Dang, Soledad!
—>>”CNN brass are scrambling to find a new host for their troubled 7 p.m. timeslot, and trying to win back the African-American and Hispanic viewers sources say they’ve lost since the 2008 presidential campaign.
Hoping to accomplish both things at once, insiders said the network is interested in wooing African-American entertainers for the slot, currently held by “John King USA,” and has mentioned comedian Chris Rock and former “Talk Soup” host Aisha Tyler as possibilities.
CNN shot a pilot featuring Soledad O’Brien for the 7 p.m. slot, as we reported last month — but sources tell us it was deemed unwatchable by CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton. However, some CNN suits haven’t given up on the idea. “They are desperately trying to put together a show with Soledad at 7 p.m.,” an insider told Page Six yesterday. “So she is getting another chance and will be shooting another pilot today.”
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A CNN rep said, “We shoot pilots regularly and beyond that we don’t comment on speculation.” But an insider said, “It has been clearly articulated that they need to consider a host with an ethnic background for a prime-time slot.”<—-
Poor Don Lemon. 
Something else worth pointing out~
MSNBC has not one Black person on their main lineup, yet they have the most Black and Hispanic viewers out of the major cable news networks. Fox News is constantly hammered for over the same fact, but for some reason that is perceived as “racist”. CNN has a couple of Blacks in it’s lineup, yet they are losing Black viewership.
Bottom line: It has NOTHING to do with the amount of dark faces o the screen. It has everything to do with coverage. And since Blacks continue to give Obama high marks, no need to figure out which network is getting most of our viewership.
