Robin & Co becomes Morning Express
HLN’s release on the news that Robin & Company will become Morning Express which CNN Observations broke a while back…
Headline News’ flagship morning program Robin & Company becomes Morning Express with Robin Meade, effective Monday, Nov. 5, it was announced today by Ken Jautz, EVP of CNN Worldwide.
In an effort to give its viewers the news they need in the morning, in the manner that today’s busy lifestyle requires, Morning Express will continue to deliver news reports every 30 minutes, along with breaking news as warranted.
“We aim to provide a quickly paced and comprehensive summary of the news, which matches people’s needs in the morning as they’re preparing for their day,” Jautz commented. “The show’s energy and style stand out in the morning broadcast landscape, and the new name better captures that.”
The program’s lineup includes lead anchor Robin Meade; news correspondent Richard Lui; meteorologist Bob Van Dillen and “Your Money” correspondent Jennifer Westhoven. Morning Express airs from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ET) every weekday.Among the newest additions to the program are Meade’s “Morning Sunshine” e-mail newsletter for viewers and fans; the program’s hourly “Salute to Troops” segment designed to pay homage to military personnel and their families, a feature that also has evolved into an online photo gallery and blog; a segment with Van Dillen featuring weather-related i-Reports submitted from viewers; “V-Mails,” video messages sent from viewers who weigh in on topical issues; and “America’s Favorite Cities,” an on-air extension of Travel + Leisure magazine’s popular survey of the top travel spots in the country.
With the re-launch of the program, Morning Express extends to other platforms with Meade answering viewer e-mails in a Web-exclusive segment for the program’s page at www.CNN/Morning.Express. A weekly podcast with Meade will debut on Friday, Nov. 9, and will be available at http://www.CNN.com/podcasting/ and at CNN’s dedicated space on iTunes.
“Mornings are such an intimate, and frequently hectic, part of the day for our viewers, so I feel privileged that they invite us into their homes each day for their first dose of news and information,” Meade said.
Long time fan of the show here. I must say that I hate the new loud yellow backdrops. Thats just a little too much for first thing in the morning.
Comment by George — November 8, 2007 @ 10:20 am
I think they changed the name because Robin is gaining name brand recognition. She might want to leave the liberal news network very soon to keep her name at the top. I love her to death
Comment by david farrell — November 15, 2007 @ 9:06 am
I couldn’t disagree with these fellows more! Robin Meade is one of the worst American news broadcasters I’ve ever had the misfortune to see … & it seems CNN just can’t get it right. They push her as a beauty pin-up, rather than as a smart, serious journalist. Switch the channels, folks! You’ll at least get some news ~ you won’t, if you continue watching the lousy Mrs. Meade on CNN.
Comment by CantstandRobin — November 19, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
I agree with last comment. I also hate Robin Meade. Robin meade’s face is always needlessly too animated when she talks and her voice tone keeps going from low to a high pitch whine which is very annoying to say the least.
Comment by Joe — April 1, 2008 @ 7:55 am
I also agree. Robin is not a good objective new person. I would like to see her replaced on Morning Express
Comment by Boopela — April 29, 2008 @ 7:35 am
there was a lady anchor, blond. she was on during the
hurricane in New Orleans. I can’t remember her name and its driving me nuts. could you please let me know who she is?
Comment by Dale Roy — May 26, 2008 @ 5:40 pm