CBS Will Pre-Empt Programming For Donald Trump Impeachment Hearing Coverage

[babylonsister]

https://deadline.com/2019/11/cbs-news-impeachment-hearing-1202781213/?fbclid=IwAR204eI8OG7aq4M4PJVArvdSvC3pLpCHj1yrgGmhxdPKOAZLtsbw_7FIzQ4


CBS Will Pre-Empt Programming For Donald Trump Impeachment Hearing Coverage
By Ted Johnson
November 8, 2019 8:06am


CBS is the first U.S. broadcast network to announce its plans to pre-empt regular daytime programming for coverage of next week’s first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. All of the broadcast networks are expected to join cable news channels and news streaming services to cover the hearings, which will start Wednesday with the testimony of Bill Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau at the State Department.

CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell will lead coverage of the hearing and another one scheduled for November 15, with testimony from Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. CBS Evening News also will originate from Washington on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. The newscast is expected to move to Washington permanently by the end of the year.

CBS also said that it will provide coverage on CBSN, its streaming service, along with coverage on CBS News Radio and CBS Newspath. CBS This Morning also will feature interviews and analysis, with co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil joined by 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson with historical perspective.

Others contributing to the network coverage include Face the Nation moderator and senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan, chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, political correspondent Ed O’Keefe and White House correspondent Paula Reid. Contributors Jonathan Turley and Kim Wehle will provide analysis.

[drray23]

1. This is huge

CBS is a network, not a cable channel and it reaches a huge amount of people. Hopefully that will have a big effect on the public.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R

I'll be tuning in!

[ritapria]

3. It's great that CBS NEWS is covering the Impeachment Hearings Live but....

It is not so great they are giving airtime to Trump apologist Jonathan Turley …….

[rusty fender]

41. Turley was like a kid in a candy store

during Clinton’s impeachment trial. How will he be able to defend Trumpass and remain a credible legal analyst

[Iliyah]

4. Well I know how the GOPs are going to act . . .

they are going to try and make it a circus, but alas, it will backfire and make it worst for shithole and cronies.

Anywho, are the Gop gonna subpoena the initial WB?

[PSPS]

7. They may try but the chair will veto it. No circus with serious adults in charge.

[still_one]

5. THey should, it is history

[gulliver]

6. I think key witnesses should be prime time.

[Talitha]

14. I'm pretty sure PBS said they'd re-run it in prime time.

Double-check this info, though... can't remember where I read it.

[pnwmom]

16. No, not really. Bill Moyers has been chewing them out for putting it

on some digital station named World that no one watches.

[llmart]

39. I watch PBS World sometimes.

I don't have cable, but I do get four PBS channels over the air on my antenna.

[True Blue American]

60. CSPAN for me

Recorded,too.

[Talitha]

43. I found the article

"PBS will broadcast the Trump hearings live starting Nov. 13, with analysis from its new NewsHour team. As always stations make their own programming decisions, but the coverage will be available to affiliates. The hearings will then be available on demand on all PBS digital platforms including pbs.org and the PBS video app, which is available on Apple TV, Roku and smart TVs. The hearings will also air in primetime on WORLD, the digital channel carried by 157 public television stations (covering 64.4% of US TV households). A PBS NewsHour and Amanpour & Company will also have "extensive coverage" of the hearings."

LINK to article

Hope this helps!

[gulliver]

44. It should be prime time so it's not only on PBS

[Dawson Leery]

8. It's a historical day.

The impeachment of a President is rare.

[TeamPooka]

9. All the networks should follow suit

[Thomas Hurt]

10. Commander Bedbug will be b*tching about this tomorrow.

[getagrip_already]

12. he already is...

he ranted today for 30 minutes that there should be no public hearings. Yes, he also ranted the closed door hearings should be public.

[yellowcanine]

42. He is going to need a new phone.

The old one will be all tweeted out.

[brewens]

11. Excellent. I only have the networks on antenna. I get some free streaming news, but usually

have missed stuff like that.

