CNN Headline News Launching Comedic Weekend News Show

NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN Headline News isn't the first place you'd look for comedy, but the network says it will try to have fun with some of the clips in its news archives.

Not Just Another Cable News Show will premiere April 5, the network said Monday.

"It's an entertaining way to recall some of the more memorable moments captured on video," said Ken Jautz, executive vice president at CNN Worldwide.

The 30-minute show will be on Saturdays at 7 p.m. ET, then repeated twice later in the evening. It will be followed each time by News to Me, a series that shows hot Web videos.

The sober CNN has generally avoided such light material in the past. A few years ago, CNN International aired reruns of Comedy Central's The Daily Show for overseas viewers.

Comments

[Durango]

Since television has no new ideas and the only thing they do is copy each other, I was wondering where the Daily Show clones were?

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

CNN's "News To Me," web videos are presented in a shaky graphic frame, signaling the paternalistic attitude of the MSM big boys that what you are seeing comes from the artless common people. Perhaps they are trying to get the 'kids," to watch more. It is hard to imagine the old fuddy duddys birthing anything but dry bones. Well, at least they are a better than faux most days.

[totalliberal]

How about Jack Cafferty trying to get Wolf Blitzer off his talking points and smile.

[Olerist]

So the FoxNews reporters wont smell of pork fat when they arrive to kiss ass

[totalliberal]

How about Jack Cafferty trying to get Wolf Blitzer off his message for a 1/2 hour?

[JennyG3]

I like the idea as long as the hosts aren't 2 white guys, cuz there are enough CNN shows hosted by that demo. I really hope they hire some funny women, and if they're black, latino, or asian even better.

[totalliberal]

"I like the idea as long as the hosts aren't 2 white guys, cuz there are enough CNN shows hosted by that demo."


Name one please.