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CNN's 'Crossfire' cancelled
Topic Started: Jan 9 2005, 08:42 PM (46 Views)
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=7262601

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Three months after comedian Jon Stewart attacked its format and sparred with co-host Tucker Carlson, "Crossfire" has become a casualty of the evolving CNN.

The right-left slugfest, aired live weekdays from Washington, will lose its half-hour spot to be folded perhaps into "Inside Politics" as a kinder, gentler discourse and much shorter. CNN-U.S. President Jonathan Klein said it seemed like it was time to do something different with "Crossfire," which has been on the air since 1982.

"People screaming at each other adds a lot of heat but not much light," Klein said.

In the end, "Crossfire" isn't the kind of show Klein sees in the CNN he's trying to create. He said he hoped that the other three show regulars -- James Carville, Paul Begala and Robert Novak -- would remain with "Crossfire" in the new format.

Carville said Thursday afternoon that he wasn't surprised by the fact that "Crossfire" will change, and thought it was a pretty good idea to change.

"I had a pretty good idea about most everything that was coming. I'm not dissatisfied at all," Carville said. "I love the old show, and I'm very much looking forward to the new show."

But he defended "Crossfire" from critics, saying that he thought the bickering and disagreeing wasn't bad. He felt that it had become fashionable to dump on the show, and that altering "Crossfire" would help CNN.

"The salons of Georgetown and the lofts of Manhattan will view this positively, and it will give them (CNN) breathing room among the chattering class," Carville said.

Begala announced the changes to the "Crossfire" audience during Carlson's last show Thursday afternoon. Carlson, who said he was going to another network, added: "To me, 'Crossfire' has always been more than shouting."

In the fall, "The Daily Show" host Stewart told Begala and Carlson that they needed to stop because they were "hurting America." Stewart couldn't be reached for comment Thursday.

"This has been coming for a long time," said Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia. "It wasn't my cup of tea. I almost never watched it ... because it was people shouting at each other." Continued ...






That's a shame. I used to watch it occasionally. It was funny to watch those guys argue so much.



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Wow.....I never thought that show would ever get canceled. When I had CNN I would watch it on occusion-some of the topics they discussed were quite interesting.
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That show rocked. Damn!!! The arguing was too good at times.
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