The Early Show is the current edition of the CBS Morning News, an American television series broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7:00 to 9:00 AM (EST), Mondays through Fridays. There is also a related series titled The Saturday Early Show. The Early Show is essentially a talk show featuring celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces.
The show began in 1999 with hosts Bryant Gumbel and Jane Clayson . They were replaced in 2002 by Harry Smith, Julie Chen, Hannah Storm, and Rene Syler . The show also has a number of "correspondents" who do short segments on specific issues; Martha Stewart, Martha Quinn, Bobby Flay, and Bob Vila, among others, have been featured in this role. Stewart's participation garnered headlines in 2002 due to her obsessively chopping vegetables while refusing to answer Clayson's questions regarding her stock fraud -- Clayson left the show after the appearance, which was immortalized in an NBC TV-movie of Stewart's life a few months later.
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