CNN This Morning has tapped Lauren Mensch and Chris Russell as its new executive producers, an effort to bolster the network’s morning show after its debut in November.
They will succeed Eric Hall, who departed in January to helm the 11 Pm hour of CNN Tonight hosted by Laura Coates.
Mensch will serve as EP and showrunner, overseeing the execution of the 6-9 a.m. Et show and leading its editorial direction. Russell will executive produce during the dayside and evening hours, focused on editorial and infrastructure for the following morning. They will report to Ryan Kadro, senior vice president of content strategy.
Mensch most recently was the EP of CNN Newsroom with Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell, in a tenure that included coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the January 6th insurrection. She also was executive producer on CNN-Sesame Street town halls focused on Covid and race relations,...
They will succeed Eric Hall, who departed in January to helm the 11 Pm hour of CNN Tonight hosted by Laura Coates.
Mensch will serve as EP and showrunner, overseeing the execution of the 6-9 a.m. Et show and leading its editorial direction. Russell will executive produce during the dayside and evening hours, focused on editorial and infrastructure for the following morning. They will report to Ryan Kadro, senior vice president of content strategy.
Mensch most recently was the EP of CNN Newsroom with Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell, in a tenure that included coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the January 6th insurrection. She also was executive producer on CNN-Sesame Street town halls focused on Covid and race relations,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Lauren Mensch and Chris Russell will take over the reins of “CNN This Morning” as the flagship program’s new co-executive producers, the network announced Monday.
According to a press release from the network, Mensch will “lead editorial direction and oversee control room execution to bring the show to air every weekday morning from 6-9 a.m. Et.” Meanwhile, Russell joins CNN to executive produce during the dayside and evening hours, “bolstering the show’s 24-hour infrastructure and editorial operations so it’s best positioned for the following morning.”
The pair will report to Ryan Kadro, CNN’s senior vice president of content strategy, and will both be based out of the New York Bureau.
“In just over four months, ‘CNN This Morning’ has become a destination for top newsmakers and is well positioned to grow under the leadership of Lauren and Chris, who bring years of experience producing exciting and relevant morning television,...
According to a press release from the network, Mensch will “lead editorial direction and oversee control room execution to bring the show to air every weekday morning from 6-9 a.m. Et.” Meanwhile, Russell joins CNN to executive produce during the dayside and evening hours, “bolstering the show’s 24-hour infrastructure and editorial operations so it’s best positioned for the following morning.”
The pair will report to Ryan Kadro, CNN’s senior vice president of content strategy, and will both be based out of the New York Bureau.
“In just over four months, ‘CNN This Morning’ has become a destination for top newsmakers and is well positioned to grow under the leadership of Lauren and Chris, who bring years of experience producing exciting and relevant morning television,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
In an unusual setup for a cable news program, CNN has hired two executive producers to try and rejuvenate its CNN This Morning program, which is anchored by Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow.
The two EPs are CNN veteran Lauren Mensch, and Chris Russell, who was in talks for the job, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Mensch will lead the show’s editorial direction and lead the team in the control room during the 6 to 9 a.m. hours. Russell, meanwhile, will lead production during the dayside and evening hours to set the show up for the following morning.
Mensch was most recently EP of CNN Newsroom with Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell, while Russell most recently led the NewsNation program On Balance With Leland Vittert. He also previously worked with CNN CEO Chris Licht at CBS News.
While every morning show has producers (including a senior-level producer, CNN...
The two EPs are CNN veteran Lauren Mensch, and Chris Russell, who was in talks for the job, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Mensch will lead the show’s editorial direction and lead the team in the control room during the 6 to 9 a.m. hours. Russell, meanwhile, will lead production during the dayside and evening hours to set the show up for the following morning.
Mensch was most recently EP of CNN Newsroom with Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell, while Russell most recently led the NewsNation program On Balance With Leland Vittert. He also previously worked with CNN CEO Chris Licht at CBS News.
While every morning show has producers (including a senior-level producer, CNN...
- 3/13/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The executive producer of CNN This Morning is departing the show and moving to the 11 Pm hour of CNN Tonight hosted by Laura Coates.
Eric Hall’s exit comes less than three months after the revamped morning show’s debut. The network has not yet named a successor, but one is expected soon, according to a source. The Wrap first reported on Hall’s exit.
CNN This Morning launched in November with hosts Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow, with an emphasis on the chemistry and conversation between the three hosts, as well as spotlighting the network’s correspondents around the world. The revamp has been a priority of CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Chris Licht, who was central to co-creating and launching Morning Joe on MSNBC and later the revamp of CBS’s morning show.
But CNN This Morning‘s audience since its debut on Nov. 1 have averaged about 400,000 viewers,...
Eric Hall’s exit comes less than three months after the revamped morning show’s debut. The network has not yet named a successor, but one is expected soon, according to a source. The Wrap first reported on Hall’s exit.
CNN This Morning launched in November with hosts Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow, with an emphasis on the chemistry and conversation between the three hosts, as well as spotlighting the network’s correspondents around the world. The revamp has been a priority of CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Chris Licht, who was central to co-creating and launching Morning Joe on MSNBC and later the revamp of CBS’s morning show.
But CNN This Morning‘s audience since its debut on Nov. 1 have averaged about 400,000 viewers,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Just months after launch, “CNN This Morning” executive producer Eric Hall is leaving the top slot of the rebooted a.m. program hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlin Collins.
A network insider told TheWrap that during a meeting today the staff of “CNN This Morning” was informed by Ryan Kadro, CEO Chris Licht’s No. 2, that Hall would be exiting the program and moving to ‘CNN Tonight’ hosted by Laura Coates.
As TheWrap previously reported, Licht is in desperate need of solid results that can win over the trust of a weary and wary staff who have been shaken by the changes he has made since taking over the news network last spring under new corporate owner Warner Bros. Discovery.
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A network insider told TheWrap that during a meeting today the staff of “CNN This Morning” was informed by Ryan Kadro, CEO Chris Licht’s No. 2, that Hall would be exiting the program and moving to ‘CNN Tonight’ hosted by Laura Coates.
As TheWrap previously reported, Licht is in desperate need of solid results that can win over the trust of a weary and wary staff who have been shaken by the changes he has made since taking over the news network last spring under new corporate owner Warner Bros. Discovery.
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- 1/20/2023
- by Joseph Kapsch
- The Wrap
Michael Bass, the longtime CNN programming chief who played a role in devising the network’s more passionate demeanor during the Trump era, is leaving the outlet.
His departure was revealed to staffers at the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet’s daily news meeting Monday, according to people familiar with the discussions. Bass, an executive vice president , was a key lieutenant and longtime colleague of Jeff Zucker, CNN’s former leader, and one of a troika of senior executives who led CNN for an interim period after Zucker’s abrupt ouster earlier this year. Bass will leave the company at the end of 2022.
In a note to employees, CNN CEO Chris Licht said the decision to leave was Bass’. Internally, however, there is widespread acknowledgment that the network, which has been suffering in the ratings since the 2021 inauguration of President Biden, has grappled with finding content that is more competitive with that of its peers.
His departure was revealed to staffers at the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet’s daily news meeting Monday, according to people familiar with the discussions. Bass, an executive vice president , was a key lieutenant and longtime colleague of Jeff Zucker, CNN’s former leader, and one of a troika of senior executives who led CNN for an interim period after Zucker’s abrupt ouster earlier this year. Bass will leave the company at the end of 2022.
In a note to employees, CNN CEO Chris Licht said the decision to leave was Bass’. Internally, however, there is widespread acknowledgment that the network, which has been suffering in the ratings since the 2021 inauguration of President Biden, has grappled with finding content that is more competitive with that of its peers.
