods of time from the road, has been a permanent part of the show after CNN decided to shelve its regular 11 p.m. repeat of Lou Dobbs Tonight. Now, according to sources, CNN is weighing the possibility of splitting up the show and giving Cooper the high-profile 10 p.m. slot. A CNN rep said that no final decisions have been made on the future of NewsNight. No matter what happens, neither Cooper nor Brown will be on the air for CNN this week. Both anchors are on vacation.
- 11/1/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- There's a change at the top of American Morning, CNN's weekday morning show. Monday is the first day on the job for Kim Bondy, whose new job is exec producer for American Morning and CNN's vp morning programming. She replaces Wilson Surratt, who last week was named exec producer of NewsNight with Aaron Brown. Bondy, whose new job is New York-based along with the show, previously was based in Atlanta as CNN's vp franchise development. Her promotion was announced Monday morning during a staff meeting with CNN president Jon Klein.
NEW YORK -- MSNBC has hired former Crossfire co-host Tucker Carlson to anchor a 9 p.m. program. Carlson left CNN last month after talks to give him his own show on that network failed. He had been a co-host of the debate show Crossfire since the late '90s and also had substituted on other CNN shows, including NewsNight With Aaron Brown in the last week of 2004. MSNBC has been looking for a permanent host for the 9 p.m. time slot since Deborah Norville quit last month.
NEW YORK -- Tucker Carlson and CNN parted ways Wednesday, clearing the way for Carlson to host a primetime show on MSNBC. It also might spell the end of Crossfire as a stand-alone show on CNN. Carlson's fate as a CNN personality had been the subject of discussion for months, ever since he told Atlanta in April that he didn't want to continue as a Crossfire co-host, which he had been since 1999. It heated up in recent weeks as he was courted by MSNBC and given the chance to substitute for NewsNight anchor Aaron Brown last week. But CNN-U.S. president Jonathan Klein told Carlson on Wednesday that he wouldn't be offered another contract at the news channel. "Tucker was ready to go on to the next phase of his career, and I respect that," Klein said. "We are not a place where he can realize his ambition to anchor a nightly show." Carlson said Wednesday night that he loved working at CNN but looked toward the future. "I want to work for Rick Kaplan," Carlson said, referring to the MSNBC boss and former CNN chief.
NEW YORK -- CNN-US president Jon Klein said Monday afternoon that he would speak to Tucker Carlson sometime this week following the Crossfire co-host's turn subbing for Aaron Brown on NewsNight. Carlson spent last week as anchor of the New York-based show, which runs at 10 p.m. EST weeknights. But on Monday afternoon, Carlson was back with Paul Begala as co-host of Crossfire, which airs live at 4:30 p.m. EST from Washington, D.C. Klein said Monday afternoon that there was no change in Carlson's status. The newly-appointed head of CNN's domestic channel said he watched Carlson on NewsNight last week. Carlson couldn't be reached for comment Monday. Meanwhile, there were no new developments on the MSNBC front. Carlson is rumored to be a possibility to replace Deborah Norville as the channel's 9 p.m. EST show.
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