Turner Upfront Presentation 2016 Live Blog
Turner’s choc-a-bloc Upfront presentation at Madison Square Garden this morning was moderated by CNN talent. CNN star Anderson Cooper and TBS late night star Conan O’Brien competed to see who was the palest, and Cooper bragged that, “with all due respect to TNT, there has been more drama on CNN this year than anywhere else on television.
TBS’ other late-night star Samantha Bee pitched media buyers on the idea of coughing up $100K so she could become a sponsor of the GOP convention in Cleveland which she promised would include a huge banner ad with her image and their company name, which CNN would show often during its wall-to-wall coverage of the clambake, during which she forecast presumptive nominee Donald Trump would again brag about the size of his penis and House leader Paul Ryan would be seen mulling whether to end it all.
Here how it unfolded:
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