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Dish Network Enlists Glenn Beck And Eliot Spitzer To Debate Political Views

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday September 13, 2012 @ 1:25pm PDTTags: Current TV, Eliot Spitzer, Glenn Beck

It doesn’t look like Dish Network is using Charlie Rose, C-SPAN, or Firing Line as models for the program it will air on October 2, the night before the first presidential debate. The satellite company calls its special with Glenn Beck and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer The War Of The Words. And it introduced the event at a press conference today by inviting boxing MC Michael Buffer to stand in the middle of a mock ring and to deliver  his  catchphrase — “Let’s get ready to rumble!” — as he brought out what he called the “heavyweights on the right and the left.” They’ll square off in front of a live audience for the broadcast, which will be offered on Dish’s channel 102 and streamed online at www.facebook.com/DISH. It will promote Dish’s pickup yesterday of Beck’s TheBlaze online video content as well as Current TV, where the Spitzer hosts a weeknight talk show: Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer. Dish CEO Joseph Clayton says that his company ”offers more political programming than anyone else.” TheBlaze is included DISH’s America’s Top 250 package; Current TV is included in America’s Top 200 package. Both also can be purchased a la carte for $5 a month starting later this month.

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Eliot Spitzer Out: CNN Revamps Primetime

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday July 6, 2011 @ 11:05am PDTTags: Anderson Cooper, CNN, Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer In The Arena, Erin Burnett, In The Arena, John King USA, Parker Spitzer

It’s not as bad as having to resign in disgrace as New York’s governor after a sex scandal. But Eliot Spitzer still has to look for a new gig now that CNN says his low-rated weeknight talk show In The Arena didn’t make the network’s new line-up that will debut Aug. 8. He’ll be replaced at 8:00 PM ET by Anderson Cooper’s AC360, which will re-air at 10:00. That show will be preceded at 7:00 by an unnamed general news show hosted by former CNBC anchor Erin Burnett. And Piers Morgan Tonight will remain at 9:00.

Ken Jautz, EVP of CNN/U.S. says that the network is “in discussions with Eliot Spitzer about an alternative role. We thank him and the entire In the Arena team for creating a program that moved many political and economic issues into the national spotlight.” Spitzer adds in a statement that his show “engaged serious people in conversations about national and global issues in a way that was informative and challenging. I believe that we provided diverse and valuable perspectives during the show’s tenure. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at CNN.”

Spitzer’s run at CNN, where he was initially paired with conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, seemed ill-fated from the start last fall. The executive who brought him aboard, Jonathan Klein, was ousted just weeks before the debut of Parker Spitzer. Parker left in February.

Here’s CNN’s announcement about its new programming plans: Read More »

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CNN’s ‘Parker Spitzer’ To Become ‘In The Arena’ Sans Kathleen Parker

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 25, 2011 @ 11:44am PSTTags: CNN, Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer In The Arena, In The Arena, Kathleen Parker, Parker Spitzer, Parker Spitzer Ratings, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Kathleen Parker is leaving CNN’s embattled primetime program Parker Spitzer, which she had been co-hosting with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. Starting on Monday, the program will be renamed In The Arena, and will feature Spitzer, … Read More »

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‘Parker Spitzer’ Finishes Last In CNN Debut

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 5, 2010 @ 2:43pm PDTTags: Cable TV, Cable TV Ratings, CNN Ratings, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Eliot Spitzer, John King USA, Kathleen Parker, Ken Jautz, Ken Jautz CNN, Parker Spitzer, Parker Spitzer Ratings, The O'Reilly Factor
Nellie Andreeva

Another headache for new CNN topper Ken Jautz: the embattled news cable network’s latest primetime offering Parker Spitzer trailed the competition at 8 PM in its debut last night. That’s the one-hour show on CNN hosted by former New York … Read More »

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