Eye on India is airing this week on CNN. You would expect this to air three weeks ago, but the Japan Earthquake prevented it from going off. So, what did CNN do in the three weeks of the delay? They were able to nab a second sponsor (they had one last month). I thought that was the only change they made to Eye on India, until I see the new promo and there was a major difference.
In the first promo last month, they said that CNN anchor Andrew Stevens would be fronting this, but in the second one, they didn't include him. They wiped him out. Are they insane? They basically dropped this awesome veteran anchor from Hong Kong from the week-long coverage, and he knows India by heart. How dare they? I have been watching CNN since 8pm last night (April 3) and since 4am this morning, we should've seen Andrew 5 or 6 times, but we never saw him. Ever. His only appearance will be the new Talk Asia episode and possibly the half-hour show. There was a new episode of 'Executive Insider' that was supposed to include some Indian business man but they replaced it with the report by co-anchor Maggie Lake (I like her too, it's not her fault). What was that? CNN decided to snub Andrew Stevens from this week-long coverage, and I am fuming mad. Andrew doesn't deserve this April Fool's joke. Yes, I know he's been in India for two weeks already, but he's supposed to be the one fronting this.
I'm sorry, but with the way things are going, the only show I will be watching this week is Talk Asia and (hopefully) the half-hour special. This series is done. I'm not watching this bullsh*t series as long as they diminish Andrew's role in all of this. Shame on CNN for robbing one of the best CNN anchors of this important role. I will never forgive them for what they did to him. I'll give him a virtual hug when he does come back to World Business Today because that was wrong.
