Prime News (Headline News)

infobox television
show_name = Prime News


caption =
format = news program
runtime = 120 minutes
starring = Erica Hill
(2005-2008)
Richelle Carey
(2007–present)
Mike Galanos
(2005–2006)
(2007–present)
country = USA
network = CNN Headline News
first_aired = February 20, 2005
last_aired = present
website = http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Program/prime.news/
imdb_id =
tv_com_id = USNetworkEveningNewsShows

"Prime News" is a weeknight news program appearing on CNN Headline News. The show airs from 17.00 to 19.00 ET on weeknights while on weekends highlights from the past week are recapped.

Previously known as "Prime News Tonight" and "Prime News with Erica Hill", the program recaps the news of the day, covering any number of subjects at a slower pace than programming on other networks, an example being "The Fox Report" on Fox News Channel.

Erica Hill and Mike Galanos used to be the show's permanent presenters. Galanos was reassigned to anchor morning rolling news coverage in 2006 while Hill left the show on 25 January 2008 to take-on a bigger role on the mother network's "Anderson Cooper 360". Shortly after Hill's departure, Galanos was named the sole anchor of the program, a return to the program he once co-hosted a few years earlier.

The program consists of news segments from CNN, to discussions about selected subjects with analysts from CNN, to showcasing the most popular stories from CNN.com and stories from across the nation and world in a different number of segments.
* "Get to the Point" is a segment on "Prime News" where Galanos asks the tough questions while exploring controversial issues of faith, morals and values.
* 'Prime News' Investigates is where correspondent Richelle Carey digs deep to give viewers the facts on interesting stories across the country.

External links

* [http://www.cnn.com/HLN CNN Headline News on CNN.com]
* [http://www.cnn.com/primenews Prime News Official Website]