The Situation Room
The Situation Room
Genre	News Program Live Action
Running time	120 minutes (4 p.m. ET) 60 minutes (7 p.m. ET) 30 minutes (International Edition)
Starring	Wolf Blitzer and various contributors
Country of origin	USA
Original channel	CNN
Original run	August 8, 2005–Present
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This article is about the CNN news program. For the room in the White House, see the White House Situation Room.

The Situation Room is an afternoon/early evening newscast on CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. At first, the newscast aired live from 3-6 p.m. ET and was subdivided into an hour devoted to politics, an hour devoted to security, and an hour devoted to international news. However, on November 2nd, 2005, CNN announced that The Situation Room would be chopped up: block 1 would air live from 4-6 p.m. ET, and block 2 would air live from 7-8 p.m. ET (taking over the timeslot held by Anderson Cooper 360). North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... White House Situation Room in March 2003. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Wolf Blitzer (born March 22, 1948 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist, and author. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anderson Cooper 360° (pronounced Anderson Cooper three-sixty) is a news show on CNN featuring Anderson Cooper as host and anchor. ...

A number of CNN journalists and pundits often join Blitzer, including Jack Cafferty, Ali Velshi, Carol Costello, Jacki Schechner, Abbi Tatton, Paul Begala, Bay Buchanan, James Carville, and J.C. Watts. The show replaces Inside Politics and Wolf Blitzer Reports. In the beginning of every show Wolf Blitzer starts by saying "Welcome to the Situation Room, where news and information from around the world arrive at one place simultaneously!" or "Welcome to the Situation Room, where news and information from around the world is arriving all the time!" Jack Cafferty (born 1942) is a CNN commentator and a host of the weekend financial show In The Money. ... 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. ... Carol Costello (born October 11, 1961) is the host of the CNN early morning program CNN Daybreak. ... Abbi Tatton is a political producer and internet reporter for CNN. Based in Washington, D.C., Tatton researches and reports on the latest internet news and weblogs for CNNs afternoon program, The Situation Room, hosting the segment The Situation Online. ... Paul Begala (born May 12, 1961) is a political consultant, a commentator, and a former advisor to President Bill Clinton. ... Buchanans signature, as used on American currency Angela Marie Bay Buchanan served as Treasurer of the United States under President Ronald Reagan. ... James Carville (born October 25, 1944), is an American political consultant, commentator, and pundit. ... Julius Caesar J.C. Watts (born November 18, 1957) is an American conservative Republican politician and former Representative from Oklahoma in the U.S. Congress. ... The Situation Room is an afternoon newscast on CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. ... Wolf Blitzer Reports was a part of CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that last aired every day at 5pm ET. It was canceled in 2005. ... Wolf Blitzer (born March 22, 1948 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist, and author. ...

The show has garnered much criticism for covering human interest stories; notably devoting almost an hour of commercial free coverage to a story about a virus affecting their Windows 2000 computers. Much of this criticism comes from satirist Jon Stewart who has mocked the reporting of the show on multiple occasions, creating his own "hypothetical situation room." However, the show also earned critical praise for its multiple-screen coverage of Hurricane Katrina. A computer virus is a self-replicating computer program written to alter the way a computer operates, without the permission or knowledge of the user. ... Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K or W2K) is a preemptible and interruptible, graphical, business-oriented operating system that is designed to work with either uniprocessor or symmetric multi-processor (SMP) 32-bit Intel x86 computers. ... Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz on November 28, 1962) is a nine-time Emmy-winning American comedian, satirist, actor, author, and producer. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ...

Trivia

• Because of the show's usage of multiple video walls to convey events as they occur, two control rooms are used. One is exclusively used for the show itself, while the second is used to maintain content in the large eight-panel video wall.
• The show also makes use of live RSS feeds that scroll in the background at various times during the show. Live video feeds are also commonly present in the show's format.
• On August 23, 2006, during a live interview with "Wendy Hutchen", who supposedly knew John Mark Karr, stated "John told me he killed JonBenet because Howard Stern ordered him to do it." Obviously, it was a prank caller. This is not the first time CNN has been embarassed by a Howard Stern prank caller.

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External links

• The Situation Room Website