CNN NewsNight

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CNN NewsNight
Starring Aaron Brown
Anderson Cooper (2005)
Abby Phillip (2023–present)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network CNN
ReleaseNovember 5, 2001 (2001-11-05) 
November 4, 2005 (2005-11-04)
ReleaseOctober 16, 2023 (2023-10-16) 
present

CNN NewsNightis a live news program which airs on the CNN and CNN International networks. It airs at 10:00 PM ET on weeknights (except on Wednesdays) and is currently hosted by Abby Phillip.

During its first run, the show focused on investigative journalism and had a strong emphasis on interviews. It included segments such as The Whip (which quickly previewed segments from four reporters at large), On the Rise, and Segment 7. The Morning Papers segment, known as The Rooster, featured a brief preview of compelling or interesting headlines from the next day's newspapers around the world. The segment concluded with the weather forecast in Chicago as provided in the Chicago Sun-Times .

To cover the increased amount of news generated by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in September 2005, CNN expanded NewsNight to two hours and added Anderson Cooper as a co-host. (Cooper's coverage of the natural disaster elsewhere on the network had given him strong ratings.) These changes were intended to last for the duration of the hurricane's aftermath, but CNN later announced that it would keep the new format and make Cooper a permanent co-host.[ citation needed ]

On November 2, 2005, CNN announced that it was canceling NewsNight and that Brown would leave the network. [1] As of November 7, 2005, the timeslot was given to Cooper's show, Anderson Cooper 360° .

CNN NewsNight was revived on October 16, 2023 with host Abby Phillip and it airs weeknights at 10:00 PM ET on CNN.

Since November 29, 2023, the program has not been aired on Wednesdays. Then CNN chief Chris Licht, who had wanted more personality-based programming on the network [2] and this resulted in the launch of a news discussion program, King Charles , co-hosted by Gayle King and former NBA player Charles Barkley. [3]

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