connie chung cancel!! could not compete against o'rielly

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connie chung cancel!! could not compete against o'rielly

#1 Postby rainstorm » Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:20 am

Connie Chung show canceled
Veteran anchor to leave CNN

By CAROLINE WILBERT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


CNN has canceled "Connie Chung Tonight," which was launched last summer and has been criticized for its tabloid style.

The network offered host Connie Chung the opportunity to stay at the network in another capacity, but she declined, according to CNN spokesman Matt Furman.

This is the second show that new CNN President Jim Walton has canceled as he moves the network toward a more serious, hard-news tone. He also recently canceled "Talk Back Live."

"This is simply an effort to further distinguish ourselves in a crowded market," Furman said.

For now, Chung's 8 p.m. time slot will air Iraq war coverage anchored by Aaron Brown. The network has not named a permanent replacement for the time slot.

Chung pressed CNN's management last Friday to put the program, which had been suspended for war coverage, back on as soon as possible, The New York Times reported. CNN, a unit of AOL Time Warner, responded by telling her that it would decide over the weekend when it would bring the show back. Instead, its management called her in Tuesday to tell her the program will not resume when the war coverage ends.

Walter Isaacson, the former chairman of CNN who hired Chung, resigned in January. Isaacson, during his tenure, focused on hiring well-known personalities to anchor shows. This move frustrated some old-timers. When Ted Turner founded CNN, the motto was: "News is the star." Walton has worked at the network almost since its founding.

Chung, who has interviewed supermodel Nikki Taylor and other guests who don't fit with much of CNN's hard-news lineup, has been the target of particular criticism.

Even Turner called Chung "just awful" in a much-quoted interview earlier this year.

Though Chung attracts more viewers than many of CNN's shows, she has continued to be roundly beaten in the ratings war by Fox News powerhouse Bill O'Reilly.
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#2 Postby BreinLa » Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:53 am

Well it's time, her show really wasn't very good.
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#3 Postby rainstorm » Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:59 am

yea, it was not a great show. all the cable networks are having a hard time against o'rielly
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#4 Postby bfez1 » Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:07 am

I really like Connie Chung but I did not care for her show on CNN. And to be up against Bill O'Reilly, she didn't stand a chance. O'Reilly, he's my man! :lol:
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#5 Postby streetsoldier » Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:08 am

Maybe FoxNews can get her services at a premium; note how Greta Van Susteren opened up after switching? One can but wonder if CC could "bloom" at Fox into a REAL journalist..."fair and balanced"?
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#6 Postby chadtm80 » Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:10 am

I really like Connie Chung but I did not care for her show on CNN. And to be up against Bill O'Reilly, she didn't stand a chance. O'Reilly, he's my man!

I agree
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#7 Postby Amanzi » Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:14 am

I think most would have a hard time going against O'Reilly, he is fantastic to watch and is a wealth of good information whoever he is speaking with or about.
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#8 Postby southerngale » Wed Mar 26, 2003 11:23 am

I didn't care for her show, but to be honest, my TV was usually on Fox News at that time for O'Reilly. Unfortunately for CNN, she probably did as well as anybody else would do up against him. Donahue (on MSNBC) did much more miserably than Connie Chung.
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#9 Postby chadtm80 » Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:52 pm

She was offered another job with them, but told she told them to stick it.. lol.. Dont worry she will be back on the air somewhere...
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#10 Postby wannabehippie » Wed Mar 26, 2003 4:19 pm

the thing is that Connie Chung, even though she was on at the same time as Bill O'Rielly wasnt competing for the same viewer segment.

Bill concentrates on commentary on hard news stories
connie does mainly "soft" news e.g. interviewing George Lucas at the Skywalker Ranch shortly before Attack of the Clones, etc

so i dont think that she was cancelled because she couldnt beat bill o'Rielly (she and CNN never strived for that) but that she didnt draw in her target audience.


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#11 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 26, 2003 4:27 pm

Yeah... I tell you what. I felt the same way about Chung. I like her, but her show was just too fluffy for me. I liked her back when she co-anchored the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.
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#12 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 26, 2003 4:27 pm

Yeah... I tell you what. I felt the same way about Chung. I like her, but her show was just too fluffy for me. I liked her best back when she co-anchored the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.
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#13 Postby deb_in_nc » Wed Mar 26, 2003 4:29 pm

Bill's Da Man.
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