Kathleen Parker leaves CNN "Parker Spitzer" - Washington Post

"Parker Spitzer," CNN program troubled prime-time speaking Parker loses his head.

Kathleen Parker, an opinion writer, Pulitzer Prize winner, evaluations show poor left after only four months, the network announced Friday.

The program will air weekdays at 8 clock replaced Monday by his "In the Arena, the CNN that" Together "program, Eliot Spitzer, Parker, co-host of functionality described" Parker Spitzer. "

Parker left the program for nearly as long rumored that the show was on air, with regular reports on the conflict between it and Spitzer. The network said the decision was mutual, but Parker was not for a role as a network is considering a redesign began.

Parker wrote a column for customer reviews for the Washington Post that broadcast nationally and leave in order to "concentrate on his writing," CNN executive vice president Ken Jautz said in a memo to staff to save in the media.

Downsizing is another blow to CNN tries to rebuild its range signaling in prime time again. In addition to introducing "Parker Spitzer last fall, the network of long duration" Larry King Live interview program "replaced by 9 hours with a new celebrity interview show hosted by British journalist Piers Morgan.

"Parker Spitzer" was something of a departure for CNN, the long period of clear prime-time programs in the cable news ideological channel MSNBC and Fox News rivals had resisted. The agenda of the liberal General Spitzer, the former Democratic governor of New York, who was a prostitute hired by his relationship, and Parker, a center-right columnist, in a discussion format.

But the show never attracted a large audience. On Wednesday, it attracted 713,000 viewers, which is far behind in third place among cable news channels to Bill O'Reilly, The O'Reilly Factor "on Fox News (3.32 million viewers) and" The Last Word "by Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC (1.04 million). The poor lead-in was also injured, "Piers Morgan Tonight" at 9 am His program was third behind Fox and MSNBC offers.

"Parker Spitzer" has sometimes fourth place in its time slot behind the program Nancy Grace on CNN HLN, and it was especially among viewers aged 25 to 54, with the audience segment most relevant news for traders in question.

Perhaps worse, the program allows the public during a week earlier this month, when Parker was in the air. The program had its best weekly ratings in February, fueled by interest in the crisis in Egypt, with Spitzer as a guest soloist.

On the new show will newsmakers every weeknight interview Spitzer, along with two new contributors, the former Fox News morning host Ed Hill and Will Cain, a columnist for the conservative magazine National Review and sometimes panelist on Fox News.

In other words, compare the new program to analyze the news, and discuss the most important topics of the day, "wrote Jautz. "The program is the context and analysis with a balanced and thoughtful discussions and interviews with a wide range of customers and opinion leaders, or offer different perspectives cumulative."

Parker, who will continue to appear occasionally on CNN, said in a statement: "Although I am very proud of the show that we have, and the object and the level of discourse Parker" Spitzer transported all night, it was a difficult decision to scale back my column a few months ago, and the show continues in a new direction, it is a good time to pass. "

Parker, who wrote and won the Pulitzer last year for comments, twice weekly column in The Post, before CNN, but smear once a week after the show began.