Haiti: CNN Weekend Schedule Changes…

CNN is altering its weekend schedule to cover Haiti. Here are the details…

SATURDAY, January 16, 2010

SANJAY GUPTA MD –Airs LIVE 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, anchors a live medical special focused on rescue and recovery efforts in Haiti. He will also look at the role historical challenges of Haiti’s infrastructure are playing in the crisis.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs LIVE 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Special LIVE edition of The Situation Room on Saturday, including re-broadcast of Wolf Blitzer’s interviews with Gen. Colin Powell and Pres. Bill Clinton on the Haiti Earthquake.

AN ANDERSON COOPER 360 SPECIAL: SAVING HAITI – Airs 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
Anchor Anderson Cooper recaps the week’s events from Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.

LARRY KING LIVE – Airs LIVE 9:00PM – 10:00PM
Ongoing live coverage of the Haiti earthquake aftermath and recovery effort.

SUNDAY, January 17, 2010

SANJAY GUPTA MD –Airs LIVE 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, anchors a live medical special focused on rescue and recovery efforts in Haiti. He will also look at the role historical challenges of Haiti’s infrastructure are playing in this crisis.

STATE OF THE UNION WITH JOHN KING – Airs LIVE 9:00AM – 1:00PM
9AM HOUR Topics: Haiti Earthquake and Recovery Effort
Guest: Lt. Gen. P.K. Keen, deputy Commander, U.S. Southern Command
Guest: Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator

10AM HOUR: Reliable Sources media analysis with Howard Kurtz: Coverage of the Haiti Earthquake
Guest: Jill Dougherty, foreign affairs correspondent, CNN
Guest: Clarence Page, columnist, Chicago Tribune
Guest: Jim Geraghty, contributing editor, National Review

10AM HOUR: Reliable Sources media analysis with Howard Kurtz: Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien
Guest: James Poniewozik, media and television critic,TIME magazine
Guest: Stephanie Miller, nationally syndicated radio talk show host
Guest: Marisa Guthrie, broadcasting editor, Broadcasting & Cable

11AM HOUR Topics: “Sound of Sunday”
Guest: Mary Matalin, Republican Strategist; CNN Political Contributor
Guest: James Carville, Democratic Strategist; CNN Political Contributor

NOON HOUR Topics: Haiti; President Obama’s First Year in Office
“LAST WORD” Guest: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC Delegate)
Anchor: John King

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: Haiti Earthquake: Response and Recovery
Guest: Tracy Kidder, author, “Strength in What Remains”
Guest: Madison Smartt Bell, author, “Devil’s Dream”
Guest: Amy Wilentz, author, “The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier”
Topics: Economy, Wall Street Bonuses, Obama economic policies
Guest: Stephen Dubner, author, “SuperFreakonomics”
Guest: Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York
Guest: Naomi Klein, author, “No Logo”
Guest: David Frum, author, “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again”
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

AMANPOUR – Airs 2:00PM – 3:00PM
Topic: Haiti Earthquake and Aftermath
Guest: Sir John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General of Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Guest: Ray Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner
Topic: Iran: Suspicious Death of Iranian Prison Doctor
Guest: Mohammad Marandi, professor, University of Tehran
Guest: Hooman Majd, author of “The Ayatollah Begs to Differ”
Guest: Karim Sadjadpour, associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

LARRY KING LIVE – Airs LIVE 9:00PM – 10:00PM
Ongoing live coverage of the Haiti earthquake aftermath and recovery effort.