[UPDATE BELOW] Current TV has suddenly axed Keith Olbermann, whose show will be replaced by a new program hosted by former governor Eliot Spitzer, starting tonight. In an open letter to viewers, Current's founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt wrote, "We’re very excited to announce that beginning tonight, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will host 'Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer,' at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. Eliot is a veteran public servant and an astute observer of the issues of the day." And his last TV show was such a hit, this one can't miss! more ›

After seeing the menu presented to Eliot Spitzer, it's easy to understand how Manhattan Madam Anna Gristina reportedly made millions by charging clients thousands of dollars for each encounter. According to the Daily News, "Dream Model" girls cost $1,000, and the "Ultimate Elite Model" experience could be more than $2,000. Friend of Gothamist and CNBC reporter John Carney's Wall Street sources don't buy it. "Maybe this was true in 2006. No one is paying $2000 these days. I'm not even sure anyone ever did. Not for one girl." But our own sources say this pricing is alive and well. "Those expensive women are the ones you actually want to be seen with," a source says. more ›

Perhaps it should come to no surprise that a guy who paid for (a lot of) sex is cool with legalizing harmless flora, but Eliot Spitzer did used to be the Governor of New York and all. After some gentle ribbing by host Bill Maher (who is no stranger to smoking dope and copulating with prostitutes) Spitzer says, "To spend prosecutorial resources on pot is ridiculous...I'd be in favor of legalized pot. Legalizing pot is the right way to go." more ›

F. Scott Fitzgerald said "There are no second acts in American lives," but he never met Mark Brener and Cecil Suwal, the husband and wife team behind The One World Initiative, "The World-View that Guarantees Your Happiness, Health, Wealth, and Success in Everything You Do." After going to prison for operating the escort service Emperors Club VIP, which counted disgraced ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer as a client, Brener and Suwal are back in business! This time they're not pimping out women to high power johns, they're "empowering" everyday folk with a seminar that promises to help you "become immortal and adore every minute of it. Live the life of your dreams." The cost is $35,000, which may seem steep, but who can put a price on immortality, dream fulfillment, and, um, empowerment? more ›

What is former Governor Eliot Spitzer to do now that his CNN show has been axed? Why, fight a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit, natch! more ›

Michelle Paige Paterson, the former first lady of New York, is writing a memoir and it sounds like it could be a good 'un. The wife of Governor David Paterson—who helped kick off his curious term with his-and-her admissions of infidelities—tells Cindy Adams the book will cover it all from her first husband and divorce, to Paterson's sudden rise to power ("His first words were, 'I think I'll kill myself.' And I answered, 'Then who will be governor?'") to her return to private life. more ›

It is with heavy hearts that we pass along the news that Eliot Spitzer's CNN talk show Shiny Dome180 In The Arena has been cancelled. According to the NY Times' Brian Stelter, Anderson Cooper (who else?) will move his AC360 to 8 p.m. and John King and a new CNBC anchor will be bumped down to make room. In an internal CNN memo those courageous network types can't even bear to say the show's name until the last paragraph. Spitzer said in a statement, "I believe that we provided diverse and valuable perspectives during the show's tenure…I thoroughly enjoyed my time at CNN." Not as much as we enjoyed this hilariously awkward promo! more ›

The best part of waking up is Rudy in your cup: Mayor of 9/11 Town Rudy Giuliani joined Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa on his radio show earlier this morning. Giuliani was there to chit-chat and lend support to Sliwa, who is taking a hiatus from his many jobs in order to undergo prostate surgery. Giuliani, who has been on a bit of a storytelling kick of late, ripped into two of his favorite targets during the visit: Eliot Spitzer and the Gambinos. "This is like having Hitler as a hero," he said of the upcoming Gotti movie. more ›