- 11/21/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CNN’s new morning show CNN This Morning launched Tuesday with a news-heavy three hours that nevertheless played up an essential element of rival shows: conversation and chemistry.
“I probably got two hours sleep,” Don Lemon, formerly part of the network’s nighttime lineup, said in the opener, flanked by his co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, as they each quipped about their new gigs at the network.
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On a comforting, blond wood set and behind an acrylic desk, with the requisite branded coffee cups at the ready, the three hosts chatted for a bit about Halloween but appeared mindful of striking the right balance of small talk and seriousness,...
“I probably got two hours sleep,” Don Lemon, formerly part of the network’s nighttime lineup, said in the opener, flanked by his co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, as they each quipped about their new gigs at the network.
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- 11/1/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN hopes it can warm people up to its new morning program.
The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet has released a suite of fresh promos for “CNN This Morning” that show hosts Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlin Collins hanging out over coffee, a first look at the trio and their chemistry as the network bets on a new A.M. format to help vie more competitively in one of the most competitive time periods for TV news.
“We want familiarity in the morning,” says Ryan Kadro, the CNN development executive who has been working on the program. “We really want the audience to feel at home with the show.” The new program kicks off November 1.
In a marked change from how CNN typically presents its programs, the new promos show the hosts chatting in a restaurant, reflecting on how they know each other and what morning news audiences crave.
The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet has released a suite of fresh promos for “CNN This Morning” that show hosts Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlin Collins hanging out over coffee, a first look at the trio and their chemistry as the network bets on a new A.M. format to help vie more competitively in one of the most competitive time periods for TV news.
“We want familiarity in the morning,” says Ryan Kadro, the CNN development executive who has been working on the program. “We really want the audience to feel at home with the show.” The new program kicks off November 1.
In a marked change from how CNN typically presents its programs, the new promos show the hosts chatting in a restaurant, reflecting on how they know each other and what morning news audiences crave.
- 10/20/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CNN’s new chief hopes primetime anchor Don Lemon can help the network gain ground in some of TV news’ toughest terrain.
Chris Licht, who has vowed to tone down some of the more aggressive commentary at the network since taking its reins earlier this year, has enjoyed an eyebrow-raising streak in morning news. He launched the durable MSNBC franchise “Morning Joe” in 2007 and then helped CBS gain new momentum in the a.m. in 2012 by starting “CBS This Morning.” Neither program was the most-watched of its brethren, but Licht gained new viewership for the networks that backed him by providing more substantial conversation among anchors and ignoring some of the frillier elements of the time period, like cooking demonstrations or street interviews with passersby.
Now he’s betting he can do the same for CNN, even as TV networks are seeing new challenges to their sunrise efforts.
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Chris Licht, who has vowed to tone down some of the more aggressive commentary at the network since taking its reins earlier this year, has enjoyed an eyebrow-raising streak in morning news. He launched the durable MSNBC franchise “Morning Joe” in 2007 and then helped CBS gain new momentum in the a.m. in 2012 by starting “CBS This Morning.” Neither program was the most-watched of its brethren, but Licht gained new viewership for the networks that backed him by providing more substantial conversation among anchors and ignoring some of the frillier elements of the time period, like cooking demonstrations or street interviews with passersby.
Now he’s betting he can do the same for CNN, even as TV networks are seeing new challenges to their sunrise efforts.
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- 9/20/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins will anchor CNN’s new morning show, set to debut later this year with a new name, format and set.
The retooled show has been a top priority of CNN’s chairman and CEO Chris Licht, who started in May.
Lemon will end his nightly Don Lemon Tonight to host the new morning show. Harlow will switch from her 9-11 a.m. slot to join the show, and Collins, who has been the network’s chief White House correspondent, will serve as co-anchor and chief correspondent on the program. Collins will leave her role and move to New York, with more details on the White House team to be announced.
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The retooled show has been a top priority of CNN’s chairman and CEO Chris Licht, who started in May.
Lemon will end his nightly Don Lemon Tonight to host the new morning show. Harlow will switch from her 9-11 a.m. slot to join the show, and Collins, who has been the network’s chief White House correspondent, will serve as co-anchor and chief correspondent on the program. Collins will leave her role and move to New York, with more details on the White House team to be announced.
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- 9/15/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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On Friday morning, CNN CEO Chris Licht addressed the decision to cancel the Sunday show Reliable Sources, and told staff on the news channel’s 9 a.m. editorial call that there will be more changes to come.
“I want to acknowledge that this is a time of significant change, and I know that many of you are unsettled,” Licht said, according to multiple people on the call. “There will be more changes, and you might not understand it or like it.”
CNN’s decision to cancel Brian Stelter’s show brought renewed anxiety to the halls of 30 Hudson Yards, according to multiple CNN staffers.
While Licht has made it clear since he began that there would be changes coming to CNN’s lineup, and not just to its streaming strategy, those plans “hadn’t really sunk in yet,” said one of the staffers.
On Friday morning, CNN CEO Chris Licht addressed the decision to cancel the Sunday show Reliable Sources, and told staff on the news channel’s 9 a.m. editorial call that there will be more changes to come.
“I want to acknowledge that this is a time of significant change, and I know that many of you are unsettled,” Licht said, according to multiple people on the call. “There will be more changes, and you might not understand it or like it.”
CNN’s decision to cancel Brian Stelter’s show brought renewed anxiety to the halls of 30 Hudson Yards, according to multiple CNN staffers.
While Licht has made it clear since he began that there would be changes coming to CNN’s lineup, and not just to its streaming strategy, those plans “hadn’t really sunk in yet,” said one of the staffers.
- 8/19/2022
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ryan Kadro is joining CNN as SVP Content Strategy and Development, a role that is expected to include a new or revamped morning show, according to a source familiar with the plans.
Kadro joins the network from The Recount, which he left in May after serving as its chief content officer. He also served as executive producer of CBS This Morning from 2016-19, having succeeded Chris Licht, now chairman and CEO of CNN. Kadro also worked at Quibi as head of news programming.
Licht, who started at CNN in May, has been filling out his leadership team. Last month he announced a series of appointments, including Kris Coratti Kelly to lead global communications. He also tapped Michael Bass to continue to serve as EVP Programming for CNN, while Virginia Moseley would serve as EVP Editorial for CNN U.S., an expanded role that includes the digital news team.
Kadro will report to Amy Entelis,...
Kadro joins the network from The Recount, which he left in May after serving as its chief content officer. He also served as executive producer of CBS This Morning from 2016-19, having succeeded Chris Licht, now chairman and CEO of CNN. Kadro also worked at Quibi as head of news programming.
Licht, who started at CNN in May, has been filling out his leadership team. Last month he announced a series of appointments, including Kris Coratti Kelly to lead global communications. He also tapped Michael Bass to continue to serve as EVP Programming for CNN, while Virginia Moseley would serve as EVP Editorial for CNN U.S., an expanded role that includes the digital news team.
Kadro will report to Amy Entelis,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Kadro, formerly the executive producer for “CBS This Morning,” has been tapped as CNN’s senior vice president of content, strategy and development.
He will report to Amy Entelis, executive VP of talent and content development for CNN Worldwide. Among his duties, Kadro will help revamp CNN’s morning news program. He will also help brainstorm new programming for the cabler.
Kadro is a former deputy to Chris Licht, who is now CEO of CNN, and took over as executive producer of “CBS This Morning” after Licht departed to work on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
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He will report to Amy Entelis, executive VP of talent and content development for CNN Worldwide. Among his duties, Kadro will help revamp CNN’s morning news program. He will also help brainstorm new programming for the cabler.
Kadro is a former deputy to Chris Licht, who is now CEO of CNN, and took over as executive producer of “CBS This Morning” after Licht departed to work on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
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- 8/18/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
CNN has enlisted a new executive to help it generate programming ideas.
