injured by ABC's actions. While executive producer of ABC's PrimeTime Live, Kaplan in 1992 advised then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton how to deal with the Gennifer Flowers affair issue, recommended that the Clintons appear on the CBS program "60 Minutes," and advised the Clintons on how to handle that interview. In January 1994, Kaplan became executive producer of World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and was responsible for the direction and overall editorial content of the news program. Under Kaplan's direction in 1994, World News Tonight broadcast live from the beaches of Normandy for the 50th anniversary of D-Day and in a series of special news broadcasts from the Middle East, produced the first live program from the Gaza Strip. Kaplan served as executive producer of special projects for ABC. In this post, Kaplan created and produced special programming for all of the network's divisions, including news, entertainment and sports. CNN (1997–2000) As President of CNN-US, Kaplan was responsible for all news and programming at the flagship network of the CNN News Group. He instituted a new class of instant news specials, revamped the network's programming line-up with a new program schedule and anchor teams, and increased the number of hours of hard news programming during the weekends. Under Kaplan, CNN/U.S. galvanized its ability to provide worldwide viewership with the most extensive and up-to-the-minute live coverage and analysis of both breaking and on-going news events, as evidenced in the unprecedented 100 hours of live, global Millennium 2000 coverage, the award-winning Investigating the President series of CNN Special Reports, the 1998 off-year election coverage, John Glenn’s return to space, the Showdown with Iraq series of CNN Special Reports, the week-long series entitled Ground Zero on nuclear proliferation, and various timely news specials on topics including the NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia, the Littleton, Colorado school shootings, the effects of El Niño in 1997 and the network’s groundbreaking series of town hall meetings, including Investigating the President: Media Madness? He also played a major role in the planning and execution of CNN’s Campaign 2000 coverage, producing four multi-candidate primary debates, including the Bradley-Gore debate at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. Kaplan also produced all of CNN’s prime time coverage of both the 2000 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. In 1998, Kaplan oversaw production of the first documentary for the new show NewsStand. The documentary called "Tailwind," narrated by journalist Peter Arnett, alleged that during the