[SCVDem]

13. As my late mother shouted during Watergate,

Where's my soap opera?
Where's 'As The World Turns'?

Make some popcorn and grab a beer! Yee Haw!

[Grammy23]

23. I remember during Watergate being annoyed that my usual soap operas were

Pre-empted. I was in my early 20s, had a young child and didn’t realize the seriousness of the situation until I started watching the proceedings. THEN it dawned on me that I was watching something historic. I was glued to the TV (a small B & W on an antenna) whenever they were showing it. I remember seeing John Dean testify and his lovely wife with her platinum blonde hair pulled back in a neat bun. So my soap operas took a back seat to history. I am hoping that the same thing will happen this time. Once people see the proceedings and understand the historic nature, I’m hoping they’ll pay close attention and will know why tRump must go.

[luvtheGWN]

25. I'm afraid that people will only listen to the pundits.

I do remember the Watergate hearings, which occurred before cable news. At that time, we heard the reporters actually "reporting", and not media-types pontificating on what it all meant.

The pundits, or as I like to call them, the "opinionators" are a far cry from reporters who report, without their personal or corporate-paid, thoughts.

[Grammy23]

38. That could happen. But --

I think people are curious to hear from these witnesses with first hand knowledge. That includes people like me (and others here at DU) who have followed the bouncing ball on this scandal for months — some of us for years! You know many of us have an ability to detect lies from truth based on many factors — body language, micro expressions, choice of words, eye movements — I think actually seeing and hearing their testimony will be very instructive to us. We can decide for ourselves if someone is being truthful or deceptive.

The body of evidence is building brick by brick and before this is over, like in Watergate, the world will know this nasty tale and who is responsible. tRump better hope he has good secret service protection because if some of his loyal subjects discover how badly they’ve been duped (and some of them will) they’ll not be very pleased to learn how he made chumps out of them. I know some will go down with his sinking ship, but some will learn a bitter lesson. If tRump thinks he is hated now, just wait until his base gets wise.

[llmart]

40. Maybe all of us should make sure we mention it in passing to everyone we talk to.

Such as saying, "I'll be busy watching the impeachment hearings" if someone asks what we're doing next week. Just drop it casually so that people know there are a lot of us out here who will be watching. They may think, "hmmm...this must be important".

[True Blue American]

61. Same here

But I also remember Walter Cronkite coming on, tears in his eyes, took his glasses off and announced,” The President Is Dead!” The whole country went into shock and mourning.

[Grammy23]

64. Me, too, True Blue.

I lived in Ft. Worth, Tx at the time. I was in the 10th grade when the PA system came on during biology class with a static crackled announcement that JFK had been shot. (Few knew at that moment he was dead.) My teacher ran outside of the room and talked in hushed tones to another teacher. Eventually another announcement was made that he had died. And in that moment everything changed. As you said, a collective mourning began. A sadness enveloped the nation and touched many around the world. Little did we know at the time, we’d experience the shock and sadness of sudden death of more leaders familiar to all of us.

Those deaths were a very grim reminder that life is fragile and often unpredictable. So many of us remember exactly where we were when JFK died and how we felt. It is indelibly etched in our mind’s view of history. I imagine it changed many of us forever who meet in places like this and share our stories and memories.

[Freddie]

29. I'm retired

I plan my day around “The Young & The Restless.” Hope they show it on their streaming service.
Seriously, showing this on a major network is huge.

[True Blue American]

62. I want to know if Thomas is dead on the Bold and Beautiful!

Just caught a tid bit on the net I missed on the show. They showed the before and after of the rust remover. The after was clear, beautiful water!

[Freddie]

63. Seriously doubt it

I read a lot of soap stuff, gossip etc online (retired & bored) and there is absolutely nothing about the actor leaving the show, and those things always leak out. I think he’s going to disappear for a while so everyone thinks he’s dead.

[True Blue American]

65. Yes, I know that.:)

But Thomas does disappear!they showed his face in the water. All I could think of was, Thomas will not have any rust on him.