Ryan Kadro, a veteran of “CBS This Morning” and several digital ventures, is set to join CNN as a senior vice president of content strategy, overseeing the development of new programming such as a revamped morning show and other new concepts, according to a spokesperson for the network and two other people familiar with the matter.
Kadro is a former lieutenant to Chris Licht, the CEO of CNN, and succeeded him as executive producer after he left the CBS morning program to work with Stephen Colbert on CBS’ “Late Show.”
His hire puts a trusted executive in place to create programming in which Licht is said to have a strong interest. Licht, who helped launch “Morning Joe” and the most recent iteration of “CBS This Morning,” is said to be eager to revamp to play more robustly against the A.
Ryan Kadro, a veteran of “CBS This Morning” and several digital ventures, is set to join CNN as a senior vice president of content strategy, overseeing the development of new programming such as a revamped morning show and other new concepts, according to a spokesperson for the network and two other people familiar with the matter.
Kadro is a former lieutenant to Chris Licht, the CEO of CNN, and succeeded him as executive producer after he left the CBS morning program to work with Stephen Colbert on CBS’ “Late Show.”
His hire puts a trusted executive in place to create programming in which Licht is said to have a strong interest. Licht, who helped launch “Morning Joe” and the most recent iteration of “CBS This Morning,” is said to be eager to revamp to play more robustly against the A.
- 8/18/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
If it wasn’t for Chris Licht, you might not see Gayle King on TV every weekday morning.
King wasn’t the typical host of a national morning-news show. She had worked for nearly two decades at a Hartford TV station before trying her hand at daytime TV. When Licht, who was starting a new morning program for CBS News, gave her a call, King was in her 50s and hadn’t worked the same ladder as most of her contemporaries in A.M. television. “If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t even be at CBS,” King said in an interview. Today, she is the center of CBS’ morning-news programming, which seeks to be more serious and offer a deeper take on topics than its competitors at ABC and NBC. “The core of what we are doing here hasn’t changed,” says King. “Chris set the template for that.
King wasn’t the typical host of a national morning-news show. She had worked for nearly two decades at a Hartford TV station before trying her hand at daytime TV. When Licht, who was starting a new morning program for CBS News, gave her a call, King was in her 50s and hadn’t worked the same ladder as most of her contemporaries in A.M. television. “If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t even be at CBS,” King said in an interview. Today, she is the center of CBS’ morning-news programming, which seeks to be more serious and offer a deeper take on topics than its competitors at ABC and NBC. “The core of what we are doing here hasn’t changed,” says King. “Chris set the template for that.
- 3/1/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A bevy of big media players are eager to win a growing battle to provide consumers with streaming news, but John Heilemann has a message for them: Don’t count out smaller competitors.
Heilemann’s “The Recount,” a media outlet founded with entrepreneur John Battelle in 2019, is hiring its first chief content officer in a bid to gain new traction with streaming-news aficionados eager for smarter analysis in critical news categories like politics and sports. Ryan Kadro, the former executive producer of “CBS This Morning” and, more recently, head of news programming for the short-form video service Quibi, is taking on the role and will oversee day -to-day editorial production at “The Recount,” which features programming from Heilemann, Jennifer Palmieri and Reena Ninan, among others.
“Ryan has unique experience,” with history in traditional TV news as well as a recent entrepreneurial venture with Quibi, says Heilemann, in a recent interview.
Heilemann’s “The Recount,” a media outlet founded with entrepreneur John Battelle in 2019, is hiring its first chief content officer in a bid to gain new traction with streaming-news aficionados eager for smarter analysis in critical news categories like politics and sports. Ryan Kadro, the former executive producer of “CBS This Morning” and, more recently, head of news programming for the short-form video service Quibi, is taking on the role and will oversee day -to-day editorial production at “The Recount,” which features programming from Heilemann, Jennifer Palmieri and Reena Ninan, among others.
“Ryan has unique experience,” with history in traditional TV news as well as a recent entrepreneurial venture with Quibi, says Heilemann, in a recent interview.
- 10/4/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ABC is looking for a new producer to open the network for business each morning.
The abrupt departure of Michael Corn, the seasoned news producer who has managed the network’s flagship A.M. franchise, “Good Morning America,” since 2014, means ABC News is suddenly working a little harder to keep the program on its current path. “GMA” is the nation’s most-watched morning-news program, and is locked in a scorched-earth battle for dominance with NBC’s “Today,” which continues to command a lead among the viewers most coveted by advertisers in news programs, people between 25 and 54.
The job is a critical one at ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney Co. “GMA” generated $293.6 million in advertising in 2020, according to Kantar, a tracker of ad spending, compared with $357.6 million for NBC’s “Today” and $185.4 million for “CBS This Morning” on CBS. And the show has recently been expanding. In 2018, ABC News...
The abrupt departure of Michael Corn, the seasoned news producer who has managed the network’s flagship A.M. franchise, “Good Morning America,” since 2014, means ABC News is suddenly working a little harder to keep the program on its current path. “GMA” is the nation’s most-watched morning-news program, and is locked in a scorched-earth battle for dominance with NBC’s “Today,” which continues to command a lead among the viewers most coveted by advertisers in news programs, people between 25 and 54.
The job is a critical one at ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney Co. “GMA” generated $293.6 million in advertising in 2020, according to Kantar, a tracker of ad spending, compared with $357.6 million for NBC’s “Today” and $185.4 million for “CBS This Morning” on CBS. And the show has recently been expanding. In 2018, ABC News...
- 4/16/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Paula Reid, a CBS News White House correspondent who gained broader traction covering the Trump administration, is moving to CNN, where she will work as senior legal affairs correspondent.
She is expected to work on all major legal stories and work closely with other members of CNN’s justice team, according to a spokesperson for the WarnerMedia-owned cable-news outlet. Reid, who earned a law degree from Villanova University and passed the bar exam in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, will be based in Washington, D.C.
Speculation about Reid’s position at CBS News ramped up earlier this year after the network took her off the White House beat under a reorganization of its Washington bureau, but didn’t assign her a defined new role. She was offered a beat covering Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter, but declined in order to pursue outside opportunities.
Reid...
She is expected to work on all major legal stories and work closely with other members of CNN’s justice team, according to a spokesperson for the WarnerMedia-owned cable-news outlet. Reid, who earned a law degree from Villanova University and passed the bar exam in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, will be based in Washington, D.C.
Speculation about Reid’s position at CBS News ramped up earlier this year after the network took her off the White House beat under a reorganization of its Washington bureau, but didn’t assign her a defined new role. She was offered a beat covering Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter, but declined in order to pursue outside opportunities.
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- 3/26/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
You won’t need an hour to watch “60 Minutes” this summer.
The venerable CBS Sunday newsmagazine will soon end its current TV season, but it is about to start a whole new cycle on Quibi, the short-form mobile-video service that could use the link to one of TV’s best-known programs to lure subscribers. In the last few minutes of Sunday’s broadcast on CBS, viewers will see scenes from the first “60 in 6,” the latest extension of the long-running program.
“It’s an opportunity for us to get our journalism in front of people who probably see ’60 Minutes’ when they are giving their mother and father a kiss and going out to see their friends,” says Bill Owens, the executive producer of the show, in an interview. “Let’s reach them where they are,” he adds, to build an interest in the show in all its forms.
Many TV-news...
The venerable CBS Sunday newsmagazine will soon end its current TV season, but it is about to start a whole new cycle on Quibi, the short-form mobile-video service that could use the link to one of TV’s best-known programs to lure subscribers. In the last few minutes of Sunday’s broadcast on CBS, viewers will see scenes from the first “60 in 6,” the latest extension of the long-running program.
