CNN’s annual celebration of people changing the world was reimagined for its latest installment, marking 14 years of the awards gala and broadcast.
“CNN Heroes” has called the American Museum of Natural History in New York home for many years, previously coming from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
That setting, with the imposing blue whale model hanging overhead in the Hall of Ocean Life, provided a wide-open canvas for the event which would typically have hundreds of guests, a custom stage area and an LED display.
However, due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the event had to rethink many pieces of its broadcast for 2020. The latest edition relocated the broadcast to CNN’s headquarters at Hudson Yards, borrowing Studio 19X.