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Cuomo Prime Time
Cuomo Prime Time is an American news analysis show that aired on CNN from June 4, 2018, to November 29, 2021. Hosted by Chris Cuomo, the series features analysis and debates on current news topics, as well as in-depth interviews with notable figures.
The series was canceled by CNN in November 2021, after Cuomo was fired over sexual misconduct allegations. The hour has since been replaced by CNN Tonight, a transitional program produced by the Cuomo Prime Time staff with rotating anchors (not to be confused with Don Lemon Tonight, which previously used the title).
Cuomo Prime Time was first broadcast for a week-long trial run in August 2017. A second, month-long run occurred in January 2018. before the program officially premiered on June 4, 2018.
A format established by Cuomo as one of two main co-hosts of the weekday edition of CNN's New Day, a three-hour morning news show, consists of an in-depth interview with a leading newsmaker (usually a senior public figure such as a politician, legal advocate or a celebrity in a public campaign), and it became an important part of Cuomo Prime Time during the show's two trial runs.
On the opening night, Cuomo interviewed White House Attorney Rudy Giuliani in the first One on One interview, and asked him to explain apparent discrepancies in the Trump Tower story. President Trump had contradicted earlier categorical and repeated assurances that he had no hand in drafting a statement about his son's presence at a meeting at Trump Tower in which a Russian intelligence operative was allegedly present. Giuliani said: "It was a mistake. I swear to God".
The show was the first major change to CNN's evening schedule for several years, which until the show's launch typically consisted of two hours each for the news analysis shows Anderson Cooper 360° (8 p.m. – 10 p.m. E.T.) and CNN Tonight with Don Lemon (10 p.m. – 12 midnight E.T.).
CNN's audience share has grown in recent years, but still lags behind that of Fox News and MSNBC during prime time. In the 25 to 54-year-old demographic, during February 2018, Fox News' Hannity averaged 711,000 viewers, MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show averaged 641,000, but Anderson Cooper 360° lagged behind at 386,000 average viewers. However, during its January trial run, Cuomo Prime Time tied with CNN's highest-rated show, Anderson Cooper 360°, among television viewers in the important 25-54 age ranges. But CNN's Executive Vice President of Programming, Michael Bass, argued that chasing ratings is much less important to CNN than establishing a viable new programming format, and that the change was needed because CNN sometimes airs non-live programs at 9pm E.T., such as documentaries and features, and instead "needs to be live" at a time when potentially important news stories are developing.
Cuomo Prime Time was scheduled to directly compete with Fox News' Hannity and MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, which both consist of partisan political commentary from their respective presenters, in contrast to the analytical approach of CNN, in which a wide range of experts and political veterans with differing opinions are interviewed in large studio-based panel discussions. Cuomo said that he recognized that both Maddow and Hannity had high ratings: "They have huge numbers. I have huge respect for their success, and I take nothing away from them...But the point is, I don’t know where their partisan fights are getting us". Cuomo says that his interviews will feature newsmakers whom he will challenge if their statements are non-factual, and that his new show will encourage "debating with decency". He describes his approach as one where "You have to hold people to answer the questions. There is too much evasiveness, too much pandering, too much playing with the facts. You have to cut out the bias". He also says that "people are making the choice to be all in on one side. And unfortunately, while it's being done in the name of balance and in the name of truth, it's really just deepening the divide. That's feeding this move towards the tribal. I think that's a mistake".
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Cuomo Prime Time
Cuomo Prime Time is an American news analysis show that aired on CNN from June 4, 2018, to November 29, 2021. Hosted by Chris Cuomo, the series features analysis and debates on current news topics, as well as in-depth interviews with notable figures.
The series was canceled by CNN in November 2021, after Cuomo was fired over sexual misconduct allegations. The hour has since been replaced by CNN Tonight, a transitional program produced by the Cuomo Prime Time staff with rotating anchors (not to be confused with Don Lemon Tonight, which previously used the title).
Cuomo Prime Time was first broadcast for a week-long trial run in August 2017. A second, month-long run occurred in January 2018. before the program officially premiered on June 4, 2018.
A format established by Cuomo as one of two main co-hosts of the weekday edition of CNN's New Day, a three-hour morning news show, consists of an in-depth interview with a leading newsmaker (usually a senior public figure such as a politician, legal advocate or a celebrity in a public campaign), and it became an important part of Cuomo Prime Time during the show's two trial runs.
On the opening night, Cuomo interviewed White House Attorney Rudy Giuliani in the first One on One interview, and asked him to explain apparent discrepancies in the Trump Tower story. President Trump had contradicted earlier categorical and repeated assurances that he had no hand in drafting a statement about his son's presence at a meeting at Trump Tower in which a Russian intelligence operative was allegedly present. Giuliani said: "It was a mistake. I swear to God".
The show was the first major change to CNN's evening schedule for several years, which until the show's launch typically consisted of two hours each for the news analysis shows Anderson Cooper 360° (8 p.m. – 10 p.m. E.T.) and CNN Tonight with Don Lemon (10 p.m. – 12 midnight E.T.).
CNN's audience share has grown in recent years, but still lags behind that of Fox News and MSNBC during prime time. In the 25 to 54-year-old demographic, during February 2018, Fox News' Hannity averaged 711,000 viewers, MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show averaged 641,000, but Anderson Cooper 360° lagged behind at 386,000 average viewers. However, during its January trial run, Cuomo Prime Time tied with CNN's highest-rated show, Anderson Cooper 360°, among television viewers in the important 25-54 age ranges. But CNN's Executive Vice President of Programming, Michael Bass, argued that chasing ratings is much less important to CNN than establishing a viable new programming format, and that the change was needed because CNN sometimes airs non-live programs at 9pm E.T., such as documentaries and features, and instead "needs to be live" at a time when potentially important news stories are developing.
Cuomo Prime Time was scheduled to directly compete with Fox News' Hannity and MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, which both consist of partisan political commentary from their respective presenters, in contrast to the analytical approach of CNN, in which a wide range of experts and political veterans with differing opinions are interviewed in large studio-based panel discussions. Cuomo said that he recognized that both Maddow and Hannity had high ratings: "They have huge numbers. I have huge respect for their success, and I take nothing away from them...But the point is, I don’t know where their partisan fights are getting us". Cuomo says that his interviews will feature newsmakers whom he will challenge if their statements are non-factual, and that his new show will encourage "debating with decency". He describes his approach as one where "You have to hold people to answer the questions. There is too much evasiveness, too much pandering, too much playing with the facts. You have to cut out the bias". He also says that "people are making the choice to be all in on one side. And unfortunately, while it's being done in the name of balance and in the name of truth, it's really just deepening the divide. That's feeding this move towards the tribal. I think that's a mistake".