American Morning
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| American Morning | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Genre | news program, live action |
| Starring | Soledad O'Brien Miles O'Brien Chad Myers Ali Velshi Delia Gallagher |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | Unknown |
| Production | |
| Running time | 180 minutes (three hours) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CNN |
| Original run | 2002 – present |
American Morning is the morning television show on CNN. It premiered in 2002.
Contents |
[edit] About the Show
American Morning features co-hosts Soledad O'Brien and Miles O'Brien (no relation). Others who appear regularly are Chad Myers with the weather, CNN financial correspondent Ali Velshi with a segment called "Minding Your Business" and CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta with health-related reports.
American Morning focuses on the news more than many U.S. morning shows. While it does cover celebrities and entertainment, it does not have cooking segments or other staples of the morning show in the United States. There are more scripted segments on American Morning than on other morning shows. The program mainly focuses on news to attract viewers who prefer a more straightforward morning show, without the amount of anchor banter found on the competition. Its main competitor is Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends. [1]
| U.S. morning television shows currently on air at 7am ET edit |
|
| ABC | Good Morning America |
| BBC America | World News Today |
| CBS | The Early Show |
| CNBC | Squawk Box |
| CNN | American Morning |
| FNC | Fox & Friends |
| HLN | Robin & Company |
| MSNBC | Imus in the Morning |
| NBC | Today |
| syndi | The Daily Buzz |
| Univision | Despierta América |
American Morning is aired live every weekday morning from 6 to 9 am EST. After years of operating from a streetside studio at the Time-Life Building in New York City, the show moved north to an indoor set at the CNN studios in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle which was shared with the CNN Headline News show Showbiz Tonight. In October 2006, AM received a redesigned set, along with new music and graphics.
Originally AM aired for three hours, from 7am to 10am. After the cancellation of Daybreak, the program was expanded to four hours, 6am to 10am. However, the air time was reduced in October 2006 to 6am to 9am, after the expansion of CNN Newsroom.
[edit] History
American Morning originally premiered on September 12, 2001. Paula Zahn began anchoring the program five months early due to the 9/11 attacks which had occurred the previous morning. Jack Cafferty and Anderson Cooper joined her as co-hosts and helped deliver news on the attacks. The show's originally-scheduled premiere date January 28, 2002, was the day they premiered the street-side studio from the Time-Life Building in New York City.
In February 2002 Bill Hemmer moved to New York to become Paula Zahn's cohost, replacing Anderson Cooper. In April 2003 Bill Hemmer anchored the program solo when Paula Zahn moved to CNN primetime. Heidi Collins and Daryn Kagan temporarily hosted with Bill Hemmer before Soledad O'Brien debuted as co-host.
In June 2005 Bill Hemmer left CNN and was replaced by Miles O'Brien. Heidi Collins was replaced by Carol Costello. Jack Cafferty left the show later that summer. The show moved inside to the set for Showbiz Tonight. Costello later left the program and was not replaced. In October 2006, the show received a redesigned set, along with new music and graphics.
