Sidelined since undergoing heart surgery in March, Charlie Rose returns tonight to his PBS talk show – and he'll be answering some questions instead of just asking them.
Rose had been on his way to Syria to interview that country's president when he felt shortness of breath during a Paris stopover. He underwent surgery to repair a heart valve, spending a month in the hospital.
Rose, 64, will spend half of tonight's show (12:30 a.m., KPBS/Channel 15) talking about his surgery with a guest interviewer. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman will pay his 40th visit to the program – more than any other guest – in the second half.
CNN revises weekend lineup
CNN Headline News is extending its Headline Prime prime-time block from five to seven days a week, adding weekends beginning Saturday.
The network will replace its weekend news wheel with clip compilations of “Prime News With Erica Hill” and “Showbiz Tonight” and a rerun of “Nancy Grace.” They join the block's “Glenn Beck,” which has run seven nights a week since its debut in May.
The new weekend lineup will be “Prime News With Erica Hill” – a compilation of news segments from the prior week – at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; reruns of “Glenn Beck” at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday and 4, 6 and 9 p.m. Sunday; reruns of “Nancy Grace,” along with a compilation of “Grace” highlights at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 5, 7 and 10 p.m. Sunday; and a compilation of entertainment segments from “Showbiz Tonight” at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
In February 2005, Headline swapped out its hard-news wheel on weeknights for the first time in its 22-year history with “Headline Prime's” three softer news programs: “Showbiz Tonight,” “Prime News Tonight” and the network's ratings star, legal-analysis show “Nancy Grace.”
– COMPILED BY LISA SULLIVAN
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS
