Jake Tapper
American journalist
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| January 23 2025 | Announced that the show would move from its 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm slot to 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, with Kasie Hunt expected to take over the 4:00 pm timeslot with a new show called The Arena. |
| January 2021 | CNN announced the show would expand to two hours starting in April, taking over the first hour of The Situation Room. |
| October 2020 | The show expanded to a two-hour format from 3pm to 5pm ET, temporarily replacing Brooke Baldwin's CNN Newsroom. |
| September 10 2018 | The program started to be simulcast on CNN International. |
| February 15 2016 | The show began broadcasting via tape-delay on CNN Philippines, airing every Tuesday-Saturday at 11:00 am local time. |
| April 7 2014 | The Lead temporarily aired in the 9 pm ET slot following Piers Morgan's departure from CNN. |
| March 18 2013 | Jake Tapper launched 'The Lead with Jake Tapper' on CNN, establishing a new afternoon news program with multiple segment 'leads' covering diverse topics. |
| February 2013 | CNN officially announced The Lead with Jake Tapper, with Federico Quadrani as the show's executive producer. |
| December 2012 | CNN hired Jake Tapper as the network's chief Washington, D.C. correspondent, with the move partially orchestrated by Jeff Zucker, who became CNN Worldwide president in 2013. |
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