Candy Reid in the dark

A rather amusing mistake on CNN/I this morning during the live edition of World Sport at 0830 gmt. The titles rolled as normal, followed by a fade to the long shot of the studio in Atlanta, with Candy waiting by the video wall.

In the dark. The director waited and waited, with the title music continuing, for the lights to come on. That didn't happen, and the show started with Candy Reid welcoming us to the show in the dark. It took 20 seconds or so before the lights finally dawned on Candy. No mention was made of the error.

Candy Reid re-filmed the beginning of World Sport for the re-run at 1030 gmt, which had no lighting problems.