CNN International (DStv 401) just announced that Isha Sesay will be getting her very own weekday show on the global news channel very soon in a timeslot perfect for viewers across the African continent as well as Europe.
CNN International which said that Isha Sesay will soon get her own show, for now calls it an untitled ''new weekday news programme anchored by CNN's Isha Sesay'' which will form part of a CNN International's major primetime schedule overhaul (which looks tailormade-perfect for viewers in Africa).
Isha Sesay's new weekday show will start with the debut and return of Christiane Amanpour's ''old-new'' show Amanpour on the CNN International line-up very soon.
That CNN International has been actually planning a new show for Isha Sesay now makes perfect sense.
It explains why Isha Sesay was suddenly removed from Inside Africa which she presented for a long time with Errol Barnett who took over half a month ago, and which just left Isha Sesay as the presenter of BackStory - a move which also happened unexpectedly and inexplicably in September 2011.
Here is how CNN International's primetime schedule will change very soon, although CNN International refrained from annoucing a specific date. Times are South African time (GMT+2):
20:00 International Desk
21:00 Quest Means Business
22:00 Amanpour
22:30 New Isha Sesay anchored show (name to be announced)
23:00 Connect the World with Becky Anderson
00:00 Amanpour (repeat)
00:30 World Sport
01:00 Piers Morgan Tonight
