Amanpour
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| Format | Interview and investigation |
| Presented by | Christiane Amanpour |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Running time | 30 minutes (CNN International) 60 minutes (CNN) |
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| Original channel | CNN International CNN |
| Picture format | 480i, 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original airing | September 21, 2009 – April 30, 2010; 2012– |
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Amanpour. is a news program hosted by Christiane Amanpour. It last aired on April 30, 2010 as Ms. Amanpour resigned her position as CNN's chief international correspondent to work for rival network ABC's This Week. The show features interviews with top news makers on current events. Until 2010, the program aired on CNN International at 2100 CET/2000 GMT, with a second airing for Asian audiences the following day at 2000 (summer) / 2100 (winter) HKT, and on Sundays at 2:00pm EST on CNN domestic in the U.S.[1]
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[edit] Format
The weekday program had three segments. The first was typically with a high profile news maker or politician. The second segment was with an analyst who dissected what the previous guest just told Amanpour. The final segment was called the "P.S.," or post script, which was a short look at a story not covered in the mainstream press.
Oftentimes the "P.S." featured part of the program's "GlobalDispatch" series where Amanpour plays a short film or a clip from a documentary or feature film.
When Amanpour was reporting in the field, she anchored the entire program remotely.
[edit] Relaunch
On 15 January, 2012, Amanpour announced on her Facebook page that the show will be relaunched by CNN International, as part of her returning to the network.
[edit] Interviews
The show featured a number of high profile interviews, including Robert Mugabe, Jacob Zuma, Queena Rania, Son of Hamas author Mosab Hassan Yousef, Isaeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, a rare joint interview with Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and Sec. of Defense Bob Gates, an unprecedented joint interview with the U.N. Ambassadors to India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mohamed ElBaradei, Hans Blix, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, Gen. McChrystal, the first-ever joint interview with media power couple Tina Brown and Harry Evans, Gen. David Petraeus, and the then Vice President, now President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan.
[edit] Notable moments from the show
In the afternath of the Haiti earthquake in January 2010, Amanpour interviewed the Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and President, both sharing one microphone and an earpiece with Ms. Amanpour fluently switching between French and English.
On October 30, 2009 via Twitter, Amanpour was the first reporter in the world to report that Afghan Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah was withdrawing from the elections.
On the January 10, 2010 edition of the program, Israeli opposition leader and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Amanpour that she was willing to face arrest over a UK warrant. When Amanpour questioned her, Livni cut her off and said, "For me, this is not a question."[2]
[edit] Production
The studio was the same set on which Anderson Cooper, Campbell Brown and American Morning record their programs, although it was reconfigured and featured black, red and teal colors.
On March 18, 2010, Amanpour announced that she would leave CNN to become host of This Week on ABC in August 2010. On April 20, 2010, Christianne Amanpour appeared for the last time on CNN International and CNN U.S. on her program.[3]
[edit] External links
- This Week with Christiane Amanpour
- Amanpour on CNN
- Christiane Amanpour's Twitter
- Christiane Amanpour's Facebook
- Amanpour's Debategraph
- September 15, 2009 interview on The Colbert Report
[edit] References
- ^ Amanpour to host CNN talk show, Variety, September 8, 2009
- ^ Livni willing to face arrest over UK warrant, CNN, January 19, 2001
- ^ Christiane Amanpour To Join ABC News, CNN, March 18, 2010
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