AC360
| AC360° | |
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| Genre | News program |
| Presented by | Anderson Cooper |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 1,521 (as of June 2, 2016) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Charles Moore |
| Location(s) |
Time Warner Center New York City CNN Studios Washington, D.C. |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CNN |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Original release | September 8, 2003 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Anderson Cooper 360° (commonly shortened to either AC-360 or 360) is an American television news show hosted by the American journalist Anderson Cooper on CNN and broadcast around the world by CNN International.
360° is mainly broadcast live from CNN's Time Warner Center studios in New York City, but is sometimes broadcast from CNN's studios in Washington, D.C. or on location from the site of a breaking news event, airing Monday through Friday evenings.
360° was launched on September 8, 2003, as a laid-back news/talk program running for one hour at 7:00 pm ET. During Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, CNN executives noticed an impressive ratings boost of NewsNight due to Cooper's on-site reporting and growing popularity. The executives decided to cancel NewsNight and expand 360° to two hours on November 7, 2005. In August 2011, the show was moved up to 8:00 pm ET while maintaining a replay of the show at its original 10:00 pm ET time slot.
In June 2013, however, CNN decided to stop airing regular repeats of the show, with the 10:00 pm ET time slot featuring its spin-off show, AC360° Later, which featured panel discussions on recent events led by Cooper. After being faced with irregular and inconsistent scheduling (sometimes being replaced by CNN documentaries or re-runs of AC360° from earlier in the day), it was finally discontinued in February 2014.
The show is simulcast live on both CNN and CNN International.
Cooper often anchors the program from the site of a major news story, such as his extensive coverage from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill, as well as Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and also from the storm zone in Tacloban, Leyte, during the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
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