Sad, sad news: America's gov Eliot Spitzer—who was not so bad on TV, once they got rid of his dead-weight co-host—is not returning to CNN's prime time lineup. His show is being canceled to make way for new CNNer Erin Burnett. We never watched your show, Eliot—but we never watched just as much as we never watched your competitors. Our condolences. Internal email from CNN boss Ken Jautz below.

Following Anthony Weiner's admission this afternoon that he posted a crotch shot to Twitter and was involved in "inappropriate" online relationships with several women, many wondered how Eliot Spitzer—no stranger to political sex scandals himself—would cover the topic on his CNN talk show, In The Arena.

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According to The Wall Street Journal, CNN is considering dumping Parker Spitzer's Kathleen Parker and replacing her. But who could bring the same ability to sit there and not talk? Ashley Dupre? Piers Morgan? Ted Williams? A piece of string?

This is probably not a surprise to people who follow the comings and goings of Alec Baldwin—he's been hinting at it for years—but it may be the first time he's been so publicly direct about his political ambitions.

Ever wonder why Eliot Spitzer's wife decided to stay with him? Find out from this newly released clip from Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer.

Poor Eliot Spitzer. The former governor's new TV show sucks, and now the rich people at the Harvard Club of New York City have rejected his application ("a rare snub") to talk about money and play squash with them. Ouch.

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What made former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez accuse his ex-bosses of racism? Apparently, he couldn't figure out why he was being "overlooked" while former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer—who "can't take cues or stick to timing"—had a show.

This clip is part of a sequence called "Unfinished Business," an apparently regular segment where Spitzer will bring on guests to talk about cases he prosecuted while he was attorney general of New York. Tonight's guest: Henry Blodget, the former Merrill Lynch employee whose career as an analyst was torpedoed by Spitzer (Blodger is also the CEO of Business Insider). After an endless introduction, Henry bounds out and proceeds to, well, have a weird sort of heart-to-heart with Spitzer? I don't know, it sounds like a version of a coffee date with an ex-girlfriend where everyone is feeling magnanimous and ready for closure. (Can't wait for the "Unfinished Business" segment with Ashley Dupré.)

Andreia Schwartz, the woman who ran Eliot "Socks" Spitzer's favorite hooker hangout, the Emperors Club VIP, failed yesterday in her bid for a local-level Legislative Assembly post in Brazil. She received 476 votes. Well, CNN has a vacancy. [NYDN]

Disgraced former New York governor Eliot "Three a Day" Spitzer has spoken out about his old nemesis (and Democratic gubernatorial candidiate) Andrew Cuomo, calling him "the dirtiest, nastiest political player out there." Wait a second... oh nevermind. [NYT]

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This is a campaign video for New York gubernatorial candidate Kristin Davis. Not the Sex and the City actress—the madam who provided former Governor Eliot Spitzer with call girls and was sent to Rikers for four months.

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New CNN host and former New York governor Eliot "Socks On" Spitzer thinks his important new show will sweep his hooker-sexing past away, priming him for a run at mayor of NYC when Bloomberg's term ends in 2013. [P6, Getty]

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Good Day, New York (owned by Fox) brought out a Marketwatch (owned by Fox) columnist today to read from the New York Post (owned by Fox) about why Eliot Spitzer's new CNN show is going to be horrible.