CNN this year has posed a bold question: Is America ready for a TV news/chat/whatever show co-hosted by an ex-governor disgraced for patronizing prostitutes and a Pulitzer-prize winning columnist who hates both half-breeds and snowbillies? America has taken its time getting back to us on this, but we finally heard from them, and they said “What? No, hell no, we are not watching that”:
CNN’s prime time ratings woes are only increasing with new program Parker Spitzer.
Monday night was the lowest weekday prime time rating average in more than 10 years, since June 28, 2000.
Also, nobody watched Larry King bark semi-coherent questions at Hamid Karzai either. [Mediaite]
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Who?
As long as Spitzer keeps his socks on, they're gonna be ok.
Great, now how are we going to know every boring detail about Kathleen's latest family drama?
Clearly Parker should have a show with Sally Quinn.
The modern Post seems to have a rule to only hire women who are vapid socialites; to think this once the paper of Katherine Graham.
…who was a fame-whoring glory-seeker herself, if memory serves.
I can't wait not to watch that!
I want a commenting system that allows me to award whore diamonds instead of/in addition to pee.
Hurray!
Spitzer is boring. Parker is boring. Replace one of them with Blagojevitch. That's fucking golden.
No no, Blago is (apparently) faithful to his wife, but crassly speaks truths about politics when he thinks no one can hear him. Apparently the reverse set of properties is what CNN thinks America wants to watch. Where are you when we need you, Connie Chung?
Blagojevitch/O'Donnell
Equal parts hair and batshit crazy.
Oh, I'd watch that shit all day.
I think the show might have a shot if they'd just replace Parker with a weekly guest whore. (Not Meg Whitman).
Maybe if they take the condom off it will help.
Proposed new attention-grabbing title for the show: "Raw Dog! with Parker and Spitzer".
CNN did well with the Chile mine extravaganza – one idea would be to send Spitzer and Parker into the mine shaft, fill it with rocks and see if anyone would rescue them.
Maybe the could move it around the world. For three-months they would be buried in South America, and then for three-months they would be buried in Africa, then China, then Australia…, the possibilities are endless.
The problems is, I think FOX has a copyright on this, as I'm sure that Glen Beck is doing his show buried without oxygen somewhere already.
Yip-yip-yip-yip
I actually like Spitzer, but I couldn't watch the show for 5 minutes before losing interest. Even hating Parker couldn't hold my interest.
IM BILLY MAYS. TIred of paying expensive on air talent to do your low-rated dayparts? Now you can leverage your brand identity investment without the expense or trouble of paying or maintaining your on-air talent.
I bring you the Larry and Sarah Show.
Larry King Loves Bacon
Larry and Sarah Get Cancer
Noah Wanted Larry To Die
Sarah Goes Rogue
I give 'em ten more weeks.
"NewStar" will be CNN's competition to host their 8pm slot. Each week contestants face a new challenge: war news, financial crisis, some new poll, something found on youtube. Viewers send the worst contestants to "Fox News". At the end, America's Top NewStar gets a ten week show. Then it starts over.
Jeopardy: What is hell?
Rick Sanchez has been Vindicated!
Make it Parker-Spitzer-Borat.
Proving my theory: Though some may tolerate the abstract concept, nobody actually wants to witness Eliot Spitzer cavorting with some whore.
Yes Kathleen, I'm sure you DO have a pussy (that knowledge is the reason for her constant self-satisfied smile) but strangely, even THAT doesn't interest me in your particular case. And the Spitzster? Nothing against him except he got caught AND made his poor wife stand next to him during his mea culpa… Why humiliate yourself alone in front of the World when you can include another loved one? Asshole. Stay home, Spitz, get a hobby, get a divorce, be true to something.
Let's face it, half the people tuned in to Parker-Spitzer expecting porn with that title, and were sorely disappointed to find the exact opposite.
This is good news for BrideZillas on WE.
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