CNN is a news network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. The first to provide 24-hour news coverage for television, CNN expanded to the Internet in 1995.

Specials

• April 1, 1994 — Kermit the Frog guest hosts Larry King Live
• May 23, 2014 — CNN Spotlight: The Muppets
• April 25, 2020 — The ABCs of COVID-19
• June 6, 2020 — Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism
• June 13, 2020 — The ABCs of COVID-19
• September 12, 2020 — The ABCs of Back to School
• December 19, 2020 — The ABCs of COVID-19
• November 6, 2021 — The ABCs of COVID Vaccines

Appearances

• 1994 — Kermit and Clifford appeared in a segment promoting Kermit Unpigged.^[1]

• November 30, 2005 — American Morning featured Elmo and Alan Muraoka.

• July 2, 2008 — Reggie Aqui, for CNN.com Live, interviewed Zoe and Melissa Dino shortly after the release of Sesame Workshop's Love the Earth home video.

• November 10, 2009 — Sonia Manzano appeared on CNN.com Live to promote the Sesame Street 40th anniversary.

• November 16, 2009 — Carolina Escobar, for CNN en Español, interviewed Rosita and Emilio Delgado.

• December 2010 — Elmo and Rosita appear. [1]

• April 28, 2011 — Cookie Monster and Beth Kobliner appear on Your Bottom Line, to talk about For Me, For You, For Later.

• October 14, 2011 — Big Bird, Blue Jay and Rosemarie Truglio appear, promoting an anti-bullying episode.

• October 24, 2011 — Erin Burnett OutFront featured Kevin Clash and Elmo for Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey.

• November 24, 2011 — Elmo appeared on HLN before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (YouTube)

• November 27, 2011 — Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on CNN iReporter to promote The Muppets. (YouTube)

• December 1, 2011 — Kermit the Frog appeared on CNN to discuss his appearance at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony and talk politics with Wolf Blitzer. (video)

• December 31, 2011 — Kermit appeared again on CNN's New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Special Co-Host Kathy Griffin to promote the film.

• July 4, 2013 — On the segment "The Art of Movement," Eric Jacobson appeared (with Grover), demonstrating puppeteering and showing off some of the Anything Muppets to correspondent Nick Glass, who (with the assistance of Matt Vogel) tried his hand in puppetry. Jason Weber was interviewed to demonstrate the process of puppet building at Jim Henson's New York Workshop. (video)

• June 8, 2015 — Don Lemon takes tour of the new Sesame Street set with Carol-Lynn Parente, and interviews Joey Mazzarino, The Count, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and Elmo. [2]

• December 31, 2016 — Cookie Monster delivers a message on New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.^[2]

• January 12, 2017 — HLN's Michaela Pereira talks to Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Grover about the Academy Awards.

• May 22, 2025 — Sara Sidner interviews Kermit the Frog ahead of his University of Maryland commencement speech. (YouTube)

Shows

CNN programming featuring appearances by the Muppets:

• Larry King Live has featured multiple Muppet appearances.

• Living in the 90s featured a promotional piece for The Muppet Christmas Carol in 1992.
• Elmo and Carol-Lynn Parente appear on the "Smart is the New Rich" segment with Christine Romans to talk about Sesame Street's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education initiative. [3]

• Sesame Workshop executives have appeared on various programs without the Muppets. For example Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviewed Rosemarie Truglio in 2014, when she appeared on a panel with US Senator Hillary Clinton.

References

• The Dinosaurs universe equivalent is DNN (Dinosaur News Network).

• Sesame Street spoofed the network and its logo as "Ridiculous Network News" in Episode 2939.

• In Sesame Street Stays Up Late, several monsters report for MNN (Monster News Network).

• Sesame Street spoofed the network as GNN (Grouch News Network) in Episode 4160.

• In "Yes, That's Our Baby," the third issue of the Farscape comic book, Scorpius asks John Crichton why he's on Hyneria. Crichton retorts, "Dude, did you miss the bulletin on CNN Hyneria News? The rightful dominar is trying to get his groove back."

• The vegetables' version of the network is VNN (Vegetable News Network) in Sesame Street Episode 4232.

• The pre-show for Spaghetti Space Chase features news coverage from SSNN (Sesame Street News Network).

• In The Muppets episode "A Tail of Two Piggies," Fozzie says he wants to submit himself for CNN Heroes.

Connections

• Anderson Cooper has been with CNN since 2002, and is the host of Anderson Cooper 360.
• Katie Couric served as a correspondent for CNN.
• David Gergen was a political contributor for the network.
• Larry King has been with CNN since 1985.
• Rick Lyon built puppet versions of Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin for the 2016 edition of New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin and performed Puppet Anderson.
• Bernard Shaw was an anchor and reporter with the network from 1980 to 2001.

Sources

External links

• Official Site