CNN Keeping Cooper; TNT Keeping Sedgwick
By Multi Channel News Staff -- Multichannel News, 1/19/2007 11:25:00 AM
Turner Broadcasting System rewarded two of its top-level talent with contract extensions.
Anderson Cooper inked a new multiyear deal with CNN, netting the newsman a significant raise and allowing him to continue to deliver segments for CBS’ venerable 60 Minutes, according to sources at the No. 2 cable news network.
"Anderson Cooper is an exceptional journalist, and his dedication in going after important stories wherever they occur makes him a natural fit for CNN,” CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein said in a prepared statement. “We look forward to more of his groundbreaking work in the years to come."
MCN sister publication Broadcasting & Cable first reported news of Cooper's contract on Friday.
Meanwhile, Kyra Sedgwick, who earned a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a drama for her starring turn in The Closer, added another year to her six-year pact with TNT for the series.
Sedgwick, according to sources at the drama network, has a producer’s title to her role as Brenda Johnson, a transplanted Atlantan and former CIA-trained interrogator now serving as deputy chief of the LAPD’s Priority Homicide Squad.
The second season of The Closer was the top-ranked original series in basic cable in 2006.
TNT executives declined to comment on Sedgwick’s contract extension.
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