CNN Today: Difference between revisions

| show_nameimage = CNN International CNN Today (2014).jpg

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| captiongenre = [[News]] =[[Television program|Program]]

| genre creator = [[News]] [[Television program|Program]]

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| directorpresenter = [[Michael Holmes (broadcaster)|Michael Holmes]], =[[Amara Walker]]

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| editorlocation = [[CNN Center]], = [[Atlanta]]

| location camera = [[CNNMultiple-camera Center]], [[Atlantasetup]]

| camera runtime = [[Multiple-camera150 setup]]minutes

| runtime channel = 150[[CNN minutesInternational]]

| channel first_aired = [[CNN{{Start International]]date|2004|03}}

| last_aired last_aired2 = present{{End (revived)date|2019|09|20}}

| preceded_byrelated = ''[[New Day (TV series)|New Day]]''

'''''CNN Today''''' is a global news program on [[CNN International]] aimed as a morning show for [[Asia]]. The show airsaired weekdays from 5am to 5:30am and 6am to 8am [[Hong Kong time|HKT]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CNNI programming changes|url=http://cnncommentary.com/2014/09/26/cnni-programming-changes/|website=CNNCommentary.com|publisher=Allan|accessdate=26 September 2014}}</ref>

The program was set to premiere on October 19, 2014, but because of a delay,<ref>{{cite web|title=CNN Today with Michael and Amara|url=http://cnnfan.org/index.php?/topic/1780-cnn-today-with-michael-amara/page-2#entry96263|website=CNNFan.org|accessdate=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716125710/http://cnnfan.org/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F1780-cnn-today-with-michael-amara%2Fpage-2#entry96263|archive-date=16 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> the show premiered on November 2 instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=CNN Today with Michael and Amara|url=http://cnnfan.org/index.php?/topic/1780-cnn-today-with-michael-amara/?p=96222|website=CNNFan.org|accessdate=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141018091325/http://cnnfan.org/index.php?/topic/1780-cnn-today-with-michael-amara/%3Fp=96222|archive-date=18 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As for the Asian edition, Stan Grant left CNN in early 2005 to return to Australia. [[Hugh Riminton]], another Australian, was hired to anchor the Asian edition with [[Kristie Lu Stout]]. During the Riminton-Lu Stout era, the programme won the Asian Television Award for Asia-Pacific's Best News Programme.<ref name="CNN Today">{{Cite web | url = http://www.cnnasiapacific.com/press/en/content/389/ | title = 'CNN TODAY' AND 'TALK ASIA' TAKE PRESTIGIOUS ASIAN TELEVISION AWARDS - Press Releases - Turner Asia | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081220124238/http://www.cnnasiapacific.com/press/en/content/389/ | archivedate = 2008-12-20 }}</ref>

On November 3, 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=CNN Today with Michael and Amara|url=http://cnnfan.org/index.php?/topic/1780-cnn-today-with-michael-amara/?p=96222|website=CNNFan.org|accessdate=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141018091325/http://cnnfan.org/index.php?/topic/1780-cnn-today-with-michael-amara/%3Fp=96222|archive-date=18 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> instead of October 20, as first reported,<ref>{{cite web |date=26 September 2014 |url=http://cnncommentary.com/2014/09/26/cnni-programming-changes/ |title=CNNI programming changes}}</ref> the Asian morning block was rebranded to ''CNN Today'' anchored by [[Michael Holmes (broadcaster)|Michael Holmes]] and [[Amara Walker]] at the network's headquarters in [[Atlanta]]. In 2018, while Amara Walker was on pregnancy leave, CNN London reporter Bianca Nobilo anchored with Michael Holmes.{{CnCitation needed|date=July 2018}} On July 23, Amara Walker returned to ''CNN Today''. On September 18, 2020, CNN International announced CNN Today, along with [[International Desk]] and [[News Stream]] would be cancelled. The first half-hour of CNN Today would be replaced with ''The Brief with Bianca Nobilo'' as a late-night show for Europe and the remaining 90 minutes would be replaced with a new show, [[Your World Today | Your World Today with Isa Soares and Cyril Vanier]] which would be a new Asia-Pacific breakfast show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2019/09/18/cnn-international-adds-new-shows-from-london-abu-dhabi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920231757/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2019/09/18/cnn-international-adds-new-shows-from-london-abu-dhabi/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 20, 2019|title = CNN International Adds New Shows from London, Abu Dhabi}}</ref>

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