Early Start With John Berman & Zoraida Sambolin

CNN's hopes to get out front in the chase for morning news ratings get an early start with this entry, which kicks off each weekday at the get-the-coffee-brewing hour of 5 a.m. Eastern. It's co-anchored by former ABC News correspondent John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin, a fixture in the Chicago early morning news scene since 2008. The tagline for "Early Start" is "News from A to Z," but its viewers can expect to see the same formula that morning news shows have used for years, and that is a mix of hard news, entertainment segments and some surprises thrown in along the way. Berman replaced original co-anchor Ashleigh Banfield, who moved to "CNN Newsroom" to head up her own program. … MORE