The show, hosted by Anderson Cooper in front of a live studio audience, will air next Friday at 10pmET, but the taping came on the same day Cooper signed a deal to host his own syndicated daytime talk show. We tried to talk to Cooper about it after the taping, but he wasn’t talking.

The daytime show is expected to hit the airwaves next fall, not long after Oprah Winfrey signs off from her long-running syndicated daytime show.

“Bullying: No Escape; an AC 360 Special Report with PEOPLE Magazine and Cartoon Network,” includes guests Dr. Phil McGraw, Rosalind Wiseman, author of the book that inspired the movie “Mean Girls,” American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox, and families affected by the issue.

And the taping wasn’t without some technical difficulties.

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