CNN Daybreak CNN Daybreak CNN Daybreak is an American early morning news television program aired on CNN, anchored from New York by Carol Costello. It debuted on June 1, 1980, the same day CNN went live. The first program to air live weekdays on the network, it preceded "American Morning" at 5:00 a.m. ET. Similar to "First Look" on MSNBC, the program was based on covering the news stories of the morning without talk and analysis, usually with correspondents on location or taped stories from the previous evening. Until spring 2005, Daybreak was aired from the CNN Center in Atlanta. Costello then
CNN lineup, and an overnight simulcast of the CNN International version of "CNN Newsroom" from Atlanta, GA. Weekend primetime is dedicated mostly to factual programming, such as documentary-style reality series (including "" and "United Shades of America"), along with original based documentaries and specials (including those presented under blanket titles such as "CNN Presents" and "CNN Special Investigations Unit"), as well as acquired documentary films presented under the banner "CNN Films". The network's weekend morning programming consists of "CNN Newsroom" (simulcast from CNN International) at 4–6 a.m. ET, which is followed by the weekend editions of "New Day", hosted by Christi