So he is planning much broader changes for the network—including a prime-time shakeup that’s likely to make CNN traditionalists cringe.

 

Once, CNN’s vanilla coverage was a point of pride. Now, the boss boasts about the ratings for his unscripted series, and documentaries like the Sea World-slamming film Blackfish. Zucker, in his first one-on-one interview since taking control of CNN last January, told Capital he wants news coverage “that is just not being so obvious.”

 

Instead, he wants more of “an attitude and a take”: