Video: CNN reveals promo for Parker/Spitzer show. What could go wrong?

In fairness, the principals here are so widely disliked in the blogosphere that the promo would have been panned no matter what. But there were ways available to mitigate the damage. They could have played it straight and pushed it as a centrist-y alternative to the O’Reilly/Olby bombast at 8 p.m. (even though, natch, it’s only the “conservative” here who’s actually centrist). “We’re having a conversation and we’d like you to join in,” etc etc — anything along those lines to draw the contrast with their polarizing competition would have been fine, if predictable. As it is, Ace is right: This feels exactly like a trailer for a Nora Ephron comedy about two TV journalists bantering their way through life. Even the whimsical jazzy soundtrack is Ephron-esque. Is that what they’re going for? The coveted “When Harry Met Sally” demographic? I could be down with that, but if they’re going to try it, I want other conceits from the movie too. Like, they could have Kyra Phillips and John King on occasionally in the Carrie Fisher/Bruno Kirby quirky best-friend roles. And they could do cutesy stuff like play “news charades” or whatever. Imagine how funny it would be if Spitz worked in a “baby fishmouth” reference. I’d laugh. You’d laugh.

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