“It’s an opportunity for us to get our journalism in front of people who probably see ’60 Minutes’ when they are giving their mother and father a kiss and going out to see their friends,” says Bill Owens, the executive producer of the show, in an interview. “Let’s reach them where they are,” he adds, to build an interest in the show in all its forms.
Many TV-news...
- 6/11/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Quibi, the mobile-only streaming service full of “quick bites,” launched Monday and along with its entertainment programming came a fresh batch of news shows. When those shows were in development, no one could have predicted they’d launch during a historic pandemic, but each show’s team took the sudden new reality — and the duty of reporting on it — in stride.
“Nothing’s predictable about the situation. I think everything about this is unprecedented and I guess, quite frankly, historic,” said Madeleine Haeringer, who executive produces “The Report,” NBC News’ Quibi offering. “So our plans are going to have to be just as adaptable.”
Her chat with TheWrap, like everyone else’s during this time, was done from her home, where she has been working for weeks to oversee the launch of a suddenly-remote show that was very much expected to be broadcast from a studio just weeks ago.
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“Nothing’s predictable about the situation. I think everything about this is unprecedented and I guess, quite frankly, historic,” said Madeleine Haeringer, who executive produces “The Report,” NBC News’ Quibi offering. “So our plans are going to have to be just as adaptable.”
Her chat with TheWrap, like everyone else’s during this time, was done from her home, where she has been working for weeks to oversee the launch of a suddenly-remote show that was very much expected to be broadcast from a studio just weeks ago.
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- 4/10/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Snowfall co-creator Eric Amadio has teamed up with pop group The Chainsmokers and professional skateboarder Nyjah Huston on skateboarding drama Hardflip for Quibi.
The short-form digital platform, which launches on April 6, is working with wiip and Kick the Habit Productions, the production company set up by Chainsmokers Drew Taggart and Alex Pall, on the series.
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Set in present day East Los Angeles in the high stake’s world of competitive skateboarding, Hardflip is follows a wildly successful sixteen-year-old skater and his immediate group of friends as he navigates the unfiltered reality of fame and fortune.
It is the latest Quibi project for wiip,...
The short-form digital platform, which launches on April 6, is working with wiip and Kick the Habit Productions, the production company set up by Chainsmokers Drew Taggart and Alex Pall, on the series.
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Set in present day East Los Angeles in the high stake’s world of competitive skateboarding, Hardflip is follows a wildly successful sixteen-year-old skater and his immediate group of friends as he navigates the unfiltered reality of fame and fortune.
It is the latest Quibi project for wiip,...
- 4/3/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Back in June 2019, when Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman unveiled that their $1.7Bn-backed streaming platform would launch on April 6, 2020, the world looked very different than it does today. Flash forward 10 months and the planet is in the grips of a deadly pandemic that has infected one million people, with many countries on lockdown. Safe to say, it’s probably not the celebratory atmosphere that Quibi’s head honchos were looking forward to.
And yet, millions of people are stuck at home in isolation, and most of us are voraciously consuming entertainment. That could help Quibi attract some curious early adopters, and as Katzenberg told us in an interview last week, the company’s response to the crisis is to offer the service free for the first 90 days, in acknowledgment of the challenges for people in this uncertain time. With 50 shows at launch, and a total of...
And yet, millions of people are stuck at home in isolation, and most of us are voraciously consuming entertainment. That could help Quibi attract some curious early adopters, and as Katzenberg told us in an interview last week, the company’s response to the crisis is to offer the service free for the first 90 days, in acknowledgment of the challenges for people in this uncertain time. With 50 shows at launch, and a total of...
- 4/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Ema, the latest feature from Jackie filmmaker Pablo Larraín, will skip theatrical and head online on streaming service Mubi from May 2 in the UK, Ireland and India.
The pic had been planned to have a cinema rollout in the UK and Ireland but the closure of theaters due to coronavirus has made that impossible. Instead, rights holder Mubi will put the film directly on its subscription platform. No solid theatrical plans had been made for India, which is one of the newer territories for the service, but it will now be an online release there too.
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The film premiered at...
The pic had been planned to have a cinema rollout in the UK and Ireland but the closure of theaters due to coronavirus has made that impossible. Instead, rights holder Mubi will put the film directly on its subscription platform. No solid theatrical plans had been made for India, which is one of the newer territories for the service, but it will now be an online release there too.
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The film premiered at...
- 4/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan has revealed a series of initiatives to help citizens during India’s fight against coronavirus.
In a seven point plan, Khan revealed contributions via his various businesses to multiple funds, an effort to help supply 50,000 items of Ppe equipment for health workers, and a pledge to provide daily meals to more than 5,500 families in the city of Mumbai, as well as a kitchen that will make 2,000 daily meals to serve homes and hospitals.
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. @vfx_redchillies @KKRiders @MeerFoundation @rotibankfdn @IndiaWpc @Ek7Foundation @pragyakapoor_ https://t.co/AIkzKE8T5h
— Red Chillies Entertainment (@RedChilliesEnt) April 2, 2020
The actor said on Twitter,...
In a seven point plan, Khan revealed contributions via his various businesses to multiple funds, an effort to help supply 50,000 items of Ppe equipment for health workers, and a pledge to provide daily meals to more than 5,500 families in the city of Mumbai, as well as a kitchen that will make 2,000 daily meals to serve homes and hospitals.
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. @vfx_redchillies @KKRiders @MeerFoundation @rotibankfdn @IndiaWpc @Ek7Foundation @pragyakapoor_ https://t.co/AIkzKE8T5h
— Red Chillies Entertainment (@RedChilliesEnt) April 2, 2020
The actor said on Twitter,...
- 4/3/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Some of the biggest names from screen, stage, music and sport have paid tribute to British health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Daniel Craig, Kate Winslet, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Claire Foy, John Boyega and Gordon Ramsay were among those who said “#ThankYouNHS” in a video posted by NHS England.
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Others featured included Ray Winstone, Eddie Redmayne, Graham Norton, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Michaela Coel and Bill Nighy.
Our @CNOEngland Ruth May is joined by some familiar faces to say a very big #ThankYouNHS to all of the incredible staff, carers...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Daniel Craig, Kate Winslet, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Claire Foy, John Boyega and Gordon Ramsay were among those who said “#ThankYouNHS” in a video posted by NHS England.
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Others featured included Ray Winstone, Eddie Redmayne, Graham Norton, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Michaela Coel and Bill Nighy.
Our @CNOEngland Ruth May is joined by some familiar faces to say a very big #ThankYouNHS to all of the incredible staff, carers...
- 4/3/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Scott Pelley once found himself in the kind of terrible situation that would prompt most people to abandon him immediately. Not Bill Owens.
CBS News veteran Pelley had traveled to Iraq in 2003 with a production team in tow, including a familiar face: longtime producer Bill Owens. Pelley and Owens had covered the White House together in an earlier era. They had journeyed to Iraq and embedded with U.S. Marines under fire. Yet as an explosive detonated overhead, soldiers believed they were under chemical attack. Pelley noticed – too late – that he had left his gas mask behind in the team’s vehicle.
“I turned, and Bill, who had been maybe 50 yards away, immediately saw what the problem was, grabbed my gas mask and sprinted into the fire fight to get it to me,” Pelley recounts. “It turned out the shell that exploded over our heads was not a chemical weapon. But he didn’t know that.
CBS News veteran Pelley had traveled to Iraq in 2003 with a production team in tow, including a familiar face: longtime producer Bill Owens. Pelley and Owens had covered the White House together in an earlier era. They had journeyed to Iraq and embedded with U.S. Marines under fire. Yet as an explosive detonated overhead, soldiers believed they were under chemical attack. Pelley noticed – too late – that he had left his gas mask behind in the team’s vehicle.
