NewsNight with Aaron Brown
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NewsNight with Aaron Brown was a live international news broadcast, which appeared on the CNN
network from 2001 to 2005. It aired at 10 p.m. ET
on weeknights, hosted by Aaron Brown
. In its final year, it was co-hosted by Anderson Cooper
.
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.
On November 2, 2005, CNN announced that it was cancelling NewsNight and that Brown would leave the network. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117932194?categoryid=14&cs=1&s=h&p=0 As of November 7, 2005 the timeslot was given to Cooper's show, Anderson Cooper 360°
.
CNN
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network from 2001 to 2005. It aired at 10 p.m. ET
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
on weeknights, hosted by Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks, his first day on air at CNN...
. In its final year, it was co-hosted by Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...
.
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
Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...
.
To cover the increased amount of news generated by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
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.
On November 2, 2005, CNN announced that it was cancelling NewsNight and that Brown would leave the network. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117932194?categoryid=14&cs=1&s=h&p=0 As of November 7, 2005 the timeslot was given to Cooper's show, Anderson Cooper 360°
Anderson Cooper 360°
Anderson Cooper 360° is a one-hour television news show on CNN, hosted by the American journalist Anderson Cooper. It is also broadcast around the world on CNN International....
.
External links
- "'Newsnight With Aaron Brown' Premieres Monday" (Time Warner press release, October 30, 2001)
- Sample CNN.com page for Newsnight with Aaron Brown (from November 10, 2004, via Internet Archive)
- CNN anchor's away
- Sure, Anderson Cooper is cute and young, but get a grip, CNN
- The NewsNighters - The 1st and best online club for Aaron Brown of CNN's NewsNight