American news broadcast
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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Genre
| News broadcast
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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Executive producers
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- Federico Quadrani (2013?23)
- Reza Baktar (2023?present)
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Production locations
| CNN Studio
Washington, D.C.
, U.S.
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Running time
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- 60 minutes (2013?2021)
- 120 minutes (2021?present)
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Network
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- CNN
(2013?present)
- Max
(2023?present)
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Release
| March 18, 2013
(
2013-03-18
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present
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The Lead with Jake Tapper
is an American
news broadcast
hosted by news anchor
Jake Tapper
. The show has aired on
CNN
since August 8, 2005, in the network's afternoon timeslot.
The show currently airs weekdays live from 4:00
pm to 6:00
pm ET, and the 5:00
pm to 5:30
pm is also aired on
CNN International
.
The show contains a "lead" for different subjects. They are the
National
,
Political
,
Money
,
Buried
,
Sports
,
World
,
Pop
,
Faith
,
Earth Matters
,
Tech
, and
Health
leads.
History
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In December 2012, CNN hired Jake Tapper, then-senior
White House
correspondent for
ABC News
, as the network's chief
Washington, D.C.
correspondent and the anchor of an afternoon program, in an arraignment partially orchestrated by businessman
Jeff Zucker
, who became the president of CNN Worldwide in 2013.
[1]
Tapper previously served as a host of
Take Five
, a political talk show that began airing in March 2001, ending its production shortly before the
September 11 attacks
.
[2]
According to spokeswoman Jennifer Scoggins, Tapper's program would air for sixty minutes in
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
'
s timeslot.
[3]
The move occurred as CNN's ratings in 2012 were behind
Fox News
and
MSNBC
;
[4]
In January 2013,
LinkedIn
job openings began appearing for
Tapper
.
[5]
CNN announced
The Lead with Jake Tapper
in February 2013 with
Today
producer Federico Quadrani as the show's executive producer, forcing
The Situation Room
to start an hour later.
[6]
The Lead with Jake Tapper
debuted on March 18, 2013.
[7]
In 2013, the show was given a week of primetime re-run at 10
pm
ET
. That week, the
Boston marathon terror attack
caused this rebroadcast to be axed in favor of a live edition of
Anderson Cooper 360°
.
Following Piers Morgan's departure from CNN in March 2014, CNN President Jeff Zucker had various anchors fill the 9
pm ET slot as a test run. Among them was
The Lead
airing at 9
pm ET for the weeks of April 7 and April 14.
The Lead with Jake Tapper
was also broadcast via tape-delay on
CNN Philippines
every Tuesday-Saturday for one hour at 11:00 am, local time from February 15 to July 23, 2016. From March 16 until September 5, 2015, the show aired at 4:00 pm.
The Lead
moved its morning telecast to 9:00 am but was truncated to 30 minutes until late January 2016 when it was moved to 8:30 for at least a month.
Before August 2016,
The Lead with Jake Tapper
was axed on CNN Philippines as part of program restructuring.
On September 10, 2018, the program started to be simulcast on
CNN International
.
[8]
In October 2020, the show aired for two hours from 3pm to 5pm
ET
.
Brooke Baldwin's
CNN Newsroom
hour was removed for the month. The show went back to its usual air time in November after Baldwin returned.
In January 2021, CNN announced that the show would expand to two hours starting in April, taking over the former first hour of
The Situation Room
.
[9]
In February 2023, following a sexual misconduct investigation, Quadrani was ousted from CNN.
[10]
References
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edit
]
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Stelter, Brian (December 20, 2012).
"CNN, Planning New Programming, Hires Jake Tapper From ABC"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
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Gonzales, Nathan (July 23, 2015).
"Alums of Canceled CNN Show Taking Center Stage"
.
Roll Call
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
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"ABC's Jake Tapper moves to CNN as Washington chief"
.
USA Today
. December 20, 2012
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
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De Moraes, Lisa (December 20, 2012).
"Hot off election coverage, Tapper trades ABC News for CNN"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
- ^
Kaufman, Alexander (February 11, 2013).
"CNN Slots Jake Tapper Show, Cuts Length of Wolf Blitzer's 'Situation Room'
"
.
TheWrap
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
- ^
Guthrie, Marisa (February 11, 2013).
"Jake Tapper to Get 4 P.M. Slot on CNN"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
- ^
De Moraes, Lisa (March 6, 2013).
"Jake Tapper's new CNN show starts March 18"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
- ^
CNN refreshes European schedule
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Jensen, Erin.
"CNN expands Tapper show, moves Blitzer; Fox News adds fourth opinion hour in revamp"
.
USA TODAY
. Retrieved
January 11,
2021
.
- ^
Seitz, Loree (February 15, 2023).
"Jake Tapper Executive Producer Out at CNN After Sexual Misconduct Accusation"
.
TheWrap
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
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Preceded by
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CNN Weekday lineup
4:00 pm ? 6:00 pm
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Succeeded by
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Evening news and talk TV programs in the United States
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