Christiane Amanpour returns weekdays on CNN International in March

She’s brilliant, she’s back – and it will really be as if she never left: CNN International just announced that Christiane Amanpour, which I announced in December 2011 would be back on the channel, will return on weekdays to CNN International with her show entitled, Amanpour.

Amanpour was the name of Christiane Amanpour‘s show which she started in September 2009 and continued to do until she left CNN International in August 2010 for America’s ABC network. Now it be as if she never went away.

CNN International said that the half hour Amanpour will start very soon on the channel and will be a weekday show broadcast at 9pm (West African time) and a repeat at 11pm in March.

The new Amanpour will be part of a major schedule shake-up for CNN International as far as African and European viewers are concerned, with the strong journalistic credentials of Amanpour forming the centrepiece of the dynamic new scheduling line-up.

Liza McGuirk will be the executive producer of Amanpour based in New York with Christiane Amanpour from where Amanpour was done previously.

”We are delighted to see Amanpour return to the heart of CNN International‘s lineup,” says Tony Maddox, the executive vice president and managing director of CNN International in a statement just announcing the news.

”Christiane has proven herself time and time again to be the leading international journalist in television news and with Liza’s commitment to producing compelling television, Amanpour will showcase the very best CNN has to offer,” says Tony Maddox.

”I’m thrilled that Christiane’s powerful, utterly original journalistic voice will once again be heard around the world, and I look forward to helping her shape an important program at a time of great global change,” says Liza McGuirk.

With Amanpour, CNN International says it will once again be offering Europe and Africa’s viewers ”a destination programme featuring one of the world’s most distinguished journalists”.

”Known for her tough questions and extraordinary depth of knowledge, Amanpour will focus on international stories shaping the news agenda, delivering sharp analysis to an audience of more than 280 million households in more than 200 countries and territories around the world with CNN International.”