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The Lead with Jake Tapper is an afternoon and early evening newscast hosted by Jake Tapper on CNN, CNN International and CNN Max.
| The Lead with Jake Tapper | |
|---|---|
| File:TheLeadwithJake Tapper.jpg Title card | |
| Directed by | Reza J. Baktar |
| Presented by | Jake Tapper |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mary Grace Lucas |
| Production location | CNN Studios Washington, D.C. |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CNN |
| Release | March 18, 2013 – present |
| Related | |
| The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer State of the Union | |
The show currently airs weekdays live from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET.
The show contains a "lead" for different subjects. They are the National, Political, Money, Buried, Sports, World, Pop, Faith, Earth Matters, Tech, and Health leads.
History
In 2013, the show was given a week of primetime re-run at 10 pm ET. That week, the Boston marathon terror attack caused this rebroadcast to be axed in favor of a live edition of Anderson Cooper 360°.
Following Piers Morgan's departure from CNN in March 2014, CNN President Jeff Zucker had various anchors fill the 9 pm ET slot as a test run. Among them was The Lead airing at 9 pm ET for the weeks of April 7 and April 14.
The Lead with Jake Tapper was also broadcast via tape-delay on CNN Philippines every Tuesday-Saturday for one hour at 11:00 am, local time from February 15 to July 23, 2016. From March 16 until September 5, 2015, the show aired at 4:00 pm. The Lead moved its morning telecast to 9:00 am but was truncated to 30 minutes until late January 2016 when it was moved to 8:30 for at least a month.
Before August 2016, The Lead with Jake Tapper was axed on CNN Philippines as part of program restructuring.
On September 10, 2018, the program started to be simulcast on CNN International.[1]
In October 2020, the show aired for two hours from 3pm to 5pm ET. Brooke Baldwin's CNN Newsroom hour was removed for the month. The show went back to its usual air time in November after Baldwin returned.
In January 2021, CNN announced that the show would expand to two hours starting in April, taking over the former first hour of The Situation Room.[2]
References
- ^ CNN refreshes European schedule
- ^ Jensen, Erin. "CNN expands Tapper show, moves Blitzer; Fox News adds fourth opinion hour in revamp". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-01-11.