“I turned, and Bill, who had been maybe 50 yards away, immediately saw what the problem was, grabbed my gas mask and sprinted into the fire fight to get it to me,” Pelley recounts. “It turned out the shell that exploded over our heads was not a chemical weapon. But he didn’t know that.
- 3/19/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
As the owner of the Paramount movie studio, Viacom is often on the lookout for drama. Who knew its newest potboiler would come from one of the units it got paired with as a result of its merger with CBS?
CBS News is in the business of producing “60 Minutes” and “Face The Nation,” but in recent days the division has had its collective hands full with some kind of soap opera: Gayle King, one of its most prominent on-air journalists, was threatened online by Snoop Dogg as well as others after a snippet of an interview she conducted with Wnba player Lisa Leslie about the death of former basketball great Kobe Bryant went viral. The short clip that got passed around online, just one short exchange in a much longer interview, showed King asking Leslie about sexual-assault charges levied against Bryant in an earlier part of his career. After Snoop Dogg’s threats,...
CBS News is in the business of producing “60 Minutes” and “Face The Nation,” but in recent days the division has had its collective hands full with some kind of soap opera: Gayle King, one of its most prominent on-air journalists, was threatened online by Snoop Dogg as well as others after a snippet of an interview she conducted with Wnba player Lisa Leslie about the death of former basketball great Kobe Bryant went viral. The short clip that got passed around online, just one short exchange in a much longer interview, showed King asking Leslie about sexual-assault charges levied against Bryant in an earlier part of his career. After Snoop Dogg’s threats,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The newest edition of “60 Minutes” will have decidedly less time to make its point.
The venerable CBS newsmagazine plans to launch an original weekly program – just six minutes in length – for Quibi, the upstart streaming-video outlet that plans to devise short-form entertainment for mobile audiences. The new “60 in 6” is expected to launch on Quibi in April, and expands the “60 Minutes” brand to a new platform. The program had produced a sports series for Showtime.
“This is a perfect opportunity to bring ’60 Minutes’ style of storytelling, in-depth reporting and investigative journalism to a new audience,” said Bill Owens, the executive producer of the series, in a statement. “We are excited to launch ’60 In 6′, as our digital footprint is more important than ever.” The show will dedicate a team correspondents and producers to the effort.
Quibi has enlisted other traditional sources of timely programming to its platform. On Monday, the company, founded by Hollywood veteran Jeffrey Katzenberg,...
The venerable CBS newsmagazine plans to launch an original weekly program – just six minutes in length – for Quibi, the upstart streaming-video outlet that plans to devise short-form entertainment for mobile audiences. The new “60 in 6” is expected to launch on Quibi in April, and expands the “60 Minutes” brand to a new platform. The program had produced a sports series for Showtime.
“This is a perfect opportunity to bring ’60 Minutes’ style of storytelling, in-depth reporting and investigative journalism to a new audience,” said Bill Owens, the executive producer of the series, in a statement. “We are excited to launch ’60 In 6′, as our digital footprint is more important than ever.” The show will dedicate a team correspondents and producers to the effort.
Quibi has enlisted other traditional sources of timely programming to its platform. On Monday, the company, founded by Hollywood veteran Jeffrey Katzenberg,...
- 10/8/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
During a Tuesday night segment on the sexual harassment accusations against opera star Placido Domingo, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell was caught on a hot mic saying what sounded like, “Sounds like somebody else here…”
O’Donnell was overheard during a portion of the report in which Domingo said he believed all relationships in his past were consensual. But her comment was scrubbed from the audio when the clip was uploaded to the CBS website.
You can hear her comment at the 1:45 mark in the video above. Representatives for CBS News had no comment.
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CBS has faced plenty of scrutiny during the #MeToo era. O’Donnell’s former “CBS This Morning” co-anchor Charlie Rose was dropped by the network in 2017 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
“Let me be very clear,...
O’Donnell was overheard during a portion of the report in which Domingo said he believed all relationships in his past were consensual. But her comment was scrubbed from the audio when the clip was uploaded to the CBS website.
You can hear her comment at the 1:45 mark in the video above. Representatives for CBS News had no comment.
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CBS has faced plenty of scrutiny during the #MeToo era. O’Donnell’s former “CBS This Morning” co-anchor Charlie Rose was dropped by the network in 2017 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
“Let me be very clear,...
- 8/15/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
NBC News has joined Quibi’s ambitious bid to build a mobile subscription TV service.
NBCUniversal’s news division plans to build a custom set at 30 Rock where it will produce daily morning and evening newscasts, seven days per week, for Quibi, the well-funded mobile video startup from chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman.
The deal makes NBC News the first partner for Quibi’s Daily Essentials news and lifestyle programming lineup — and represents more cash that Quibi, bankrolled to the tune of $1 billion, is throwing at building up its original content. Quibi’s multiyear pact with NBC News is an “eight-figure deal,” the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. Quibi says it plans to launch in April 2020, priced at $5 per month with ads and $8 without ads.
Earlier this year, Quibi hired Ryan Kadro, former executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” to oversee news programming. NBC News’ morning and evening news shows,...
NBCUniversal’s news division plans to build a custom set at 30 Rock where it will produce daily morning and evening newscasts, seven days per week, for Quibi, the well-funded mobile video startup from chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman.
The deal makes NBC News the first partner for Quibi’s Daily Essentials news and lifestyle programming lineup — and represents more cash that Quibi, bankrolled to the tune of $1 billion, is throwing at building up its original content. Quibi’s multiyear pact with NBC News is an “eight-figure deal,” the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. Quibi says it plans to launch in April 2020, priced at $5 per month with ads and $8 without ads.
Earlier this year, Quibi hired Ryan Kadro, former executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” to oversee news programming. NBC News’ morning and evening news shows,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Gayle King and co-hosts of CBS This Morning hugged it out Monday as she announced she would remain on the program with new co-hosts, while Norah O’Donnell becomes anchor and managing editor at CBS Evening News which is moving to Washington D.C. John Dickerson is heading to 60 Minutes.
King announced she will be joined by Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil on the ratings-starved program, revealing start date: May 20.
But it’s Jeff Glor who is trending worldwide Monday morning, as O’Donnell’s appointment leave the current CBS Evening News anchor the odd man out.
“Jeff Glor is a fantastic journalist and trusted colleague here,” King said, adding he continues talks with division execs “and we all hope very much he will continue working here; it will be his decision.”
But new-ish CBS news chief Susan Zirinsky’s on-air changes already have led to one exit. CBS This...
King announced she will be joined by Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil on the ratings-starved program, revealing start date: May 20.
But it’s Jeff Glor who is trending worldwide Monday morning, as O’Donnell’s appointment leave the current CBS Evening News anchor the odd man out.
“Jeff Glor is a fantastic journalist and trusted colleague here,” King said, adding he continues talks with division execs “and we all hope very much he will continue working here; it will be his decision.”
But new-ish CBS news chief Susan Zirinsky’s on-air changes already have led to one exit. CBS This...
- 5/6/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Gayle King, staying with CBS This Morning, will be joined by Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil next season.
CBS News isn’t talking, because it wanted to made the announcement closer to its Upfront presentation in Manhattan the second week of May, but sources agreed with intel first appearing in King’s de facto newsletter, Page Six.
For weeks and weeks it’s been reported King was pounding out a new multi-year deal with CBS News that would keep her on the show, now as main anchor.
New-ish division president Susan Zirinsky, who officially took over in March, has been working on an overhaul of the morning show, which has suffered from bad ratings since Charlie Rose got sacked in wake of a sexual harassment report in Washington Post, taking viewers with him.
King had been expected to be the program’s only surviving member, since even before her boffo interview with R. Kelly,...
