A Year Of Katrina: Cable

By Brian 

FNC: Shep Smith will host Studio B and The Fox Report live from New Orleans, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Greta Van Susteren will host On The Record from the Gulf Coast on Aug. 28, 29 and 30. Update: 3:50pm: FNC’s coverage will be called “America’s Challenge: Rebuilding the Gulf.” Correspondents Jeff Goldblatt, Rick Leventhal, and Kim McIntyre will report live from the region.

CNN: Update: 5:15pm: Anderson Cooper will anchor 360 from New Orleans on Aug. 28 and 29. “Keeping Them Honest” will be a focus. Sanjay Gupta will return to New Orleans “to take the city’s health care pulse.” Larry King has a special show on Aug. 29 with Sen. Mary Landrieu and Aaron Neville, who will perform during the program. Also on the 29th, Soledad O’Brien will anchor American Morning from New Orleans. HLN anchor Thomas Roberts will also be in NOLA. Correspondents Sean Callebs and Susan Roesgen will also report.

MSNBC: Joe Scarborough will host his show from Mississippi (and provide daytime updates) on Aug. 28 and 29. Rita Cosby will report from New Orleans. On Aug. 29, Lester Holt will host “Rising from Ruin, Revisited” at 10pm, and MSNBC will present “Catastrophe: Katrina” at 11pm. MSNBC.com will feature a “special monthly installment” of Rising From Ruin.

CNBC: Squawk Box co-anchor Carl Quintanilla will host and report from New Orleans. On The Money anchor Dylan Ratigan will be there too.

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