CBS This Morning
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| Genre | News program |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Ryan Kadro |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 84 minutes (excluding commercials) |
| Production company(s) | CBS News Productions |
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| Original network | CBS |
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| Original release | November 30, 1987 –
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CBS Evening News CBS Morning News CBS Overnight News |
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| CBS This Morning Saturday | |
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| Genre | News program |
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Saturday edition: Alex Wagner Anthony Mason |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michael Rosen |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Production company(s) | CBS News Productions |
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| Original network | CBS |
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1080i (HDTV) (downconverted to letterboxed 480i for SDTV sets) |
| Original release | January 14, 2012 – present |
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| Preceded by | The Saturday Early Show (1999–2012) |
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CBS This Morning is an American morning television program that is broadcast on CBS. The program, which shares its title with a more traditionally formatted morning program that aired on the network from 1987 to 1999, airs Monday through Saturdays from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in all time zones (airing live in the Eastern Time Zone and on tape-delay in the Central and Mountain Time Zones; stations in the Pacific Time Zone receive an updated feed with a specialized opening and updated live reports). It is the tenth distinct morning news-features program format that CBS has aired since 1954, having replaced The Early Show on January 9, 2012.
The weekday edition of the program is currently anchored by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell. The program emphasizes general national and international news stories and in-depth reports throughout each edition, although it also includes live in-studio and pre-taped interviews. The format was chosen as an alternative to the soft news and lifestyle-driven formats of competitors Today and Good Morning America following the first hour or half-hour of those broadcasts, in an attempt to give the program a competitive edge with its hard news format (CBS has historically placed third in the ratings among the network morning shows).
The original incarnation of CBS This Morning made its debut on November 30, 1987, with hosts Harry Smith, former Good Morning America news anchor Kathleen Sullivan, and Mark McEwen, a holdover from the show's infotainment-intensive predecessor The Morning Program as weather caster and announcer. Sullivan was replaced by Paula Zahn on February 26, 1990. Beginning on October 26, 1992, in an effort to stop affiliates from dropping the program, CBS increased the amount of time available during the broadcast for local stations, most of which air their own early morning newscasts before the national news program. Despite a far more successful team in Smith, Zahn and McEwen, CBS This Morning continued to languish in third place. It was, however, far more competitive than any of its predecessors. A new set and live format introduced in October 1995 had little effect on the ratings.
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