CBS News isn’t talking, because it wanted to made the announcement closer to its Upfront presentation in Manhattan the second week of May, but sources agreed with intel first appearing in King’s de facto newsletter, Page Six.
For weeks and weeks it’s been reported King was pounding out a new multi-year deal with CBS News that would keep her on the show, now as main anchor.
New-ish division president Susan Zirinsky, who officially took over in March, has been working on an overhaul of the morning show, which has suffered from bad ratings since Charlie Rose got sacked in wake of a sexual harassment report in Washington Post, taking viewers with him.
King had been expected to be the program’s only surviving member, since even before her boffo interview with R. Kelly,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS This Morning has promoted Diana Miller, currently the morning show’s senior broadcast producer, as the new executive producer.
It’s the latest shakeup on CBS’ morning show, with Thursday’s news of Miller’s promotion coming a day after confirmation that co-host Bianna Golodryga will be exiting after her six-month stint. In the meantime, co-host Gayle King is close to signing a new multi-year deal with CBS News that will keep her the main anchor.
Meanwhile, current co-hosts Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson have long been rumored for other possible gigs within CBS News, CBS Evening News, whose current anchor Jeff Glor had been under pressure amid ratings declines, and 60 Minutes, respectively.
CBS News said that Miller, who has been with the program since 2014, assumes full oversight of the show immediately and will report to division president Susan Zirinsky.
“Diana is exceptionally positioned for this role,” Zirinsky said.
It’s the latest shakeup on CBS’ morning show, with Thursday’s news of Miller’s promotion coming a day after confirmation that co-host Bianna Golodryga will be exiting after her six-month stint. In the meantime, co-host Gayle King is close to signing a new multi-year deal with CBS News that will keep her the main anchor.
Meanwhile, current co-hosts Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson have long been rumored for other possible gigs within CBS News, CBS Evening News, whose current anchor Jeff Glor had been under pressure amid ratings declines, and 60 Minutes, respectively.
CBS News said that Miller, who has been with the program since 2014, assumes full oversight of the show immediately and will report to division president Susan Zirinsky.
“Diana is exceptionally positioned for this role,” Zirinsky said.
- 4/4/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has named Diana Miller the new executive producer of “CBS This Morning.”
Miller has been with the program since 2014 and currently serves as senior broadcast producer. She assumes full oversight of the broadcast immediately.
“Diana is exceptionally positioned for this role,” said CBS News president Susan Zirinsky. “She’s an experienced journalist and collaborative leader. Her editorial vision, innovative ideas and ability to execute have had a positive impact on the broadcast for years and will help take the show into the future.”
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Miller replaces Ryan Kadro, who stepped down last year after a lawsuit in which he was named as having ignored warnings about disgraced journalist Charlie Rose was settled. Kadro was named in a lawsuit that was settled in December, in which three women accused the network of not doing enough to stop Rose,...
Miller has been with the program since 2014 and currently serves as senior broadcast producer. She assumes full oversight of the broadcast immediately.
“Diana is exceptionally positioned for this role,” said CBS News president Susan Zirinsky. “She’s an experienced journalist and collaborative leader. Her editorial vision, innovative ideas and ability to execute have had a positive impact on the broadcast for years and will help take the show into the future.”
Also Read: 'CBS This Morning' Co-Host Bianna Golodryga to Exit Network
Miller replaces Ryan Kadro, who stepped down last year after a lawsuit in which he was named as having ignored warnings about disgraced journalist Charlie Rose was settled. Kadro was named in a lawsuit that was settled in December, in which three women accused the network of not doing enough to stop Rose,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
CBS News named Diana Miller executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” the news unit’s latest maneuver to shore up its signature morning program as it works to regain momentum in the ratings.
Miller replaces Ryan Kadro, who stepped down from his role at the show earlier this year.
“Diana is exceptionally positioned for this role,” said Susan Zirinsky, president of CBS News, in a statement “She’s an experienced journalist and collaborative leader. Her editorial vision, innovative ideas and ability to execute have had a positive impact on the broadcast for years and will help take the show into the future.
Miller will lead a program that is widely expected to be reorganized in coming weeks around anchor Gayle King, who is said to be close to renewing a deal with CBS News that will keep her with the news organization beyond November, the end of her current term.
Miller replaces Ryan Kadro, who stepped down from his role at the show earlier this year.
“Diana is exceptionally positioned for this role,” said Susan Zirinsky, president of CBS News, in a statement “She’s an experienced journalist and collaborative leader. Her editorial vision, innovative ideas and ability to execute have had a positive impact on the broadcast for years and will help take the show into the future.
Miller will lead a program that is widely expected to be reorganized in coming weeks around anchor Gayle King, who is said to be close to renewing a deal with CBS News that will keep her with the news organization beyond November, the end of her current term.
- 4/4/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s shortform video startup Quibi has a new executive joining its already-powerhouse team. The digital studio has poached CBS’s Becky Brooks to lead lifestyle programming for its Daily Essentials sector.
Brooks, who was CBS’s senior vice president of multiplatform programming and branded content, will work in tandem with Ryan Kadro, another recently-onboarded former CBS exec, Variety reports. For Quibi, Brooks will manage content covering entertainment, fashion, beauty, health and wellness, and trending topics, while Kadro will oversee news.
Both Brooks and Kadro will report to seasoned editor Janice Min, who joined Quibi in September and is spearheading the entire Daily Essentials team.
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Brooks, who was CBS’s senior vice president of multiplatform programming and branded content, will work in tandem with Ryan Kadro, another recently-onboarded former CBS exec, Variety reports. For Quibi, Brooks will manage content covering entertainment, fashion, beauty, health and wellness, and trending topics, while Kadro will oversee news.
Both Brooks and Kadro will report to seasoned editor Janice Min, who joined Quibi in September and is spearheading the entire Daily Essentials team.
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- 3/11/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman continue to round out Quibi’s executive ranks: Their latest hire is Becky Brooks, who is exiting CBS Television Distribution after five years, Variety has learned.
Brooks most recently was CBS Television Distribution’s senior VP, multiplatform programming and branded content. She’s joining Quibi as a content executive, working alongside Ryan Kadro, formerly executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” on the short-form mobile TV service’s Daily Essentials programming team, according to a source familiar with the move.
A rep for Quibi confirmed Brooks’ hire but declined to provide additional info.
Brooks will lead lifestyle programming — including entertainment, fashion, beauty, health/wellness, and trending topics — while Kadro is overseeing news. Brooks will be based at Quibi’s main offices in Hollywood. Quibi’s Daily Essentials is overseen by Janice Min, former editorial director of THR.
Quibi’s big — and unproven — bet is that smartphone-centric...
Brooks most recently was CBS Television Distribution’s senior VP, multiplatform programming and branded content. She’s joining Quibi as a content executive, working alongside Ryan Kadro, formerly executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” on the short-form mobile TV service’s Daily Essentials programming team, according to a source familiar with the move.
A rep for Quibi confirmed Brooks’ hire but declined to provide additional info.
Brooks will lead lifestyle programming — including entertainment, fashion, beauty, health/wellness, and trending topics — while Kadro is overseeing news. Brooks will be based at Quibi’s main offices in Hollywood. Quibi’s Daily Essentials is overseen by Janice Min, former editorial director of THR.
Quibi’s big — and unproven — bet is that smartphone-centric...
- 3/11/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Kadro left CBS News several weeks ago, but he isn’t leaving the news business.
Kadro, the former executive producer of “CBS This Morning” is set to join Quibi, the company led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman that is devoted to short-form content. Kadro is expected to oversee news programming for the subscription-based service, according to a person familiar with the matter, and to have some involvement with music and sports content as well.
A spokesman for Quibi declined to comment.
