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Eliot Spitzer, Kathleen Parker Land CNN's 8pm Slot

Co-hosts replace Campbell Brown, 'can't possibly be boring'

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 23, 2010 10:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Wow: It wasn't just loose talk. CNN today named Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker co-hosts of a "nightly news and events discussion program" at 8pm, replacing Campbell Brown's ratings-starved show. In the CNN press release, shared by Business Insider, Parker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning right-wing columnist, lavished praise on her new partner, calling the disgraced governor-turned-blogger "one of the nation's most brilliant, fearless and original thinkers."

For his part, Spitzer calls Parker "an extraordinary intellect whose sharp observations and wit are certain to resonate with viewers.” What will happen when they stop scratching each other's backs? "It can't possibly be boring,” she predicts.
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: Kathleen Parker poses for photographers before the Characters Unite National Town Hall at the NEWSEUM on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: Kathleen Parker poses for photographers before the Characters Unite National Town Hall at the NEWSEUM on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.   (Getty Images)
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer addresses an audience during a Harvard University ethics forum on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer addresses an audience during a Harvard University ethics forum on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer smiles while addressing an audience during a Harvard University ethics forum on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Spitzer's address, at Harvard's Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, is entitled What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer smiles while addressing an audience during a Harvard University ethics forum on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Spitzer's address,...   (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: Kathleen Parker speaks during the Characters Unite National Town Hall at the NEWSEUM on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: Kathleen Parker speaks during the Characters Unite National Town Hall at the NEWSEUM on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.   (Getty Images)
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jacob78
Jun 23, 2010 3:02 PM CDT
At least you have two nitwits who can entertain each other after they provide whatever garbage they will provide and nobody will care what kinky stuff they do!!!
MrsK
Jun 23, 2010 11:48 AM CDT
And this is supposed to save CNN? That's funny.
sailor86
Jun 23, 2010 11:36 AM CDT
Ol' Spitzer seems sincere. Aw, what the heck. He deserves another chance.

 
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