''CNN Daybreak'' is an American early morning newscast aired on

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, anchored from New York by

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. It debuted on June 1, 1980, the same day CNN went live.

First program

The first program to air

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weekdays on the network, it preceded '' American Morning'' at 5:00 a.m. ET. Similar to '' First Look'' on

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, the program was based on covering the news stories of the morning without talk and analysis, usually with correspondents on location or taped stories from the previous evening.

Until 2005

Until spring 2005, Daybreak was aired from the

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in Atlanta. Costello then moved to New York following her marriage. The show moved to the

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shortly after. In October 2005, as a cost-cutting measure, the program was canceled. The last official broadcast was on November 25, 2005. Carol Costello graciously bid her crew farewell, thanking them, and telling viewers how much they will be missed. Carol currently is an anchor on HLN, based in Los Angeles.

After cancellation

The timeslot was occupied by a rerun of ''

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'', with the 6am hour being replaced by '' American Morning'' which expanded. The ''Anderson Cooper 360'' rerun was usually replaced with an early live edition of ''American Morning'' if there is breaking news. It was then replaced by ''American Morning Wake-Up Call'' until the cancellation of ''American Morning''. Both hours are now occupied by ''

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''. In the early 1990s, CNN Daybreak ran as a 3-hour show with two different pairs of anchors. Whilst Rick Moore and Molly McCoy presented the 6am and 8am hours,

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in Atlanta and

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in New York hosted the 7am hour.

References

External links

Official Webpage on CNN.com

Carol Costello Fan Club

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