skippy the bush kangaroo: hey, paula! or, zahn with the wind

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

hey, paula! or, zahn with the wind

via talkleft, we learn that paula zahn will no longer be at cnn:

a day after cnn announced that it was hiring campbell brown to replace one of its prime-time hosts, presumably paula zahn, ms. zahn confirmed today that she was leaving the cable channel, effective aug. 2...

the estimated 558,000 viewers her program has been drawing, on average, each weeknight this year, according to nielsen media research, represents less than a quarter of the nearly 2.3 million who watch “the o’reilly factor” with bill o’reilly on fox news. ms. zahn’s program also draws about 100,000 fewer viewers a night than “countdown with keith olbermann” on msnbc.

o'reilly has been losing viewership, particularly in the key 25-54 demographic so it was not o'reilly that did zahn in. it was olbermann, whose countdown program is now the msnbc flagship and ratings driver. i do wonder what cnn thinks campbell brown can do for them in the time slot. mrs. dan senor (of iraqi cpa fame) will, one assumes, attempt to do better in the 25-54 demo. but how she steals from olbermann is hard to see. i guess she will be going after o'reilly to get younger conservative viewers. we'll see.

we had high hopes for paula, having watched her cut her teeth here in the los angeles market, then later at cbs. but she seemed particularly non-descript in her slot at cnn. we wish you the best, paula. but don't let the cable doorknob hit you on your cable ass on your way out the cable door.

Labels: multi-millionaire media

posted by skippy at 4:25 PM |

3 Comments:

CNN makes me ill anymore. Their Headline News channel is tolerable in the morning and during the day, but they keep cutting to Glenn Beck, Nancy disGrace, and some entertainment crap. Over at the main CNN station, I can't get past the irrelevancy of Larry King, Wolf Spritzer and their need for various talking heads, focus on celebrities, and need to regurgitate various press spinnings from politicians and corporations.

When will they finally get the idea that a great many of us do not want their frigging opinions or the opinions of hired guests?

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sean on li, 8:55 PM PDT

I for one am sorry to see PAULA go, I will miss her. I have always enjoyed watching her on CNN /She gave a story heart, not just cold reporting as some others so unGracefully do !!!!!

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Anonymous, 12:32 AM PDT

She was an FOW!

Fuck her and her little Bush-connections! She'll now only be in the second wave of folks up against the wall when the revolution comes!

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