Erin Burnett OutFront
television series
Erin Burnett OutFront is an hour-long television news program hosted by Erin Burnett on CNN. The show premiered on October 3, 2011, in the 7:00 pm time slot to replace John King, USA. Until the launch of CNN Tonight in 2014, OutFront was also rebroadcast at 11:00 p.m. ET, occasionally aired live during rolling coverage of breaking news. CNN said in 2011 they hoped Burnett's expected popularity would provide an "attractive" opening to an evening of "talk shows and news analysis".
OutFront is broadcast live from CNN's Hudson Yards studios in New York City or on location from the site of breaking news events. Although the program airs normally from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET weekdays, it may air at other times of the day or on weekends as events warrant.
From Monday, February 13 to Friday, February 17, 2023, an additional hour of OutFront was added at 9:00 pm ET on weekdays replacing the second hour of Anderson Cooper 360°.
International broadcast
CNN International
From January 2015 until March 2020, OutFront had a repackaged thirty-minute format running on the weekends on CNN International.
As part of CNN International's schedule changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OutFront is now aired in its full hour-long format on weekdays, replacing the second hour of Your World Today.
CNN Philippines
From March 17 to May 29, 2015, OutFront aired in a full-hour slot at 5:00-6:00 pm local time as a pre-program to CNN Philippines Network News. To make way for a 5:45 pm slot for CNN Philippines Traffic Center, the show aired in a truncated 45-minute slot, serving as Traffic Center's pre-programming from June 2, 2015, to February 12, 2016.
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