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Did CNN Preview Its New Morning Show Today?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 10:31am PSTTags: Chris Cuomo, CNN, Erin Burnett, Jim Murphy

CNN viewers might have caught a glimpse of the near-future this morning when Chris Cuomo and Erin Burnett co-anchored the network’s coverage of the Pope’s final day in office. Cuomo has already been tapped to co-anchor whatever new morning show replaces the Soledad O’Brien-hosted Starting Point as part of new CNN boss Jeff Zucker’s overhaul of the cable news network; Burnett, who currently anchors an evening show, is widely expected to join him. The likely dry run came as the New York Times reported today that Jim Murphy, who was in charge of ABC’s Good Morning America from 2006-2011 (while Cuomo was on the show), will eventually run the new morning show as senior executive producer. Murphy most recently helped launch CNN host Anderson Cooper’s now-cancelled daytime talk show.

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Jeff Zucker Moving Erin Burnett To Host New CNN Morning Show With Chris Cuomo

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday January 29, 2013 @ 10:05am PSTTags: Chris Cuomo, CNN, Erin Burnett, Jeff Zucker

The chess pieces are certainly in play at CNN today. Managing editor Mark Whitaker is out, 20/20’s Chris Cuomo has been poached from ABC and now sources are telling Deadline that new CNN boss … Read More »

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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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CNBC’s Erin Burnett Moving To CNN

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday April 29, 2011 @ 3:47pm PDTTags: Anchor, CNBC, CNN, Erin Burnett, Hire

CNN announced Friday that it has hired CNBC’s Erin Burnett to anchor a weekday general news program and be the network’s chief business correspondent. At CNBC, she anchored weekday staples Squawk on the Street and Street Signs and was a contributor to NBC’s Meet the Press and Today. She will begin … Read More »

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Camp Allen: What A Showbiz Snorefest!

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 6, 2010 @ 5:18pm PDTTags: Activision Blizzard, Anderson Cooper, Barry Diller, Camp Allen, Charlie Rose, Erin Burnett, Jeff Katzenberg, Ken Auletta, Moguls, Peter Chernin

campallen.JPGHollywood is jetting to the annual Allen & Co investment conference in Sun Valley starting today. I’ve just been emailed the in-room schedule by a participant, and this year showbiz is back in favor because of an “Entertainment Panel” consisting of Barry Diller, Peter … Read More »

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