Stroumboulopoulos

CNN continues its Jeff Zucker-led attempts at creating appointment television driven by personalities with "Stroumboulopoulos." a weekly interview show fronted by longtime Canadian broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos. The hourlong episodes are taped in Los Angeles, offering Stroumboulopoulos greater access to a diverse group of celebrities, world leaders, trail-blazing artists, and sports figures, with whom he'll discuss just about anything ... to a point. "If an interview just serves the idea of celebrity, then I think that (stinks). I don't want to do that," the host says. Instead, he aims for meaningful, free-flowing conversations, a style that has become his trademark on the award-winning "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight" in Canada. "I just start the conversation and we see where it goes," he says. … MORE