When CNN launches The Story Is with Elex Michaelson at 9 p.m. PT/midnight ET on Monday, will probably be going up towards principal cable rivals’ reruns and, maybe extra importantly, shall be one of many few information community exhibits based mostly in Los Angeles.
Michaelson, who departed Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate final summer time, makes the case for a west coast-centric present.
“As a proud Californian, I’ll say that it usually leads the world relating to expertise, leisure, agriculture,” Michaelson stated. “California not solely has outsized significance to the nation, however to the world.”
Within the Los Angeles market, Michaelson having established himself as a number one character masking politics and public affairs in California, as an anchor, reporter and the host of KTTV Fox 11’s The Subject Is with Elex Michaelson. He landed interviews not simply with native figures however Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, amongst others.
After teasing a brand new gig when he left the station, Michaelson introduced that he can be becoming a member of CNN to launch a present that may air in primetime on the West Coast — 9 p.m. PT, however at midnight on the East Coast. The present additionally could have attain by way of CNN Worldwide, displaying up within the morning hours in a few of these time zones.
In an interview, Michaelson stated that he’s lengthy pitched the thought of a stay present for the time slot, noting that many viewers are “watching dated information in a media setting that’s sooner and sooner. I don’t assume that works anymore.”
Michaelson stated that The Story Is could have a “completely different really feel” than cable information daytime and early night, with an expanded give attention to cultural points, leisure, sports activities and expertise, in addition to “just a little bit extra respiration room to have these deep dive conversations.” It is going to be based mostly at CNN’s studios on the Warner Bros. lot.
The debut of the two-hour present will characteristic an in-studio interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom; a profile of Josh Groban and his work on arts training in faculties; and an everyday panel section, this time that includes Gloria Allred and Larry Elder. Anderson Cooper additionally will be a part of within the premiere to speak about his podcast collection, All There Is Dwell with Anderson Cooper.
The second evening will characteristic a section on former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s work with a program that trains ex-convicts to construct customized automobiles, in addition to Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), who stands to lose out ought to Newsom’s Proposition 50 redistricting proposal move subsequent month. Brian Tyler Cohen and Jessica Millan Patterson will be a part of the panel.
Different visitors confirmed for the primary week embody Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), in addition to spotlights on the World Sequence in Los Angeles (and a Tokyo watch social gathering). Breaking information shall be a part of the combination, drawing on CNN’s worldwide correspondents, but additionally deliberate are different segments, like film opinions, Michaelson stated.
“I don’t assume that is going to be West Coast information tonight or a model of native information,” Michaelson stated. “However I do assume that quite a lot of points which are large in California are worldwide points, like immigration, commerce, tariffs,” in addition to the acrimony between Trump and Newsom.
Fox Information’ replays of The 5 and Jesse Watters Primetime remains to be the juggernaut of the time interval, whereas MSNBC options reruns of The Briefing with Jen Psaki and The Final Phrase with Lawrence O’Donnell.
Michaelson stated that the present will “kind of really feel extra like a late-night present than the newscasts through the day.”
“Our ethos, our working precept, is to search out in each block moments of pleasure, hope and humor,” he stated.