Early Start: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

CNN's hopes to get out front in the chase for morning news ratings get an early start with this entry, which kicks off each weekday at the get-the-coffee-brewing hour of 5 a.m. Eastern. It's co-anchored by former ABC News correspondent John Berman and CNN's chief business correspondent Christine Romans. The slogan for Early Start is "News from A to Z", but its viewers can expect to see the same formula that morning news shows have used for years, and that is a mix of hard news, entertainment segments and some surprises thrown in along the way. The program was originally co-anchored by Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin.

Series details

• Title: Early Start
• Format: News
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-01-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-10-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CNN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14613

Cast and credited roles

• Ashleigh Banfield — Co-Anchor
• Dave Briggs — Co-Anchor
• John Berman — Co-Anchor
• Christine Romans — Co-Anchor
• Zoraida Sambolin — Co-Anchor
• Kasie Hunt — Anchor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-01-02; final listed air date 2012-01-02.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-12-30; episode order: 262.
• Season 6: premiered 2017-01-02; final listed air date 2017-10-01; episode order: 260.

Source and licence

Adapted from Early Start on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.