CNN’s Anderson Cooper Inks Deal For Daytime Show–On Fox Stations

CNN’s silver-haired star Anderson Cooper has signed a deal to launch a daytime talk show that will debut on local stations next fall, according to Paige Albiniak at Broadcasting & Cable.

The new show, Anderson Cooper, has already been sold to stations in four of the country’s top markets–including three Fox-owned stations, KTTV/Los Angeles, WFLD/Chicago and WFXT/Boston. The show will air in New York City on Tribune’s WPIX:

“We’re thrilled that we were able to navigate pretty early in the game to get these clearances. There’s an also an enormous amount of interest from affiliates from other broadcast groups,” says Ken Werner, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

“Nobody is doing the non-Ellen portion of Oprah and that’s an interesting place to be,” says Werner. Warner Bros.’ light-hearted Ellen is full of fun, wit and dancing, while CBS Television Distribution’s Oprah, which ends its storied run after this season, runs the gamut from fashion segments and celebrity chats to emotional interviews with crime victims and intellectual discussions with authors.

According to B&C, Cooper is being pitched as a “lighter, less news-heavy host for daytime, although he will be willing to take on tough topics.”

The new daytime strip does not impact Cooper’s role as prime news anchor for CNN, and host of AC360.

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