CNN'S DOMESTIC FAST CHANNEL, CNN HEADLINES, DEBUTS NEW PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE
Original, Curated Feed Includes Live News and Can't-Miss Moments
ATLANTA, GA – (AUGUST 18, 2025) – Today, CNN unveiled the new, refreshed programming schedule for CNN Headlines, the network's domestic FAST channel. CNN Headlines is an original, curated news feed covering major stories across business, politics, entertainment, culture, and international, showcasing the buzziest and most impactful events of the day.
Featuring live news and roundups of can't-miss moments, Headlines taps into a local, on-the-ground perspective in the way only CNN can. The new shows include CNN Headline Express , a live news program that catches audiences up on the latest national and international news, along with sports, entertainment, business, and culture, hosted by anchor Brad Smith, who joined CNN in July. ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) features the most newsworthy and compelling stories from CNN U.S. programming, and American Pulse is an hour showcasing reporting from the vast network of CNN affiliates across the country.
'The relaunch of CNN Headlines is vital to our distribution and investment strategy, and I'm proud of how hard our teams across CNN have worked to innovate in this space,' said Eric Sherling, Executive Vice President of U.S. Programming for CNN Worldwide. 'By tapping into our vast affiliate network and providing timely live news updates, our refreshed offering serves the growing market and complements our existing cable programming.'
CNN's wider investment in its FAST programming complements the network's existing linear, digital, mobile and podcast offerings and soon-to-launch streaming service and other standalone products. CNN is attracting new advertisers to its FAST channels and developing new commercial product innovations to maximize monetization through advertising and sponsorship directly or through FAST platform partnerships.
In 2024, CNN premiered CNN Originals, a FAST channel that offers a fresh way for audiences to explore and enjoy acclaimed long-form content from the award-winning CNN Originals Series library. Outside of the U.S., CNN also relaunched the previously named CNN Fast channel to CNN Headlines, increasing the timeliness of content, adding a news ticker and refreshing the brand identity.
Audiences can access CNN Headlines for free on CNN.com's homepage (on desktop and mobile), on the CNN app, and in homes across the U.S. with connected television (CTV) apps.
CNN Headlines Weekly Schedule (Monday-Friday):
7am – CNN Headline Express (live) 8am – CNN Headline Express 9am – CNN Headline Express 10am – ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) 11am – CNN Headline Express (live) 12pm – CNN Headline Express 1pm – CNN Headline Express 2pm – American Pulse 3pm – ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) 4pm – American Pulse 5pm – CNN Headline Express (live) 6pm – CNN Headline Express 7pm – CNN Headline Express 8pm – ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) 9pm – American Pulse 10pm – CNN Headline Express
11pm – ICYMI (In Case You Missed It)
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About CNN Worldwide
CNN Worldwide is the most honored brand in cable news, reaching more individuals through television, streaming and online than any other cable news organization in the United States. Globally, people across the world can watch CNN International, which is widely distributed in over 200 countries and territories. CNN Digital is the #1 online news destination, with more unique visitors than any other news source. HBO Max, Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming platform, features CNN Max, a 24/7 streaming news offering available to subscribers alongside expanded access to News content and CNN Originals. CNN's award-winning portfolio includes non-scripted programming from CNN Original Series and CNN Films for broadcast, streaming and distribution across multiple platforms. CNN programming can be found on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español channels, via CNN Max and the CNN Originals hub on discovery+ and via pay TV subscription on CNN.com, CNN apps and cable operator platforms. Additionally, CNN Newsource is the world's most extensively utilized news service partnering with over 1,000 local and international news organizations around the world. CNN is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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