Spitzer's CNN Show Looks ... Bad

Turns out she's not a huge fan of Spitzer

(NEWSER) - Parker Spitzer could soon be just ... Spitzer. Kathleen Parker is so unhappy with her role on the new CNN show that she's threatening to walk, sources tell the New York Post . The conservative columnist thinks she's playing second fiddle to co-host Eliot Spitzer, and she actually did walk off the set a few weeks ago. Some sources agree Spitzer is upstaging her, but others claim Parker's own "weaknesses" as a TV personality are to blame. Of course, this could all turn out to be a moot point: The show has been struggling quite a bit with ratings. More»

Will Tracy-Hepburn routine have legs for upcoming CNN show?

(NEWSER) - Can the man known as a "scowling attorney general" and a "grimacing governor" (not to speak of call-girl customer) really morph into a cable TV charmer? In their first joint interview, Eliot Spitzer and his CNN co-host Kathleen Parker entertain a pair of Wall Street Journal reporters with their Tracy-Hepburn routine. "The only way I can get through a day with Eliot Spitzer is if I drink those 5-hour Energy drinks," says Parker, who the reporters noted was wearing leopard-print heels and holding her blind poodle. "Today I drank two." More»

Eliot Spitzer Will Remain as Show Gets New Format

(NEWSER) - Parker Spitzer is no more. After weeks of rumors , CNN announced today that Kathleen Parker is leaving the 8pm show she co-hosted with Eliot Spitzer, reports the Wrap . The former governor will remain, and show will be renamed The Arena starting Monday. Joining Spitzer will be E.D. Hill and Will Cain, notes the New York Times' Media Decoder blog . The show had been plagued by lackluster ratings and reports of friction between the hosts since its inception last fall. More»

Show's ratings haven't improved since debut

(NEWSER) - CNN may replace Kathleen Parker on its Parker Spitzer show, which has posted weak numbers against competitors, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . CNN lost a third of its evening viewers last year, and the 8pm show has struggled to grow its audience in the three months since its launch. Parker Spitzer has averaged 468,000 viewers in recent weeks, the same as when it began in October. In the same time slot, Fox News pulls in 2.6 million viewers, while MSNBC garners 874,000. More»

Parker Spitzer 'a load of obnoxious, self-important noise'

(NEWSER) - Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer's CNN talkfest Parker Spitzer made its debut last night and critics say the program by the former New York governor and Washington Post columnist is as bad as predicted.

• The pacing, and the whole show, seems weird, complains Max Read at Gawker . Guests, including columnist Thomas Frank, conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren, and Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin, "were hustled on and off in about 5 minutes," with Spitzer completely dominating every conversation and Parker not saying much.