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Country of origin  United States
Location(s)  New York City
Running time  60 minutes
First episode date  1 April 2013
Network  CNN
Original language(s)  English
Camera setup  Multi-camera
Original network  CNN
Final episode date  4 April 2013
Language  English
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Presented by  Donny Deutsch, Margaret Hoover, Rick Reilly, Jason Taylor
Cast  Donny Deutsch, Margaret Hoover, Rick Reilly, Jason Taylor
Similar  Sanjay Gupta MD, CNN Daybreak, Your Money, Evans - Novak - Hunt & S, Starting Point

(Get to) The Point is a short-lived current events discussion television program that aired on CNN in April 2013. Initially billed by CNN as "a week of special programming", the program was hosted by advertising executive and television personality Donny Deutsch with a panel that consisted of political commentator and gay rights activist Margaret Hoover, ESPN columnist Rick Reilly and ESPN NFL analyst Jason Taylor. A fifth panelist slot was filled by a different person each day. (Get to) The Point attracted a great deal of ridicule on Twitter during its time on air. Also during that time, the program averaged just 268,000 viewers with an average of merely 77,000 viewers in the 25-54 viewing demographic. It was also mocked by comedian Jon Stewart during his Comedy Central show. As a result of the low ratings, CNN's management decided not to continue with the show, cancelling (Get to) The Point after only a week of airtime.

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