John Ziegler: Why Kathleen Parker Was Doomed At CNN
On Friday, Parker/Spitzer co-host Kathleen Parker announced that she is leaving the show. In a guest column, John Ziegler, radio host, Palin confidante, and the filmmaker behind Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted, offers his commentary on Parker's departure from CNN.
Breaking: Kathleen Parker Is Out At CNN
After months of turbulence at CNN's Parker Spitzer, the network will drop co-host Kathleen Parker from the show, according to sources and a memo released to CNN staff. Eliot Spitzer will continue with the show. According to CNN chief Ken Jautz, the new show will feature Spitzer in an "ensemble format" of...
SNL Imagines Parker/Spitzer With Twice The Disgraced Former NY Governors
Hard to believe, but there is a name for a talk show that's more ungainly and unimaginative than "Parker/Spitzer." In a sketch that played on the recent rumors of strife surrounded the poorly rated CNN show, SNL aired a segment depicting Eliot Spitzer's hypothetical search for a new co-anchor: "Parker/Amanpour," "Parker/Klum" and...
Memo To CNN: Keep Parker, Drop Spitzer
Amidst reports that CNN is eager to shake-up the relatively new, but ratings-starved, Parker Spitzer, by dumping Kathleen Parker and giving Eliot Spitzer a new co-host, I politely suggest the exact opposite strategy would better ensure the show's longevity. With the ratings for Parker Spitzer consistently placing it in last...
CNN’s Parker Spitzer Goes Live Amid Uncertainty Over Host’s Future
CNN's Parker Spitzer, which has been largely pre-taped, went to a live broadcast Monday--with the New York Post hinting the move was a last-minute effort to boost ratings. "Network honcho Ken Jautz announced yesterday during a morning meeting that the show, which had previously been taped, would now be aired live,...
Report: CNN May Replace Kathleen Parker On Parker Spitzer
According to a report posted tonight on the website of The Wall Street Journal, CNN is considering replacing Kathleen Parker, co-host of the ratings-challenged Parker Spitzer. The WSJ story quotes unnamed sources who say a new co-host could be named to join Eliot Spitzer as part of a major overhaul...
Congressman: Obama Warned If Tax Compromise Fails It’s The “End Of His Presidency”
Last night on CNN’s Parker Spitzer, Democratic congressman Peter DeFazio appeared and wanted his opposition to President Obama’s tax compromise to be heard loud and clear. With the tax compromise very much in jeopardy as liberal members of the House of Representatives are currently in revolt, DeFazio’s comments not only ruffled a few feathers...
Kathleen Parker Concedes “Tension” At CNN’s Parker Spitzer
After a New York Post column last week that claimed a fed up Kathleen Parker "stormed off" the set of CNN's ratings-challenged Parker Spitzer, Parker tells The New York Times' Brian Stelter there has indeed been "some editorial and political tension."
Breaking News: Eliot Spitzer Is Good On Television
The jokes have been made, and the ratings are not strong: Eliot Spitzer has starting to look like cable news's pinata. In fact, it's not unreasonable to think that Parker/Spitzer's days on air are numbered, at least in its current iteration. But despite the sturm und drang and predictable...
