Several prominent TV networks quickly reworked their Sunday schedules in the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump , with broadcast networks standing up special morning coverage and cable-news outlets wholly reworking their normal weekend programming. ABC and NBC broadcast special versions of “ Good Morning America ” and “Today,” while CBS pre-empted its usual offering — “CBS Sunday Morning” — in favor of a bespoke program anchored by John Dickerson. At NBC, Savannah Guthrie, who co-anchors weekday “Today,” joined Willie Geist, who typically leads a Sunday “Today” broadcast.
ABC News, meanwhile, convened the three hosts of the weekday broadcast of “Good Morning America” — Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan — for an atypical weekend program. Cable-news networks also revamped their normal schedules. Fox News Channel had already planned a special Sunday schedule in advance of the start of this week’s Republican National Convention, but aired a bespoke evening program Saturday night led by opinion host Sean Hannity.
The Fox Corp.-backed outlet had already planned a Sunday daytime schedule filled with many of the daytime anchors who lead weekday coverage. CNN on Sunday morning brought in Kasie Hunt, who typically anchors a weekday broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” for a program focused on the aftermath of the assassination attempt.
MSNBC over many hours simulcast a rolling-coverage special repor.
