CNN International The vast majority of the network's programming originally consisted of simulcasts of the two domestic CNN channels (CNN/US and Headline News). In 1990, however, the amount of news programming produced by CNNI especially for international viewers increased significantly. A new newsroom and studio complex was built in 1994, as CNN decided to compete against BBC World Service Television's news programming. CNNI emerged as an internationally oriented news channel, with staff members of various national backgrounds, even though some accusations of a pro-U.S. editorial bias persist. CNN International was awarded the Liberty Medal on July 4, 1997. Ted Turner, in accepting
CNN Tonight CNN Tonight CNN Tonight, branded as CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, is a late evening news/opinion program airing on CNN, focusing on the news of the day. Hosted by American journalist Don Lemon, the show airs weeknights from 10 p.m. to midnight (Eastern Time). The first hour is simulcast on CNN International. A program of the same name aired on CNN in the spring of 1985, as a replacement for Sandi Freeman until "Larry King Live" premiered. Another program of the same name debuted in 2001 with Bill Hemmer as anchor, but it was cancelled the same year. Another program