CNN Newsroom

American news program on CNN

For the CNN International program, see CNN Newsroom (international TV program).

CNN Newsroom

Also known as| CNN Live Today, Live From, CNN Saturday, CNN Saturday Night, CNN Sunday, and CNN Sunday Night
Genre| News program
Created by| Jonathan Klein
Presented by| Jessica Dean
Fredricka Whitfield
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Production locations| CNN Center
Atlanta
30 Hudson Yards
New York City
Washington, D.C.
Camera setup| Multi-camera
Running time| 1 hour to 11 hours
Original release
Network| CNN
Max
Release| September 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) –
present
Related
CNN Newsroom (CNN International)

CNN Newsroom (also simply known as Newsroom) is the branding used for blocks of rolling news programming carried by the American cable network CNN. The program debuted on September 4, 2006, consolidating most of CNN's existing rolling news blocks (including CNN Live Today, Live From, CNN Saturday, CNN Saturday Night, CNN Sunday, and CNN Sunday Night) under a single brand.[1]

In April 2023, CNN began to replace Newsroom on weekdays with CNN News Central, with only its weekend editions remaining on the main channel. In September 2023, CNN reintroduced weekday blocks of Newsroom on its new streaming platform CNN Max.

In 2024, Newsroom returned to the domestic weekday schedule, with 10 and 11 a.m hours anchored by Jim Acosta and Wolf Blitzer respectively; Blitzer was later succeeded by Pamela Brown in September. In March 2025, these two hours were replaced by a rescheduling of The Situation Room (which also added Brown as a co-anchor alongside Blitzer), once again relegating Newsroom to weekends on the domestic schedule.

## History

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CNN Newsroom features various anchors on weekdays and weekends. Since September 8, 2008, the program has employed a single-presenter format.[2]

The program shares the same name of an earlier CNN/U.S. program, debuted in 1989, that was shown commercial-free by teachers in schools.[3][4][5]

On June 18, 2012, CNN introduced Around the World presented by Suzanne Malveaux.[6] This hour-long block of news focuses on news across the globe. The show is based in CNN's World Headquarters in Atlanta. On February 25, 2013, Newsroom International was changed to Around the World, but was cancelled on February 7, 2014.

Weekend mornings, which formerly aired under the Newsroom banner before being relaunched as weekend editions of New Day in June 2013, are anchored by Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul. Fredricka Whitfield hosts the weekend daytime edition of Newsroom. The weekend afternoon/evening edition was originally hosted by Don Lemon (later Poppy Harlow and Ana Cabrera).

On August 12, 2013, CNN/U.S. rebranded the a portion of the broadcast of Newsroom as Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield. The 60-minute-long show based in New York focused on the most important legal news of the day, and aired its last episode on September 23, 2016. From August 12, 2013, to February 7, 2014, Newsroom, with its reduced airtime, aired weekday mornings for two hours anchored by Carol Costello. Wolf Blitzer anchored the a later hour of the program with Brooke Baldwin until February 2014, when the slot became the standalone program Wolf, which ran until November 9, 2018.

On February 10, 2014, an hour of CNN Newsroom was renamed At This Hour with Berman and Michaela, hosted by John Berman and Michaela Pereira.[7]

In November 2014, Poppy Harlow took over primetime anchoring duties on weekend evening editions of CNN Newsroom. The shift was covered by rotating anchors following Don Lemon's move to CNN Tonight in early 2014.

In February 2017, Carol Costello left CNN for HLN, and was succeeded by John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Ana Cabrera took over Harlow's weekend evening slot.

In May 2018, John Berman left the show to become the new co-anchor of New Day, the flagship morning program for CNN.[8]

In September 2018, Jim Sciutto became the new co-anchor in CNN Newsroom on the show with Poppy Harlow.[9][10]

In January 2021, CNN announced Pamela Brown as the host of the 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. edition on weekends.[11]

In February 2021, CNN announced a major change to its schedule. Brianna Keilar’s CNN Right Now program was canceled and replaced by an hour of CNN Newsroom hosted by Ana Cabrera on the 1-2 p.m. slot while Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell took the place of Brooke Baldwin (who left CNN in mid-April) on the 2–4 p.m. slot of CNN Newsroom.