[burrowowl]

15. They damn well better

I remember stopping over to the student union to watch the Nixon hearings between classes. The airwaves belong to us the people.

[NBachers]

17. Good point - "The airwaves belong to us the people."

[BadgerMom]

18. Excellent!

[crickets]

19. Good. Plaster it everywhere so it is inescapable.

No one should have any excuse for not knowing what is going on.

[Mersky]

20. Good. So glad it'll be available over the air. eom

[hedda_foil]

21. Yes!!!

[Uncle Joe]

22. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread babylonsister.

[Tiggeroshii]

24. Watch Fox lose out on a ton of ratings to the other networks.

Or act against their boss. What will they do??

[luvtheGWN]

26. Fox viewers will, unfortunately, remain loyal.

They will not want to hear anything the other networks report (or opinionate on). People hear what they WANT to hear. That's why Faux Snooze watchers keep tuning in.

[Tiggeroshii]

30. I mean, they outta be somewhat curious...

[erronis]

48. As much as fux news is really driven by advertising $$$s they may feel a hit

but maybe not - if they can make their diatribes even more shrill.

But fux is really funded by murdock and other RW/libertarians - not by the advertisers.

[moonscape]

57. They will have long segments on how to make the perfect burger n/t

[Hekate]

27. YES! YES! YES!

It's really happening. Now we just pray -- or the equivalent.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Bravo CBS

[klook]

31. Great! Ed Murrow is smiling.

I started paying for CBS All Access a few months back so I could watch Jordan Peele's new Twilight Zone episodes as they came out. I've been meaning to cancel it now that I don't need it any more. Think I'll keep it for a couple of more months to thank them.

[MFM008]

32. lol

that will really piss maggot off...........

[nitpicker]

33. From Google

https://www.washingtonpost.com › entertainment › tv › 2019/11/08


12 hours ago - ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS will set aside scheduled programming next week to cover the House’s first open impeachment hearings on President Trump. The cable news networks CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CSPAN will also provide live coverage.

[nitpicker]

34. Don't forget CSPAN radio if you're driving

In the DC area, that's 90.1 FM.

[babylonsister]

37. Excellent! This needs its own thread! nt

[alphafemale]

35. Watergate threw me into a fascination with politics

I was eleven and belly down on the carpet doing my homework in front of the TV when the news of Nixon ordered the firing of Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor and buzz sawed through two more until Robert Bork complied.

Nine year old me stares at TV.

"Dad? He can't do that right? Dad?"

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. During ImpeachFest '19 the question will be:

"He can't really fire Congress, cah he?"

[Ginger42]

45. Trump's response

"My impeachment will get HUGE ratings. Bigly huge. Way more than when Hillary was impeached. And have you seen the ratings for Johnson? Pathetic!"

[orangecrush]

47. Hope the rest follow suit

[mwooldri]

49. This helps BBC...

CBS and BBC are news partners... BBC Parliament is going to air the impeachment hearings live (since UK parliament isn't sitting due to election). It means BBC Parliament can just re-stream CNSN (minus adverts, as BBC domestic services do not carry advertising).

[seta1950]

50. YesCBSit is for me from now on

[underpants]

51. Oh no. All hells gonna break loose when the Young & the Restless isn't on.

Victor Newman faked his own death a few weeks ago.

[LiberalLovinLug]

52. Fox News will be showing viewers the best way to carve a Turkey for thanksgiving.

With a couple of giggling blonde bimbos in miniskirts.

[riversedge]

53. k

[YOHABLO]

54. So they can compete with, MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, FOX?

etc etc..

[babylonsister]

58. So people without cable can watch. nt

[democratisphere]

55. This may be the BIGGEST THING in recent history.

THIS will determine the future of America. Time to kick drumpf's arese.

[meow2u3]

56. This is YUGE for people who've cut the cord

For people with streaming services, you don't have to subscribe to pay cable alternatives. Just download the CBSN channel and stream away free.

[YOHABLO]

59. I would suppose CSPAN will also be available online.