Kadro was one of the founding producers of the current edition of “CBS This Morning,” and eventually moved into the show’s executive producer role. The morning program marks the first time in years that CBS has truly mounted an A.M. entry that competed reasonably with ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today.” In recent months, however, the show has suffered ratings setbacks, and...
Kadro, the former executive producer of “CBS This Morning” is set to join Quibi, the company led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman that is devoted to short-form content. Kadro is expected to oversee news programming for the subscription-based service, according to a person familiar with the matter, and to have some involvement with music and sports content as well.
A spokesman for Quibi declined to comment.
Kadro was one of the founding producers of the current edition of “CBS This Morning,” and eventually moved into the show’s executive producer role. The morning program marks the first time in years that CBS has truly mounted an A.M. entry that competed reasonably with ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today.” In recent months, however, the show has suffered ratings setbacks, and...
- 2/21/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Susan Zirinsky is a veteran hand at CBS News, having worked there since the days of Watergate. But the actions she takes over the next few months will have more to do with the future of one of the nation’s best-known news outlets, not its past.
CBS on Jan. 6 said Zirinsky would become president and senior executive producer of CBS News, a title that comes with challenges as well as the usual glory. She will assume duties in March, replacing David Rhodes and becoming the first woman to run the storied division. But she takes command of CBS News after more than a year’s worth of turmoil related to fallout from the departure of former anchor Charlie Rose and former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, both ousted after sexual misconduct allegations that both have denied.
During that time, some of CBS News’ top properties — “CBS This Morning,” “Face the...
CBS on Jan. 6 said Zirinsky would become president and senior executive producer of CBS News, a title that comes with challenges as well as the usual glory. She will assume duties in March, replacing David Rhodes and becoming the first woman to run the storied division. But she takes command of CBS News after more than a year’s worth of turmoil related to fallout from the departure of former anchor Charlie Rose and former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, both ousted after sexual misconduct allegations that both have denied.
During that time, some of CBS News’ top properties — “CBS This Morning,” “Face the...
- 1/9/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Susan Zirinsky, the CBS News executive known to her colleagues as “Z,” is getting ready for a heady tenure as the new president of CBS News. Gayle King, one of her top anchors, on live TV on Monday morning described her as a “badass.”
But first, she asks for your forbearance.
CBS News is grappling with some potent challenges, including ratings declines at some of its best-known shows: “Face the Nation” “CBS Evening News” and “CBS This Morning” Both the morning program and the venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes” need new top producers. And then there’s the fact that the news unit, like its parent company, is emerging from a probe of its corporate culture, sparked largely by the late-2017 ouster of Charlie Rose after allegations of sexual harassment – which he denied – were leveled against him.
“We don’t live in a patient society, but listening to what works and...
But first, she asks for your forbearance.
CBS News is grappling with some potent challenges, including ratings declines at some of its best-known shows: “Face the Nation” “CBS Evening News” and “CBS This Morning” Both the morning program and the venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes” need new top producers. And then there’s the fact that the news unit, like its parent company, is emerging from a probe of its corporate culture, sparked largely by the late-2017 ouster of Charlie Rose after allegations of sexual harassment – which he denied – were leveled against him.
“We don’t live in a patient society, but listening to what works and...
- 1/7/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Judy Tygard, a senior producer at CBS News’ “48 Hours,” will take the reins of the program in the wake of the series’ current chief, Susan Zirinsky, being elevated to president of the news division, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Zirinsky told staffers Monday of the decision. “I am leaving the ship in the most qualified hands,” Zirinsky said, according to a person who was present. “I need not explain her editorial strength and commitment to this broadcast.”
In Tygard, CBS News has a veteran who first started working for the network since 1985, when she first joined the outlet as a news writer for Bob Schieffer and Morton Dean on the weekend editions of “CBS Evening News.” She has been with “48 Hours” for two different tenures. She was a producer and senior producer for the show between 1989 and 1997, and then left for five years working as...
Zirinsky told staffers Monday of the decision. “I am leaving the ship in the most qualified hands,” Zirinsky said, according to a person who was present. “I need not explain her editorial strength and commitment to this broadcast.”
In Tygard, CBS News has a veteran who first started working for the network since 1985, when she first joined the outlet as a news writer for Bob Schieffer and Morton Dean on the weekend editions of “CBS Evening News.” She has been with “48 Hours” for two different tenures. She was a producer and senior producer for the show between 1989 and 1997, and then left for five years working as...
- 1/7/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
David Rhodes is out as president of CBS News; Susan Zirinsky, thought to be top contender to replace ousted 60 Minutes Ep Jeff Fager is instead replacing Rhodes. She becomes the first woman to ever helm the news division.
Rhodes tweeted, CBS News confirmed – during NBC’s Golden Globe Awards broadcast.
“It’s been eight incredible years since I joined @CBS,” Rhodes tweeted to say he is stepping down. “I am pleased to announce that I’ll soon be handing the reins @CBSNews to Susan Zirinsky, our Senior Executive producer.
“Susan Zirinsky to Become President and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News,” CBS announced, far less dramatically.
“After March 1 I’ll be a Senior Advisor to @CBS CEO and to @CBSNews,” Rhodes said.
Actually, he’ll be senior advisor to acting CBS CEO Joe Ianniello for the time being, what with CEO Les Moonves having been pushed out over allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment.
Rhodes tweeted, CBS News confirmed – during NBC’s Golden Globe Awards broadcast.
“It’s been eight incredible years since I joined @CBS,” Rhodes tweeted to say he is stepping down. “I am pleased to announce that I’ll soon be handing the reins @CBSNews to Susan Zirinsky, our Senior Executive producer.
“Susan Zirinsky to Become President and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News,” CBS announced, far less dramatically.
“After March 1 I’ll be a Senior Advisor to @CBS CEO and to @CBSNews,” Rhodes said.
Actually, he’ll be senior advisor to acting CBS CEO Joe Ianniello for the time being, what with CEO Les Moonves having been pushed out over allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment.
- 1/7/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS News president David Rhodes announced on Sunday that he will step down after eight years, with Susan Zirinsky to take over.
Zirinsky, who had been senior executive producer for “48 Hours,” will add the president title beginning in March. When she does, she will be the first female news chief in the network’s long history. Rhodes will transition to a senior adviser role for CBS News, as well as to the permanent CEO of CBS — Joe Ianniello has filled the role following the resignation of Leslie Moonves. Rhodes’ contract was set to expire in 2019.
“It’s been eight incredible years since I joined @CBS. I’m pleased to announce that I’ll soon be handing the reins @CBSNews to Susan Zirinsky, our Senior Executive Producer,” Rhodes wrote on Sunday during the Golden Globes broadcast on NBC. He added in a subsequent tweet: “The world we cover is changing,...
Zirinsky, who had been senior executive producer for “48 Hours,” will add the president title beginning in March. When she does, she will be the first female news chief in the network’s long history. Rhodes will transition to a senior adviser role for CBS News, as well as to the permanent CEO of CBS — Joe Ianniello has filled the role following the resignation of Leslie Moonves. Rhodes’ contract was set to expire in 2019.
“It’s been eight incredible years since I joined @CBS. I’m pleased to announce that I’ll soon be handing the reins @CBSNews to Susan Zirinsky, our Senior Executive Producer,” Rhodes wrote on Sunday during the Golden Globes broadcast on NBC. He added in a subsequent tweet: “The world we cover is changing,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
David Rhodes will step down as president of CBS News after an eight-year tenure and be replaced by veteran producer Susan Zirinsky, CBS announced Sunday night, a maneuver executives and anchors alike no doubt hope will end an era of turmoil at the famous news division. Zirinsky will become the first female chief in the storied history of a unit whose journalists have included industry titans like Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly and Walter Cronkite.
