Posted on 06/03/2005 4:17:00 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
In the latest attempt to juice up prime time, CNN is expected to name broadcast news veterans as executive producers on two of its news programs.
David Doss, who has been executive producer for ABC's news magazine, Prime Time Thursday, and the NBC Nightly News, will take over Anderson Cooper's 7 p.m. show, Anderson Cooper 360, replacing Terry Baker, also a former ABC producer who worked on Nightline.
Another ABC veteran, Victor Neufeld, will be the new executive producer of CNN's 8 p.m. show, Paula Zahn Now.
Neufeld most recently was no. 2 at the CBS Early Show and had previously executive produced ABC's 20/20 and Prime Time Thursday. He takes over for Mark Nelson, a former National Geographic Channel exec who also spent 17 years at ABC News.
With Fox News Channel solidly out in front in ratings, new CNN President Jonathan Klein has been working furiously on the network's programming and personnel. Among his priorities is remaking the executive producer ranks.
In February, Klein ousted the top producer of Aaron Brown's 10 p.m. newscast, Sharon Van Zwieten, and moved American Morning's top producer, Will Surratt, into the job.
Both Cooper and Zahn's shows have endured turmoil at the top. The programs were once under the watch of former executive producer Jim Miller, but he exited in March 2004 after female staffers complained of inappropriate conduct.
Expect more changes out of CNN in the coming days.
Longtime Washington anchor Judy Woodruff signed off Friday and Klein is expected to unveil his new afternoon lineup. Veteran afternoon show, Crossfire, signed off on Friday.
Crossfire Hosts Paul Begala, James Carville and Robert Novak said they weren't going anywhere, continuing to appear daily on Inside Politics, Woodruff's old stomping grounds.
Carville also said that a new political show anchored by Wolf Blitzer would debut sometime in the summer.
Whatever. Execs shuffled around to new offices would be well-advised to work out of their packing boxes & not bother with changing the interior decor.
*waves to Eason Jordon*
Nice work idiot.
He would be wise to replace her with Ann Coulter.
Maybe they could cover 3 hours of Rush(ie Imus and pMSNBC)
There's 2 suggestions that would get me to watch.
Political show? Who'd a thunk it. Politics never showed up in Blitz's reporting.
I'm sure the 'real' problem, the root cause of their ratings tumble, has never entered their thought process as to how to fix things.
My CNN LIES sticker on the vehicle will remain.
LVM
More like rearranging the losers!
I hear Dan Rather is available.
CNN still doesn't get it. It's not the personalities, it's all about "fair and balanced."
Is there anybody on earth who is a bigger bore than Aaron Brown?
Why would anyone complain? What, they didn't like the initial promos for the new Paula "Ziiiiiiiip" Zahn show?
-PJ
Keith Oberwomann comes to mind.
I guess I just can't multitask well....It's difficult for me to both watch Aaron Brown.....and remember he's NOT on Saturday night live doing a skit, in which he pretends to "act" like a cable newscaster.
hole_n_one and I are Olbermann fans! :-)
He's enchanted with the sound of his own voice, IMO.
Exorcise CNN (of its liberalism) or better yet, kill CNN.
The Peter Principle is at work here. A level of obsolescence is reached in their case by re-arranging their rat cages. This is a case study for future MBAs.
Ditto.
I was watching MXC on Spike TV (highly recommended Japanese/American gameshow mixed with Gong show humour!) and one of the contestants was named "Wolf Pfister" hehe
Note to CNN. Crap like this is why people don't watch you anymore:
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/analysis/toons/2005/06/03/mikula/index.html
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