CNN International announces new EMEA prime-time line-up

From Monday, 10 September, a new hour-long Amanpour show launches, aiming to add new contributors and fresh depth to its mix of interviews and conversation on politics, culture and current affairs. The show will now air at 18:00 BST and 19:00 CET.

The Lead with Jake Tapper also joins the CNN International line-up, at 21:00 BST and 22:00 CET, aiming to bring the very latest commentary and analysis of the day’s key headlines from the United States.

At 14:00 BST and 15:00 CET the network’s business coverage will launch of First Move with Julia Chatterley. This new show, presented live from the floor of the NYSE, will aim to cover the latest market moves in the United States and around the world and will look ahead to the key business stories of the day.

Chatterley will also feature in another new show from the NYSE, The Express, hosted by Richard Quest at 17:00 BST and 18:00 CET, aiming to keep viewers up to date with the latest developments on the world’s markets.

Two schedule changes will see earlier chances for international viewers to watch key shows. Hala Gorani Tonight will now air at 19:00 BST and 20:00 CET and will aim to look back over the day’s most important stories and go behind the headlines.

Quest will then anchor the network’s flagship business programme, Quest Means Business, at the earlier time of 20:00 BST and 21:00 CET, with interviews, analysis and a look at the day’s most important business developments leading up to the closing bell on Wall Street.

At 22:00 BST 23:00 CET, viewers in EMEA will now be able to end the day with CNN Today, presented by Amara Walker and Michael Holmes. CNN Today aims to take stock of the day’s headlines from around the world.

From Friday, 14 September, State of America with Kate Bolduan will return in a new, weekly format. The show will now air on Fridays at 22:00 BST and 23:00 CET.

CNN World Sport will continue to broadcast bulletins across the schedule, while CNN Talk with Max Foster will remain at its usual time of midday 13:00 BST/CET.

Mike McCarthy, SVP of programming and general manager, CNN International, says, "With new shows and expanded programming, these changes will benefit our audiences enormously. Across business, current affairs, politics, culture and sport, CNN International viewers will get the complete picture, from around the world, in one place."

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