The Ticker: Abrams at 4pm, Cooper, Gibson, Gupta, Finighan…

> The Abrams Report started airing in MSNBC’s 4pm time slot yesterday…

> Anderson Cooper is back in New Orleans. But I wish he’d spend more time on 360 showing viewers the city, instead of introducing packages about dog maulings and interviewing Jack Hannah…

> Charlie Gibson took Good Morning America viewers inside the Central Intelligence Agency this morning for an exclusive interview with Porter Goss…

> Next month on CNN: Dr. Sanjay Gupta scares viewers with a primetime special called “Killer Flu: A Breath Away…”

> BBC News presenter Adrian Finighan is joining CNN International next year. He’ll be based in London. He currently appears on the BBC’s co-anchored newscasts from Washington… (Via WHAC)

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