Campbell Brown: Election Center Brown began hosting a program first called
Campbell Brown: Election Center in March 2008, in the timeslot previously held by
Paula Zahn Now. Starting after the beginning of the
2008 presidential election primary season, the program focused on the 2008 campaign until Election Day.
Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull The program adopted the name
Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull shortly before Election Day 2008. This name is based on the slogan the program adopted soon after Brown became the anchor, to differentiate Brown's program from other editorial-style cable news programs (such as ''
The O'Reilly Factor and Countdown with Keith Olbermann'') with whom she was competing. The show began with Brown detailing her top story of the night and expressing a "no bull" review, her opinion, and other analysts' opinions as well. A segment at the end of the broadcast called "Dear Mr. President" featured young kids who wrote letters to
Barack Obama, and would like him to read them.
Campbell Brown Upon Campbell Brown's return from maternity leave on June 1, 2009, the program was renamed to simply
Campbell Brown. Along with a revamped opening, the show adopted a 4-person panel set-up, something initially launched in May 2009 when
Roland Martin filled in for Brown while she delivered her second child. On May 18, 2010, Brown announced that she would be leaving CNN, after the network agreed to release her from her contract. She stated that poor ratings had been the primary reason for her departure. :"I'm pretty sure the last time any anchor could honestly ignore ratings was well before I was born. Of course I pay attention to ratings. And simply put, the ratings for my program are not where I would like them to be. It is largely for this reason that I am stepping down as anchor of CNN's
Campbell Brown." In June 2010, CNN announced that a new program entitled
Parker Spitzer, hosted by former New York governor
Eliot Spitzer and conservative columnist
Kathleen Parker, would be replacing
Campbell Brown later in the year. For several months, the 8:00–9:00 pm time slot was filled by ''
Rick's List'', hosted by
Rick Sanchez. ==Ratings==