American Morning
Genre	news program, live action
Starring	John Roberts (2007–present) Kiran Chetry (2007–present) Chad Myers Ali Velshi
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	Unknown
Production
Running time	180 minutes (three hours)
Broadcast
Original channel	CNN
Original run	January 28, 2002 – present

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About the Show

American Morning features co-hosts Kiran Chetry and John Roberts. 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. Kiran Chetry (born August 26, 1974 in Kathmandu, Nepal) is an anchor and correspondent for CNN. She is best known for her work as former co-host of Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel. ... John D. Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television journalist for CBS, where he has served as Chief White House Correspondent since 1999. ... Ali Velshi is a television journalist best known for his work on CNN. Born in Kenya and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Murad Velshi, a business owner first in Africa and then in Canada. ... Dr. Sanjay Gupta, during a December 6, 2004, appearance on Paula Zahn Now. ...

American Morning focuses on the news more than many U.S. morning shows. The program offers the most news in the morning on political, domestic and international stories. There are more scripted segments on American Morning than on other morning shows. The new anchor team of Chetry and Roberts will offer a heavy dose of political news each morning. 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] The Fox News Channel (FNC), sometimes called Fox News or even just Fox, is a United States-based cable and satellite news channel. ... Fox & Friends is a morning television show on the Fox News Channel, from 7 a. ...

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. Breakfast television (UK) or morning show (U.S.) is a type of news and entertainment television program, broadcast live in the morning (typically between 6:00am and 9:00am). ... EST (shown in yellow) is UTC-5 The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcasted on the ABC television network. ... BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, which was launched on March 29, 1998, available on both cable and satellite. ... World News Today launched in July 2006. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a. ... CNBC (an abbrevation for the Consumer News and Business Channel, its official name until 1991) is a group of cable and satellite television Business news channels from the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal. ... Squawk Box can refer to a number of television programmes broadcast by the CNBC group of television channels, at breakfast time on the stations they are aired. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... The Fox News Channel (FNC), sometimes called Fox News or even just Fox, is a United States-based cable and satellite news channel. ... Fox & Friends is a completely moronic,morning television show on the Fox News Channel. ... Headline News is a spin-off network from the original Cable News Network (CNN) television news network in the United States and Canada. ... Robin & Company is a morning television news program on Headline News. ... MSNBC, a combination of MSN and NBC, is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States and Canada, and a news website. ... MSNBC logo MSNBC (a grammatical blend of MSN and NBC) is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Today, sometimes referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... The Daily Buzz is a nationally syndicated morning news program produced in Orlando, Florida by ACME Communications and Emmis Communications. ... Since it first took to the airwaves on March 28, 1954, Telemundo has always occupied a position at televisions vanguard. ... Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. ... The Despierta América News Team Despierta América (Spanish for Wake Up America) is the highly-popular, long-running Spanish language morning talk show shown on the Univision television network. ... The Eastern Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... The Time-Life Building, located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas in Rockefeller Center in New York is an historically important building opened in 1958 and designed by Wallace Harrison of Harrison, Abramovitz, and Harris. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Time Warner Center and Columbus Monument. ... Columbus Circle Columbus Circle is a major landmark and point of attraction in New York City. ... CNN Headline News is a spin-off network from the original Cable News Network (CNN) television news network in the United States and Canada. ... Showbiz Tonight is CNN Headline Newss live, one hour, evening entertainment news show. ...

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. CNN Newsroom is a American television news program that airs on CNNUS. The program replaced CNN Live Today and Live From. ...

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. Paula Zahn interviews Barbara Bush in 1992. ... The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ... Jack Cafferty (born 1942) is a CNN commentator and a host of the weekend financial show In The Money. ... Anderson Hays Cooper (b. ... The Time-Life Building, located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas in Rockefeller Center in New York is an historically important building opened in 1958 and designed by Wallace Harrison of Harrison, Abramovitz, and Harris. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...

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. Bill Hemmer (born November 14, 1964) is a journalist who spent 10 years at CNN before moving to the Fox News Channel in August 2005. ... Heidi Collins is a correspondent and anchor on CNN. Collins co-anchors CNN Newsroom with Tony Harris from 9 AM to 12 noon EST on weekdays and is an occasional substitute anchor for several of CNNs prime time programs. ... Daryn A. Kagan (born January 26, 1963) is the creator and host of DarynKagan. ... María de la Soledad Teresa OBrien [1](b. ...

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. Miles OBrien Miles OBrien (b. ... Carol Costello (born October 11, 1961) is a new contributor to The Situation Room, providing updates from CNNs New York studios. ... Showbiz Tonight is CNN Headline Newss live, one hour, evening entertainment news show. ...

Due to disappointing Nielsen ratings, CNN announced the replacement of Miles O'Brien and Soledad O'Brien with Kiran Chetry and John Roberts as program hosts effective April 16, 2007. In the first quarter of 2007, Fox and Friends on Fox News Channel averaged 769,000 viewers, CNN's American Morning averaged 372,000 and MSNBC's Imus in the Morning averaged 361,000 viewers at the time of its cancellation by MSNBC on April 11, 2007.^[1] When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Kiran Chetry (born August 26, 1974 in Kathmandu, Nepal) is an anchor and correspondent for CNN. She is best known for her work as former co-host of Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel. ... John D. Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television journalist for CBS, where he has served as Chief White House Correspondent since 1999. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Fox & Friends is a morning television show on the Fox News Channel, from 7 a. ... The Fox News Channel (FNC), sometimes called Fox News or even just Fox, is a United States-based cable and satellite news channel. ... MSNBC, a combination of MSN and NBC, is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States and Canada, and a news website. ... Imus in the Morning was a comedy, news, and political radio program that revolved around the personality of Don Imus. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

When Chetry and Roberts became program hosts, American Morning became the first morning news show in the U.S. to broadcast from multiple locations, with Chetry in New York and Roberts in Washington.

Previous Hosts

• Paula Zahn (2002-2003)
• Anderson Cooper (2002)
• Jack Cafferty (2002-2005)
• Bill Hemmer (2002-2005)
• Heidi Collins (2003-2005)
• Andy Serwer (2003)
• Carol Costello (2005-2006)
• Soledad O'Brien (2003-2007)
• Miles O'Brien (2005-2007)

Paula Zahn interviews Barbara Bush in 1992. ... Anderson Hays Cooper (b. ... Jack Cafferty (born 1942) is a CNN commentator and a host of the weekend financial show In The Money. ... Bill Hemmer (born November 14, 1964) is a journalist who spent 10 years at CNN before moving to the Fox News Channel in August 2005. ... Heidi Collins is a correspondent and anchor on CNN. Collins co-anchors CNN Newsroom with Tony Harris from 9 AM to 12 noon EST on weekdays and is an occasional substitute anchor for several of CNNs prime time programs. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Carol Costello (born October 11, 1961) is a new contributor to The Situation Room, providing updates from CNNs New York studios. ... María de la Soledad Teresa OBrien [1](b. ... Miles OBrien Miles OBrien (b. ...

See also

• CNN
• Breakfast television
• Fox and Friends
• Today (NBC program)
• Good Morning America

The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Breakfast television (UK) or morning show (U.S.) is a type of news and entertainment television program, broadcast live in the morning (typically between 6:00am and 9:00am). ... Fox & Friends is a morning television show on the Fox News Channel, from 7 a. ... Today, sometimes referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcasted on the ABC television network. ...

Reference

1. ^ Tim Cuprisin, "Plagued by soft ratings, O'Briens ousted as CNN morning anchors", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 11, 2007.

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External link

• American Morning Website