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Amanpour
• Interview with "The Finest Hotel in Kabul" Author and BBC and Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet; Interview with "Poems and Prayers" Author and Actor Matthew McConaughey; Interview with "Inherited Inequality" Author Christina Cross. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Blames "Radical Left" In Lengthy Christmas Post After DOJ Uncovers More Than One Million New Possible Epstein Docs; DOJ: Working "Around The Clock" To Review Possible New Epstein Docs; Trump Tells "Politico": Zelenskyy "Doesn't Have Anything Until I Approve It" Ahead Of Expected Peace Deal Meeting On Sunday; Trump: U.S. Launched "Deadly" Strike On ISIS In Nigeria; 10 House Republicans Leaving Congress To Run For Governor. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN News Central
• U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes on ISIS Terrorist in Nigeria; Major Storms Could Cause Chaos for Post-Christmas Travelers; Trump Slams Sleazebags Who Loved Jeffrey Epstein in Christmas Post. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Top 10 Biggest International Stories Of 2025; Zelenskyy Says He Plans To Meet With Trump "In The Near Future"; Treatment Options If You're Battling The Flu. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA): U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes on ISIS Terrorists in Nigeria; Major Winter Storm to Bring Snow, Ice to Midwest and Northeast; Border Patrol Expands Training, Recruiting Under Trump. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes On ISIS Terrorists In Nigeria; Israel Defense Minister: "Will Never Withdraw" From Gaza; Kimmel Tells British Viewers "Tyranny Is Booming" In U.S.; Trump Targets T.V. Networks In Posts Over "Negative" Coverage; Ashlee Buzzard To Be Arraigned On Murder Charge In Daughter's Death. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes On ISIS Terrorists In Nigeria; Year-End Holiday Travel Expected To Set Break Records; DOJ: 1 Million Plus Documents Possibly Linked To Epstein Uncovered. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• $18 Billion Powerball Jackpot Won On Christmas Eve In Arkansas; Zelensky Says He Will Meet With Trump In Florida On Sunday; U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes On ISIS Terrorists In Nigeria. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Powerball Jackpot; California Mother Charged With Murder in Daughter's Killing; Deadly Storms in California; U.S. Attacks ISIS Targets in Nigeria. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes On ISIS Terrorists In Nigeria; Zelenskyy Says He Plans To Meet Trump For Peace Talks On Sunday; Food Banks Struggling To Help Over The Holidays; UPS Plane Crash Death Toll Rises To 15; FDA Announces Recall Of Potentially Radioactive Frozen Shrimp. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• California Facing Potentially Life-threatening Flooding, Storms Lead To State Of Emergency Declared In Several Counties; U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes On ISIS Terrorists In Nigeria; Zelenskyy Says He Plans To Meet Trump For Peace Talks On Sunday; Travis Kelce Addresses Retirement Rumors; Jim Beam Pauses Production; $1.8 Billion Powerball Ticket Sold On Christmas Eve; Israel's Approval Of New West Bank Settlements Condemned By 12 European Countries, Along With Canada And Japan. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes on ISIS Terrorists in Nigeria; Jim Beam Pausing Production at Main Kentucky Distillery; How to Beat the Flu as Cases Continue Rising; Underwater Drug Trafficking Becoming More Sophisticated. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. Lauches Deadly Strikes on ISIS Terrorists in Nigeria; Zelenskyy Says He Plans to Meet Trump for Peace Talks on Sunday; Tired of New Year's Resolutions, Consider a Theme; Biggest international Stories 2025. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Says He Will Not Tolerate The Persecution of Christians in Nigeria; Turkish Police Launch Major Anti-Terror Raids Across The Country, Detains at Least 115 Suspected ISIS Members; U.S. and Ukrainian Leaders Plan to Meet Soon in Person; Thousands Gather in St. Peter's for Pope Leo's First Christmas Mass. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• U.S. Targets Islamic Group in Nigeria; Aid Groups Can't Penetrate Gaza; Song Sung Blue Movie Now Showing. Aired 3-3:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump: U.S. Military Struck ISIS Terrorist Targets in Nigeria; DOJ Finds a Million Documents Potentially Related to Epstein. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• U.S. Military Struck ISIS Terrorists Target in Nigeria; Epstein Fallout. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Storms Slam California with Rain and High Winds; Pope Leo's Christmas Message Denounces Suffering in Gaza; Two Killed in Car-ramming & Stabbing Attack in Northern Israel; Jackman and Hudson Star in "Song Sung Blue". Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump: U.S. Military Struck ISIS Terrorists In Nigeria; Zelenskyy Says He And Trump Agreed To Meet "In Near Future"; Millions At Risk Of Flooding In Southern California Counties; Defense Minister: Israel "Will Never Withdraw" From Gaza. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• A Look At Global Trade In 2025; DOJ Discovers A Million More Possible Epstein Files; New Law To Resolve Pet Custody Battles In Mexico. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Zelenskyy Says He'll Meet With Trump In Florida On Sunday; Trump Launches Another Military Operation Overseas; Epstein Files Drama. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• DOJ May Need A "Few More Weeks" To Release Additional Epstein Files; Top 10 Of 2025; Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin Joins Inside Politics On New Memoir. Aired 12:30-1p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Two Killed in Car-ramming & Stabbing Attack in Northern Israel; Turkish Police Detain 115 Suspected Members of ISIS; Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak Sentenced to 15 Years; Trump Slams " Sleazebags Who Loved Jeffrey Epstein" in Christmas Post. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Launches Deadly Strikes on ISIS Terrorists in Nigeria; California Bracing for More Rain Today; DOJ Says, Could Take Weeks to Redact Newly Discovered Documents. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• DOJ Says It Found Additional Documents Related to Epstein; U.S. Launched Deadly Strikes on ISIS Terrorists in Nigeria; Zelenskyy Meets with Trump. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Nigeria Confirms It Coordinated With U.S. In Strikes On ISIS; Winning $1.8B Powerball Ticket Sold At Arkansas Gas Station; More Retailers Charge Restocking Fees For Holiday Returns. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Netflix Criticized Over NFL Broadcast; Zelenskyy and Trump Set to Meet; Interview With Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Did Not Air 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Did Not Air 12-1a ET
• Did Not Air 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET