CNN Tonight

CNN Tonight
Genre Opinion/Current Affairs Program
Presented by Don Lemon
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Production location(s) Time Warner Center
New York City
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 120 minutes
Release
Original network CNN
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)
Original release 1985
2001
2009 – 2010
2014 – present (revived)
External links
Website

CNN Tonight, branded as CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, is a late evening news/opinion program airing on CNN, focusing on the news of the day. Hosted by American journalist Don Lemon, the show airs weeknights from 10 p.m. to midnight (Eastern Time). The first hour is simulcast on CNN International.

Original series

A program of the same name aired on CNN in the spring of 1985, as a replacement for Sandi Freeman until Larry King Live premiered. Another program of the same name debuted in 2001 with Bill Hemmer as anchor, but it was cancelled the same year.[1]

Another program was then debuted on November 16, 2009, and was hosted by a rotating series of anchors as an interim replacement for Lou Dobbs Tonight following Lou Dobbs' resignation from the network on November 11, 2009.[2][3] The program featured reporters who filed reports for Lou Dobbs' program, including Dana Bash, Candy Crowley, and Kitty Pilgrim. It was discontinued after January 15, 2010, due to a scheduling shift which occurred the following Monday, extending Rick Sanchez's hour during the CNN Newsroom block into a two-hour program known as Rick's List, which pushed The Situation Room up an hour into Lou Dobbs' former timeslot. On March 22, 2010, the final hour of The Situation Room was replaced by John King, USA, the official replacement for Lou Dobbs Tonight.[4][5]

Revival

In April 2014, the program was revived as a replacement for Piers Morgan Live amid a new primetime schedule with more taped content.[6] The show first began in March 2014 when CNN president Jeff Zucker called Don Lemon to ask him to present a nightly one-hour program at 10 p.m. ET to discuss theories about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Brian (July 19, 2005). "After Ten Years At CNN, Bill Hemmer Joins Fox News As Anchor & Correspondent". TVNewser. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Stelter, Brian (November 12, 2009). "Update: John King to Replace Lou Dobbs; Focus Will Be on Political News". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Stelter, Brian; Carter, Bill (November 11, 2009). "Lou Dobbs Abruptly Quits CNN". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Preston, Mark (March 5, 2010). "CNN's newest show: 'John King, USA'". CNN Blogs: Political Ticker. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Stelter, Brian (June 13, 2012). "CNN Is Ending John King's Political Show". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ Carter, Bill (April 10, 2014). "CNN to Show Documentaries in 9 P.M. Time Slot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Brodesser-Akner, Taffy (April 20, 2015). "Anchorman: The Legend of Don Lemon". GQ. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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