The Lead with Jake Tapper

The Lead with Jake Tapper
Genre	News broadcast
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Federico Quadrani (2013–23) Reza Baktar (2023–present)
Production locations	CNN Studio Washington, D.C., U.S.
Running time	60 minutes (2013–2021) 120 minutes (2021–present)
Original release
Network	CNN (2013–present) Max (2023–present)
Release	March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) – present
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The Lead with Jake Tapper is an American news broadcast hosted by news anchor Jake Tapper. The show has aired on CNN since March 18, 2013 in the network's afternoon timeslot.

The show currently airs weekdays live from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET, and the 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm segment is also aired on CNN International.

The show contains a "lead" for different subjects. They are the National, Political, Money, Buried, Sports, World, Pop, Faith, Earth Matters, Tech, and Health leads.