The Final Moments of CNN+: Sad Wolf Blitzer and a Useless App

“This video is unavailable right now.” With just hours to go before CNN pulls the plug on their streaming pipedream, CNN+, that’s the message a subscriber sees if they try to play anything; if they can find anything. The CNN+ app was emptied of all content on Thursday. Their live content ended Wednesday. Here’s what the final moments of CNN+ look like since you more than likely never bought a subscription like most Americans.

Wolf Blitzer, on the set at the Set of, was the last live broadcaster before the studio lights went out. Newscast. After news reports about an American being freed from Russia, the war on Ukraine and an investigation into Trump’s organization, Blitzer, who was distraught, appeared to bid his farewells.

I’m Wolf Blitzer. Thank you for viewing The Newscast on CNN+. Tonight’s show will be our last, for now. You can still join me on weekdays at 6:00 Eastern time, in The Situation Room. This show is possible because of the incredible team behind it.

What’s the problem right now? Blitzer’s holding out a lot of hope on that one since the new executives at Warner Brothers Discovery can smell a disastrous niche streaming service from a mile away. He seemed to be aware of this though, even as his head was low and the credits ended, it went back to an empty screen.

Their final broadcast also occurred on Wednesday night as that evening’s Who’s Talking to Chris WallaceThe interview was prerecorded with Amor Towles. “Thank you for watching. And keep streaming to find out who’s talking, next,” he said in his canned signoff.

Earlier this week, Wallace’s interview with Hollywood producer Brian Grazer featured the struggling CNN host embarrassingly begging his guest to make a movie about his interviews with former President Trump.

Going to the app on Thursday, NewsBusters discovered that it’s now a hollowed-out husk (more than it was before they started the shutdown). Although there are many title cards to show titles, you won’t find any content when clicking on them. And if you do manage to find an episode, like the video above shows with the Wallace/Towles interview, it won’t play. After we got the CNN+ title cards, it took us back to our menu.

For Brian Stelter’s Trustworthy Sources Everyday, there were no episodes but there was a “watch” button. When we clicked it, we got a message that read: “This video is unavailable right now.”

Last Friday, April 25, was the last day for Stelter’s show. But he was so confident that they would let him keep it for a little while longer that he ended it by declaring: “We’ll be back streaming live here Monday, 11 a.m. Eastern time for more Trustworthy Sources Everyday.”

CNN+ dies in darkness.