CNN Original Series "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever" Premieres Saturday, April 11 at 9pm ET/PT

NEW YORK, NY - (March 12, 2026) - CNN Original Series Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever will premiere on Saturday, April 11 at 9pm ET/PT on CNN. Produced by EverWonder Studio, the six-episode series follows legendary journalist Kara Swisher as she embarks on a deeply personal and sharply reported journey into the rapidly expanding world of longevity science and humanity's enduring quest to cheat death. The series will air weekly on Saturdays at 9pm ET/PT on CNN. Episodes will be available to stream the next day for subscribers of CNN's streaming offering.

"When my father died of an aneurysm at 34 years old, I was only five years old. Since then, I've thought a lot about death and how it impacts us all, for better or worse," said Swisher. "When I started covering Silicon Valley in the early 1990s, I spent a lot of time reporting on how innovation and tech leaders could help some people while hurting others. As titans who have profoundly impacted our world, they've become interested in applying their vast fortunes and often god-like know-how to longevity, dreaming they might even be able to hack death itself. Can they? Is that a good thing? What is actual breakthrough science and what is the same old snake oil? Will that effort help all of humanity or just themselves? My goal is the same as it always has been: To find out."

Inspired by her own experiences confronting mortality, Swisher investigates the promises and pitfalls of the booming longevity industry. Across the series, Swisher examines everything from anti-aging treatments and biotech breakthroughs to the role of artificial intelligence, the influence of Silicon Valley, and the growing cultural obsession with extending life. Along the way, she explores how wealth, access to healthcare, and social connection shape who benefits from these innovations, and whether humanity's pursuit of longer lives is changing how we think about death itself.

Throughout the series, Swisher sits down with a range of voices at the center of the longevity conversation, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, CRISPR pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, entrepreneur and professor Scott Galloway, and Reed Jobs, whose work is shaped by his family's personal encounter with cancer. The series takes Swisher from exclusive concierge medical clinics to cutting-edge biotech labs and international healthcare systems, including a visit to South Korea to examine how preventative care and innovation have contributed to the country's high life expectancy.

"Few journalists are as well-equipped as Kara Swisher to interrogate the powerful people and bold ideas shaping the future of technology and medicine," said Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President for Talent & Content Development, CNN Worldwide. "With her trademark curiosity and wit, Kara guides viewers through a rapidly evolving industry that sits at the intersection of technology, science and society, making this a natural fit for CNN Original Series audiences who want to better understand the forces shaping our future."

Executive producers for the series are Kara Swisher; Amy Entelis, Lyle Gamm and Katie Hinman for CNN Original Series; and Ian Orefice, Jon Adler, Amanda Spain, David Rivera, and Anna Chai for EverWonder Studio.

Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever builds upon CNN Original Series' enduring success in science and health programming, joining a library of premium, award-winning storytelling now available to stream on the CNN app.

The series will stream live for pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN connected TV and mobile apps on Saturday, April 11. It will also be available on demand beginning Sunday, April 12 to CNN's streaming subscribers via CNN.com and CNN connected TV and mobile apps.

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About CNN Originals

The CNN Originals group develops, produces and acquires original, long-form unscripted programming for CNN Worldwide. Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent, CNN Originals and creative development, oversees the award-winning CNN Originals portfolio that includes the following premium content brands: CNN Original Series, CNN Films, CNN FlashDocs, and CNN Studios, an internal production studio which creates long-form programming for CNN's global platforms. Since 2012, the team has overseen and executive produced more than 50 multi-part documentary series and 70 feature-length documentary films, earning more than 120 awards and 450 nominations for the cable network, including CNN Films' first Academy Award(R) for Navalny. Acclaimed titles include the Peabody Award winning and 13-time Emmy(R) Award-winning Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown; five time Emmy(R) nominee, Apollo 11, directed by Todd Douglas Miller; Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain and Emmy(R) nominated Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico; the Emmy(R) Award-nominated "Decades Series": The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, The Nineties, The 2000s, and The 2010s, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman; I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not directed by Emmy(R) winner Marina Zenovich; The Last Movie Stars, directed by Ethan Hawke about the lives and careers of actors and humanitarians Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman; Grammy(R) Award nominee Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés; the Oscar(R), BAFTA, PGA, and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, Navalny directed by Daniel Roher; The Many Lives of Martha Stewart; This is Life with Lisa Ling; Primetime Emmy(R) and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, RBG, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen; See It Loud: The History of Black Television, executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter; Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight in partnership with the BBC; the Producers Guild Award and three-time Emmy(R) Award-winning Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy; BAFTA nominee and Directors Guild Award winner, Three Identical Strangers, directed by Tim Wardle; and the five-time Emmy(R) Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell; and the five-time Emmy(R) Award-winning The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper. CNN Originals can be seen on CNN, to stream via a CNN All Access subscription, on the CNN Original Hub on HBO Max and discovery+, on the CNN Originals FAST channel, and with a pay TV subscription via CNN.com, CNN apps and cable operator platforms.

About EverWonder Studio

EverWonder Studio is a best-in-class independent content studio and production company known for elevated nonfiction storytelling and live events. With projects spanning sports, culture, and global affairs, EverWonder highlights subjects that entertain and inform to ignite creativity and deliver impact around the world. The studio is led by multi-Emmy-winning producers and executives CEO Ian Orefice (TIME Studios) and President Mike Antinoro (Film 45, Dick Clark Productions), and backed by legendary media executive Jeff Zucker (CNN, NBCUniversal) and RedBird IMI.

Since its launch in fall 2023, EverWonder has quickly established a robust slate with top creative partnerships, can't-miss cultural moments, and a proven record of building IP and brands. The studio has announced several fully-financed documentaries in production, including a feature with Meadowlark Media on tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova; Playing POTUS, a feature about presidential parody with Delirio Films and Green Bomb Productions; Who Killed Diana?, the first series in a franchise with Emma Cooper's Empress Films; and series about Mike Tyson for Netflix. With many more projects in active development across multiple networks and streamers, EverWonder prides itself on compelling stories and premium production value.