Spitzer Canceled, Leaving CNN Prime Time Thin

Cooper moved into time slot, no replacement added

CNN has canceled Eliot Spitzer's primetime political talk show In The Arena, bumping Anderson Cooper 360 into the 8 p.m. slot. 

Under the new lineup announced today, Piers Morgan Tonight will air at 9 p.m., sandwiched by the first airing of AC360 at 8, and a re-air of Cooper's program at 10. In late September, Erin Burnett's as-yet unnamed new show will premier at 7 p.m (and re-air at 11).

In The Arena—off the air after only nine months—was meant to replace Spitzer's old CNN show, Parker Spitzer, which was canceled last

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