John Berman has done almost everything an anchor can do at CNN. He guides viewers through breaking news during hours of “CNN News Central.” He’s filled in for Anderson Cooper, co-hosted a morning show and is trained to handle CNN’s “Magic Wall” on primary and election nights.
\n\nNow he has a new assignment – but you won’t find it on the traditional CNN schedule
\n\nBerman has been hosting a new CNN program called “Office Hours” that runs weekly on the news giant’s nascent subscription product “CNN All Access.” During “Office Hours,” Berman interacts with subscribers and helps to answer their questions about elections, politics and more. On Wednesday evening, Berman will host this week’s edition of the program alongside Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner, his “News Central” co-hosts.
\n\n“This doesn’t feel like television,” Berman says during a recent interview. “Even though there are cameras rolling.”
\n\nBerman is one of a growing number of traditional news anchors being assigned to new interactive formats that give viewers and subscribers more say over what gets discussed. Across the TV-news sector, there is an emerging focus on letting the people who are tuning in have more say or on hiring people with deep expertise…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/