In August 2021, Poppy Harlow announced she would be leaving CNN temporarily to attend a one year law school program. She continued to anchor the 9–11 a.m. slot on holidays, days off, or filling in for other anchors on other CNN programs including CNN Newsroom. She returned to her regular timeslot on May 30, 2022.[12][13]

On December 15, 2022, it was confirmed that Ana Cabrera would be leaving CNN at the end of her 1 p.m. ET program on December 22; she subsequently moved to MSNBC in April 2023, hosting Ana Cabrera Reports.[14][15]

In April 2023, CNN began to replace Newsroom on weekdays with the new format CNN News Central, which is designed as a more "energetic" format with a focus on breaking news coverage, visual elements influenced by its coverage of special events, and teams of anchors present throughout the block.[16][17][18] Alisyn Camerota moved exclusively to CNN Tonight, while Victor Blackwell moved to Saturday mornings co-hosting CNN This Morning Weekend, and anchoring an hour of Newsroom.[16]

In late September 2023, CNN adopted the Newsroom title for rolling news blocks on its new streaming channel CNN Max; these editions air from 8 to 11 a.m. ET and 2 to 3 p.m. ET featuring existing weekend anchors Amara Walker, Fredericka Whitfield and Jim Acosta, along with Jim Sciutto and Rahel Solomon.[19]

In February 2024, following the cancelation of CNN This Morning, it was announced that a weekday hour of Newsroom with Jim Acosta would air at 10 a.m. ET. Wolf Blitzer also began anchoring an 11 a.m. hour of Newsroom as an interim program; the timeslot was to be filled by The Bulletin with Pamela Brown once she returned from maternity leave.[20] Brown began hosting the 11 a.m. hour in September 2024, but with the Newsroom branding maintained.[21]

On January 23, 2025, CNN announced upcoming changes to its schedule, including the replacement of Acosta and Brown's hours of Newsroom with a rescheduling of The Situation Room—which would add Brown as a co-anchor alongside Wolf Blitzer.[22] The new programming took effect on March 3, 2025.[23]

## Notable personalities

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Programs occasionally pre-empted for special programs.

### Current anchors

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#### Weekends

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Time (ET)  | Saturday Anchors

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12PM – 1PM  | Fredricka Whitfield (Atlanta)
1PM – 2PM
2PM – 3PM
3PM – 4PM
4PM – 5PM  |
5PM – 6PM
6PM – 7PM
7PM – 8PM
Time (ET)  | Sunday Anchors

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2PM – 3PM  | Fredricka Whitfield (Atlanta)
3PM – 4PM
4PM – 5PM
5PM – 6PM  | Jessica Dean (New York City)
6PM – 7PM
7PM – 8PM

### Weather team

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* Chad Myers

### Former anchors

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Time (ET)  | Anchor

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9AM – 11AM  | Poppy Harlow (later an anchor on CNN This Morning)
10AM - 11AM  | Jim Acosta (left CNN)
1PM – 2PM  | Ana Cabrera (left CNN, now with MSNBC)
2PM – 4PM  | Brooke Baldwin (left CNN)
6PM – 9PM  | Pamela Brown

## Awards

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In 2010, CNN Newsroom was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine" for the episode "Gay Killings in Iraq" during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards. Also that year, it was nominated for "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" for the segment "Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach 'I Was Utterly Devastated'".[24]

## Gaffes

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In September 2014, CNN technology analyst Brett Larson was criticized after incorrectly referring to the imageboard website 4chan as a person, suggesting it was “a systems administrator who knew his away around and how to hack things”. He had appeared on the program to explain the leak of nude celebrity photos from several hacked iCloud accounts.[25][26]

In June 2015, a London gay pride parade included an ISIL parody flag, replacing the Arabic letters with dildos and butt plugs. Malveaux described the presence of an ISIS flag at a gay pride parade as "unnerving" before a seven-minute live cross to a CNN "terrorism expert" in London.[27][28][29]