“The media is intensely scrutinized every day in this country, but what matters most is that we hold ourselves to the highest standards possible,” acting CBS CEO Joe Ianniello said in a note to staffers Sunday. “With this in mind, we called upon Susan and look forward to the next chapter for CBS News. In the coming weeks, Susan will be determining the needs of the organization and her executive team.” Zirinsky will start her duties in March.
“The media is intensely scrutinized every day in this country, but what matters most is that we hold ourselves to the highest standards possible,” acting CBS CEO Joe Ianniello said in a note to staffers Sunday. “With this in mind, we called upon Susan and look forward to the next chapter for CBS News. In the coming weeks, Susan will be determining the needs of the organization and her executive team.” Zirinsky will start her duties in March.
- 1/7/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
At CBS News, President David Rhodes has a series of important decisions to make that could affect the trajectories of some of TV’s best-known news programs.
As its parent company seeks to move forward from recent seismic events – the ouster of its former CEO, Leslie Moonves; a corporate probe into its workplace culture; and a near-showdown in court with the company’s controlling shareholder, National Amusements Inc. – CBS News has a number of challenges looming. Meeting some of them has been delayed by the recent corporate controversies, but Rhodes is likely to focus on new remedies in the weeks ahead.
The executive is expected in coming weeks to name a permanent executive producer at a network flagship, “60 Minutes” and replace a departing top executive at “CBS This Morning.” He will also have to grapple with ratings shortfalls at three of the news unit’s best-known programs: “CBS Evening News,...
As its parent company seeks to move forward from recent seismic events – the ouster of its former CEO, Leslie Moonves; a corporate probe into its workplace culture; and a near-showdown in court with the company’s controlling shareholder, National Amusements Inc. – CBS News has a number of challenges looming. Meeting some of them has been delayed by the recent corporate controversies, but Rhodes is likely to focus on new remedies in the weeks ahead.
The executive is expected in coming weeks to name a permanent executive producer at a network flagship, “60 Minutes” and replace a departing top executive at “CBS This Morning.” He will also have to grapple with ratings shortfalls at three of the news unit’s best-known programs: “CBS Evening News,...
- 12/18/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
“CBS This Morning,” which had showed signs of ratings resurgence under co-anchors Charlie Rose and Gayle King,” has collapsed in the year since Rose was ousted by CBS and PBS after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
Viewership for the weekday morning show, which was already in last-place among its key competition well before Rose’s removal on Nov. 21, 2017, have plummeted double digits in the past year.
Since September, when the new season started, “CBS This Morning” is down 16 percent compared to the same period last year among adults aged 25-54 — the key age range for news programming — and down 14 percent in total viewers (3.11 million), according to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day ratings metric.
Also Read: 'CBS This Morning' Ep Ryan Kadro to Step Down After Charlie Rose Sexual Misconduct Settlement
In comparison, NBC’s “Today” (which had its own #MeToo shakeup with the ouster of co-host...
Viewership for the weekday morning show, which was already in last-place among its key competition well before Rose’s removal on Nov. 21, 2017, have plummeted double digits in the past year.
Since September, when the new season started, “CBS This Morning” is down 16 percent compared to the same period last year among adults aged 25-54 — the key age range for news programming — and down 14 percent in total viewers (3.11 million), according to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day ratings metric.
Also Read: 'CBS This Morning' Ep Ryan Kadro to Step Down After Charlie Rose Sexual Misconduct Settlement
In comparison, NBC’s “Today” (which had its own #MeToo shakeup with the ouster of co-host...
- 12/18/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Updated: Ryan Kadro officially announced his exit as executive producer of CBS This Morning on Friday. In a memo to staff, Kadro says his departure will be effective January 4, 2019. You can read the entire memo below.
Nearly nine years after we created CBS This Morning, I’m stepping aside and leaving it in very capable hands. This will be effective January 4, 2019. Until then I’ll be working to help transition new leadership. I want to thank you all for the tireless dedication and professionalism you bring to the newsroom and control room every day. Your passion for news and great storytelling is unrivaled. It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside all of you in our shared pursuit of excellence.
In 2011 we sat in a room with a white board and a mission to reimagine morning television on a broadcast network. We were just going to do the news and whatever stories interested us.
Nearly nine years after we created CBS This Morning, I’m stepping aside and leaving it in very capable hands. This will be effective January 4, 2019. Until then I’ll be working to help transition new leadership. I want to thank you all for the tireless dedication and professionalism you bring to the newsroom and control room every day. Your passion for news and great storytelling is unrivaled. It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside all of you in our shared pursuit of excellence.
In 2011 we sat in a room with a white board and a mission to reimagine morning television on a broadcast network. We were just going to do the news and whatever stories interested us.
- 12/14/2018
- by Dominic Patten and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Kadro, the executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” told staffers of the A.M. program Friday that he would step down from his position in early January, citing a desire to find a new challenge.
“Nearly nine years after we created CBS This Morning, I’m stepping aside and leaving it in very capable hands. This will be effective January 4, 2019. Until then I’ll be working to help transition new leadership,” he told the show’s team on Friday. ” I want to thank you all for the tireless dedication and professionalism you bring to the newsroom and control room every day. Your passion for news and great storytelling is unrivaled. It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside all of you in our shared pursuit of excellence.”
A CBS News spokesperson said the network expects to name a successor soon.
Kadro’s departure comes as the morning program is grappling with ratings declines.
“Nearly nine years after we created CBS This Morning, I’m stepping aside and leaving it in very capable hands. This will be effective January 4, 2019. Until then I’ll be working to help transition new leadership,” he told the show’s team on Friday. ” I want to thank you all for the tireless dedication and professionalism you bring to the newsroom and control room every day. Your passion for news and great storytelling is unrivaled. It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside all of you in our shared pursuit of excellence.”
A CBS News spokesperson said the network expects to name a successor soon.
Kadro’s departure comes as the morning program is grappling with ratings declines.
- 12/14/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Kadro, a CBS News veteran who has been with CBS This Morning since it was launched almost seven years ago, is stepping down as the show's executive producer.
Kadro informed the show's staff on Friday morning after the show wrapped. He'll continue at the show through the holidays, during which time he will assist with the leadership transition. His last day will be Jan. 4.
"In 2011 we sat in a room with a white board and a mission to reimagine morning television on a broadcast network," Kadro wrote in an email ...
Kadro informed the show's staff on Friday morning after the show wrapped. He'll continue at the show through the holidays, during which time he will assist with the leadership transition. His last day will be Jan. 4.
"In 2011 we sat in a room with a white board and a mission to reimagine morning television on a broadcast network," Kadro wrote in an email ...
- 12/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ryan Kadro, the executive producer of “CBS This Morning” and one of the architects of the A.M. program, is currently in contract discussions that could lead to his exit from the show, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Kadro’s contract is slated to run out at the end of the year, and he and CBS are in talks regarding a number of options, but these people believe Kadro is unlikely to remain at the network.
The program has, since launching in 2012, been a success story for CBS, placing more emphasis on harder news than its two broadcast rivals, NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America.” At one time, CBS’ morning programs were perennial also-rans. But “CBS This Morning” gave the network real traction in the early daytime for the first time, perhaps, since it it scrapped “Captain Kangaroo” in 1982 that it could truly vie...
Kadro’s contract is slated to run out at the end of the year, and he and CBS are in talks regarding a number of options, but these people believe Kadro is unlikely to remain at the network.
The program has, since launching in 2012, been a success story for CBS, placing more emphasis on harder news than its two broadcast rivals, NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America.” At one time, CBS’ morning programs were perennial also-rans. But “CBS This Morning” gave the network real traction in the early daytime for the first time, perhaps, since it it scrapped “Captain Kangaroo” in 1982 that it could truly vie...
- 12/13/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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