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This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Gets New Executive In Charge

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 26, 2013 @ 8:34am PDTTags: ABC News, Robin Sproul, This Week With George Stephanopoulos
Nellie Andreeva

The turnover at the helm of ABC News’ This Week With George Stephanopoulos continues. ABC News president Ben Sherwood just announced that Robin Sproul, who recently marked her 20-year anniversary as Washington Bureau Chief, will also serve as Executive in Charge of This Week. Sandy Cannold, who only took over as executive producer of This Week after the November elections, has segued to a new role as Executive Producer and Senior Business Editor of ABC News, overseeing ABC News’ team of  business and economics reporters/anchors. “Sandy leaves This Week while it is enjoying the best season-to-date ratings in more than three years,” Sherwood said. Still, This Week largely trails its major competitors, finishing third behind CBS’ Face The Nation and NBC’s Meet The Press in total viewers and tied for second with Face The Nation in 25-54 last Sunday. Cannold succeeded Jon Banner, who did an eight-month stint as executive producer before leaving ABC News in August. In another staffing announcement, DC-based Sara Just will become the Deputy Bureau Chief in Washington, reporting to Sproul.

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Sandy Cannold Named Executive Producer Of ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 27, 2012 @ 8:37am PDTTags: ABC News, This Week With George Stephanopoulos
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ABC News has recruited TV veteran Sandy Cannold as the new executive producer of This Week With George Stephanopoulos. The move comes a month after Jon Banner, who has been exec producer of This Week since the … Read More »

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‘CBS This Morning’ Debut Week Down From Last Year, ‘Today’ Also Down While ‘GMA’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 20, 2012 @ 10:45am PSTTags: CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Today
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Not very encouraging news for CBS’ rebranded morning show: In its first week, CBS This Morning, hosted by Gayle King, CHarlie Rose and Erica Hill, averaged 2.7 million viewers, 1.1 million of them in the adults 25-54 demographic. It finished … Read More »

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Jon Banner Named Executive Producer For ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 30, 2011 @ 9:35am PSTTags: This Week With George Stephanopoulos
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Former World News executive producer Jon Banner has been named executive producer of This Week effective Jan. 8 when George Stephanopoulos returns as host of the weekly political talk show while continuing his duties as anchor of Good Morning America. Banner stepped down as EP of World News in September when he was named Senior Executive Producer for ABC News, overseeing special projects.

Rick Kaplan, who served as executive producer of This Week with Christiane Amanpour, will focus on election coverage, including shepherding ABC News’ New Hampshire debate on Jan. 7. Kaplan worked on This Week for the past 8 months, returning to ABC News after a four-year run as executive producer of CBS Evening News With Katie Couric. The announcement comes 3 days after Amanpour signed off as anchor of This Week on Sunday. Here is ABC News President Ben Sherwood’s staff email about the change: Read More »

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