May 10, 2026 · 33 min · 18 segments
A CNN news crew arrives in Baghdad after the 1991 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and ends up delivering the story of a lifetime.
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So what is the major theme of this movie, or why is it so important? Cable News Network Inc., we know it as CNN, and it's an American multinational news media company.
Headquartered in Atlanta, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
It launched with a staff of 300, and in addition to the Atlanta headquarters, there were bureaus in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. CNN had several original programs debut in the early years, including Moneyline, which was hosted by Lou Dobbs, and Evans & Novak, which was a politics-based discussion show.
In 1982, CNN brought us Crossfire, which was a late-night political debate show with opposing viewpoints provided by liberal Tom Braden and conservative Pat Buchanan.
On January 28 of 1986, CNN was the only TV network to provide live coverage of the launch and fatal disaster of the Space Shuttle Challenger to the American public.
It was NASA TV that provided live coverage to schools across the nation, and yes, we remember it like it was yesterday.
On October 14, 1987, when baby Jessica fell down a well in Midland, Texas, it was CNN who quickly brought live coverage of the rescue into our homes and kept us glued to our TV screens.
In 1992, they would provide memorable coverage from Los Angeles as riots left the city looted and burned.
And we'll never forget the summer of 1994 when OJ took a slow drive in a white Bronco.
CNN had succeeded in bringing some of the biggest breaking news stories as they happened live to the American people.
But the event that catapulted CNN past ABC, CBS, and NBC, the big three news networks who had owned the airwaves for three decades, was their live coverage from Iraq during the first Gulf War.
So what is the major theme of this movie, or why is it so important? Cable News Network Inc., we know it as CNN, and it's an American multinational news media company.
Headquartered in Atlanta, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
It launched with a staff of 300, and in addition to the Atlanta headquarters, there were bureaus in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. CNN had several original programs debut in the early years, including Moneyline, which was hosted by Lou Dobbs, and Evans & Novak, which was a politics-based discussion show.
In 1982, CNN brought us Crossfire, which was a late-night political debate show with opposing viewpoints provided by liberal Tom Braden and conservative Pat Buchanan.
On January 28 of 1986, CNN was the only TV network to provide live coverage of the launch and fatal disaster of the Space Shuttle Challenger to the American public.
It was NASA TV that provided live coverage to schools across the nation, and yes, we remember it like it was yesterday.
On October 14, 1987, when baby Jessica fell down a well in Midland, Texas, it was CNN who quickly brought live coverage of the rescue into our homes and kept us glued to our TV screens.
In 1992, they would provide memorable coverage from Los Angeles as riots left the city looted and burned.
And we'll never forget the summer of 1994 when OJ took a slow drive in a white Bronco.
CNN had succeeded in bringing some of the biggest breaking news stories as they happened live to the American people.
But the event that catapulted CNN past ABC, CBS, and NBC, the big three news networks who had owned the airwaves for three decades, was their live coverage from Iraq during the first Gulf War.
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