## References

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1. ^ Stelter, Brian (August 15, 2006). "CNN Renames Daytime Programming; 'CNN Newsroom' Starts Sept. 4". TV Newser. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
2. ^ SteveK (August 7, 2008). "Changes to CNN Newsroom". TV Newser. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
3. ^ Howard Rosenberg (September 5, 1989). "CNN Kids' Show Gets High Marks". Sun-Sentinel. Tronc. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
4. ^ Ann Hodges (August 14, 1989). "CNN gets up early for school with 'CNN Newsroom'". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
5. ^ "CNN Newsroom as a Classroom Tool". The Journal. October 1, 1999. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
6. ^ "CNN Launches 'Newsroom International'". The Huffington Post. AOL. June 18, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
7. ^ Ariens, Chris (January 17, 2014). "CNN Changes: 'Around the World' Canceled; John Berman, Michaela Pereira Add 11am". TVNewser. Adweek. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
8. ^ Stelter, Brian (March 14, 2018). "From 'New Day' to prime time: Chris Cuomo moving to 9 p.m. on CNN". CNN Business. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
9. ^ Concha, Joe (September 11, 2018). "Jim Sciutto named co-anchor of CNN mid-morning news program". The Hill. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
10. ^ Barr, Jeremy (September 11, 2018). "CNN National Security Reporter Jim Sciutto Named Morning News Anchor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
11. ^ Jensen, Erin. "CNN expands Tapper show, moves Blitzer; Fox News adds fourth opinion hour in revamp". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
12. ^ @PoppyHarlowCNN (May 24, 2022). "1 very heavy backpack 🎒 2 very understanding kiddos. 46,080 minutes on the train. The most remarkable employer @cnn The kindest professors & students at @YaleLawSch who believed in me. Especially my beloved husband who made it all possible❤️ Can't wait to see you Monday 📺" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
13. ^ Stelter, Brian (August 17, 2021). "Poppy Harlow announces leave from CNN anchoring duties to study law". CNN Business. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
14. ^ Johnson, Ted (December 15, 2022). "Ana Cabrera Confirms That She's Leaving CNN — Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
15. ^ Welprin, Alex (April 5, 2023). "Former CNN Anchor Joins MSNBC, Launches New Morning Show". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
16. ^ a b Johnson, Ted (January 11, 2023). "CNN Unveils Overhaul Of Dayside Lineup With Anchor Trios, Emphasis On Breaking News And Events". Deadline. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
17. ^ Johnson, Ted (March 1, 2023). "CNN Sets April Debut For 'News Central' Dayside Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
18. ^ "'CNN News Central' focuses on visual storytelling in effort to stand out in a crowded field". NewscastStudio. April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
19. ^ "CNN Max Launches in an Open Beta in the US Today Offering 24/7 Live News Streaming Feed On Max". CNN. October 12, 2023. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
20. ^ Steinberg, Brian (February 5, 2024). "CNN Cancels Current Morning Show in A.M. Shake-Up". Variety. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
21. ^ "CNN Anchor Pamela Brown to Begin Anchoring CNN Newsroom Next Week". Barrett Media. September 20, 2024. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
22. ^ Johnson, Ted (January 23, 2025). "CNN Shuffles Lineup With New Spots For Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer & Kasie Hunt; Jim Acosta's Show Bumped From Mornings". Deadline. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
23. ^ Mwachiro, Mark (March 3, 2025). "Kasie Hunt Is Ready to Enter The Arena". Retrieved March 8, 2025.
24. ^ "21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards - English Language Nominees". Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
25. ^ Vincent, James (September 3, 2014). "4chan iCloud 'expert' from CNN thinks 4chan is a person and 'pa$$word' is a good password". The Independent. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
26. ^ Nguyen, Tina (September 2, 2014). "CNN Tech Analyst Thinks 4Chan Is A Person: 'He May Have Been A Systems Administrator'". Mediaite. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
27. ^ "Watch CNN Dildo ISIS Flag London Gay Pride Video". Mediaite. June 27, 2015.
28. ^ Max Fisher (June 28, 2015). "CNN's most embarrassing flub ever? The ISIS dildo gay pride flag, explained. - Vox". Vox. Vox Media.
29. ^ "CNN spots "ISIS flag" at gay-pride parade". Business Insider. June 27, 2015.

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