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CNN is looking to relaunch Crossfire, the political debate show that aired on the network for more than two decades, sources at the network confirm.
Specific plans for the show have yet to be determined, according to TVNewser's Alex Weprin, who first reported the news, and it is possible the relaunch may not come to fruition. (One source told POLITICO the show would "probably" relaunch.)
The show, which pitted a progressive co-host against a conservative co-host, launched in 1982 and cancelled in 2005, just months after The Daily Show's Jon Stewart famously criticized co-hosts Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson of "hurting America" with their partisan bickering.
Sources did not name any potential co-hosts and Weprin's report did not include any, either. Previous "Crossfire" co-hosts included Tom Braden, Michael Kinsley, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Press and James Carville (on the left) and Pat Buchanan, Robert Novak, John Sununu, and Mary Matalin (on the right). Of all the previous co-hosts, only Begala is still at the network.
Specific plans for the show have yet to be determined, according to TVNewser's Alex Weprin, who first reported the news, and it is possible the relaunch may not come to fruition. (One source told POLITICO the show would "probably" relaunch.)
The show, which pitted a progressive co-host against a conservative co-host, launched in 1982 and cancelled in 2005, just months after The Daily Show's Jon Stewart famously criticized co-hosts Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson of "hurting America" with their partisan bickering.
Sources did not name any potential co-hosts and Weprin's report did not include any, either. Previous "Crossfire" co-hosts included Tom Braden, Michael Kinsley, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Press and James Carville (on the left) and Pat Buchanan, Robert Novak, John Sununu, and Mary Matalin (on the right). Of all the previous co-hosts, only Begala is still at the network.
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