The Lead with Jake Tapper
| The Lead with Jake Tapper | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Presented by | Jake Tapper |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Federico S. Quadrani |
| Location(s) | CNN Studios Washington, D.C. |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CNN |
| Picture format |
480i (16:9 letterbox SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | March 18, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Lead with Jake Tapper is an afternoon, early evening newscast on CNN hosted by Jake Tapper that first aired on March 18, 2013.
The show currently airs weekdays live from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET from CNN's studios in Washington D.C.
The show contains a "Lead" for different subjects. They are the National, Political, Money, Buried, Sports, World, and Pop lead.
In 2013, the show was given a week primetime run at 10pm ET. That week, terrorists bombed the Boston marathon causing Tapper's primetime run to be cancelled 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 9pm ET slot as a test run. Among them was "The Lead with Jake Tapper" airing at 9pm ET for the weeks of April 7 and April 14.
The Lead with Jake Tapper is also broadcast via tape-delay on CNN Philippines every Tuesday-Saturday at 11:00 am, local time.
| Preceded by CNN Newsroom |
The Lead with Jake Tapper 2013–present |
Succeeded by The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer |
External links
- Official website
- The Lead with Jake Tapper at the Internet Movie Database
- The Lead with Jake Tapper at TV.com
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