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CNN's Spitzer/Parker Show Debuts To Scathing Reviews

Reuters, Tuesday, October 5, 2010 11:49 PM

CNN's primetime talk show anchored byex-New York governor Eliot Spitzer and conservative journalist Kathleen Parker debuted to scathing reviews, with comments on Tuesday ranging from "unbearable" to "icky" and "obnoxious." Both were hired by ousted former CNN chief Jonathan Klein to add fireworks to the evening news lineup.

The New York Times said the Spitzer sex scandal "cast an awkward shadow" over the pair's chemistry and gave the show an "ickiness factor" that was hard to watch. Time's James Poniewozik also felt uncomfortable, saying the show struggled to find its tone, and he called the closing "round-table" section "just vapid." The New York Post headlined its review "Freak show unbearable to watch," while the Baltimore Sun summed up the first show as "a load of obnoxious, self-important noise."

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