Anderson Cooper 360°

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Anderson Cooper 360°
AC360° Logo used in commercials
Genre	News/Talk program
Starring	Anderson Cooper
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	Unknown
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dale Doss
Running time	120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CNN
Original run	September 8, 2003 – present
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Anderson Cooper 360° is a live television news show on CNN, hosted by Anderson Cooper.

Broadcast from CNN's Time Warner Center studios in New York City, the program is simulcast on both CNN and CNN International at 10 p.m. ET, making the show available to people around the world. The program covers a number of the stories of the day, usually through live or taped news reports from the network's reporters. The coverage can also include analysis from experts on the issues, commonly featured in, or after, the taped reports. At the end of the hour, the program also features a quick review of other news stories of the day, commonly hosted by Erica Hill.

During the second hour of the program, the show may continue coverage of the day's stories, but commonly changes from a live anchored program to a taped special with in-depth coverage of a news story, commonly of issues not being covered in the recent news coverage.

Cooper often anchors the program from the site of a major news story, such as his extensive coverage from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Originally launched on September 8, 2003, 360° was initially a laid-back news/talk program, only running one hour at 7 p.m. ET. During the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with the growing popularity of Cooper and the impressive growth in the ratings of NewsNight with his reports from the location, CNN executives decided to cancel NewsNight and replace it with 360°, making it two hours in length, all as of November 7, 2005.

[edit] Recognition

In 2006, AC360 was nominated twice for a GLAAD Award in the category of "Outstanding TV Journalism - News Segment". The nominated segments were "School Outing" and "Secret Sex Lives". The show has won the following awards:

2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story Long Form for his report on the famine in Niger [1];
2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for his report on Charity Hospital[2];
2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story In a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for his report on Black Market Infertility [3];