Happy Birthday, Situation Room

By Brian 

CNN’s afternoon marathon, The Situation Room, is celebrating its one-year anniversary today. Here are some of our favorite moments from Wolf Blitzer‘s first year…

> June 8: “The furthest thing possible from your daddy’s news show…”

> May 24: Blitzer sometimes beats FNC in the demo at 5pm…

> Jan. 11: Six screens takes some getting used to…

> Nov. 2: TSR moves to 7pm and sandwiches Lou Dobbs

> Aug. 27: “It’s like the Pee Wee’s Playhouse of TV news…”

> Aug. 22: Roger Ailes says CNN is “not getting the ratings with their programming, so they’ve decided to get the ratings with their walls…”

> Aug. 9: When you’re in The Situation Room, you’re IN The Situation Room…

> July 17: The Situation Room “will bring the control room to the living room…”

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