Planet‘s Premiere Party

The planet might be in peril, but the Hayden Planetarium in New York was alive last night for the screening of CNN’s 4-hour documentary Planet in Peril. The 45-minute highlight reel brought viewers to five countries on three continents. The special investigation airs over two nights, October 23 & 24 at 9pmET.

Planet in Peril anchor/reporter, Anderson Cooper

Planet in Peril reporter, Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Chevy Chase and Gupta (talking brain surgery, no doubt)

The crowd at the Hayden Planetarium reception

The NYTimes’ Brian Stelter and CourtTV’s Ashleigh Banfield (yes, Brian was reading up on the NYTimes archives)

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