''Amanpour & Company'' is a late-night global-affairs interview television program hosted by

Christiane Amanpour Christiane Maria Heideh AmanpourStated on ''Finding Your Roots'', 22 January 2019 (; fa, کریستیان امان‌پور, Kristiane Amānpur; born 12 January 1958) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief ...

. The hour-long show premiered on

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on September 10, 2018, as an expanded version of the

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show ''

Amanpour ''Amanpour'' (stylized as ''Amanpour.'') is a global affairs interview television program hosted by British-Iranian journalist Christiane Amanpour, airing weeknights 6pm GMT/ 1pm ET & 7PM CET on CNN International. The program is also aired on ...

'', augmented with interviews by correspondents at the

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studios in New York.

History

Following the removal of ''

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'' in December 2017 after the eponymous host's sexual harassment scandal,

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...

offered Amanpour to PBS to air in its place. The CNN International show aired in its exact same 30-minute format minus the CNN branding and commercials from December 2017 until September 2018 as ''Amanpour on PBS''. From shortly after PBS picked up the show, plans were in the works for an expanded PBS version of the program. The result was ''Amanpour & Company'' which was announced in May 2018 with an expanded one-hour running time and a third interview block conducted by correspondents from WNET in New York. Correspondent

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Michel Martin Michel McQueen Martin is an American journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio and WNET. After ten years in print journalism, Martin has become best known for her radio and television news broadcasting on national topics. Background ...

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)

References

External links

Official website
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