Dick Grasso, the former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange and Monty Burns lookalike, really hates former governor Eliot Spitzer. See, back when Spitzer was the Sheriff of Wall Street, he sued Grasso over his ridiculous $187 million pay package. So Grasso, ever bent on getting back at Client No. 9, told a crowd at Wagner College that he'll run for mayor in 2013 if Spitzer does and if Police Commissioner Ray Kelly doesn't. more ›

Do you know who you're voting for in 2013? Why the hell not? Fine, you can join the other 27 percent of New Yorkers who are still "undecided" about who they would support in the 2013 mayoral election. However, even if they don't know who they want, they know that Eliot Spitzer should stay far away from the ballot. In a Marist poll, 62 percent of registered voters say that the former Governor and CNN pundit should not run for mayor. So who's the mayoral frontrunner? more ›

Things Eliot Spitzer, ex-Governor and current CNN-er, doesn't want to talk about with journalists? What he fantasizes about and his political ambitions. We know this because client number nine sat down for a chat with the Times Magazine this week and right off the bat made his feelings clear. more ›

All bad ideas must come to an end, and thus CNN is transforming the poorly received Parker Spitzer, the CNN 8 p.m. talk show featuring columnist Kathleen Parker and our own hooker-loving former governer Eliot Spitzer, into a show called In the Arena. Parker said in a statement, "I have decided to return to a schedule that will allow me to focus more on my syndicated newspaper column and other writings," just months after explaining why she was moving onto the CNN show! more ›

It turns out that disgraced former Bronxchester Senator Pedro Espada's autobiography wasn't only about portraying himself as a "hero"—it was also about attacking Eliot Spitzer. According to Donald MacLaren, the ghostwriter whom Espada hired to pen his monomyth, told the Post that Espada wanted to use a sizable chunk of the book to stage a political attack on Spitzer. "There was animosity there. He almost wanted to write a book to defame Spitzer," said MacLaren. more ›

Please, please, let CNN consider former governor David Paterson or wily Republican operative Roger Stone as potential co-hosts: The rumors are rampant about the fate of CNN talk show Parker|Spitzer—namely, whether co-host Kathleen Parker will be around for much longer. The Wall Street Journal and Post both reports that the conservative columnist is on her way out, though a CNN spokeswoman says, "We aren't going to engage in speculation. The show continues to improve and we think it is a good addition to our lineup, providing smart, substantive analysis on the day's news." Well, after one review said it had the "queasy whiff of sulfur" there's nowhere to go but up, right? more ›

While on Don Imus' radio show, Governor Paterson said he had no idea that Eliot Spitzer liked hookers. According to the Daily News, the outgoing governor then brought up an incident where Spitzer "actually admonished an aide who commented about an attractive woman who walked by during a march." Paterson said, "If anything, I found him to be very professional, particularly when he worked with other women. I think he's really that kind of person who can kind of separate his kind of social life from professional. He has a real professional standard in that way and I think he still does." more ›

When Andrew Cuomo is sworn-in as Governor on January 1, 2011, it probably won't be a million-dollar bash—unlike those of Eliot Spitzer and George Pataki before him. Trying to emphasize the state's budget troubles the Gov-elect instead is reportedly leaning towards a modest affair for family and friends inside the Capitol. Which means, if they really want to go cost-effective, that Cuomo's not-going-to-be-First Lady Sandra Lee should totally cater the whole thing semi-homemade, right? more ›

CNN's new talking head personality Kathleen Parker is learning what New York learned about four years ago: Eliot Spitzer is full of himself. Before that whole hooker thing, Spitzer bullied Albany lawmakers to get his way (which we didn't mind so much). So it's not a surprise to read this Page Six item: "Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker actually stormed off the set of the 'Parker Spitzer' show during a pre-taping a few weeks ago -- furious that her co-host is continually allowed to take charge of their nightly CNN chat-fest, the insiders said." more ›

In a feature about Mayor Bloomberg and Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo's relationship, New York magazine offers some insight on how Bloomberg felt about former governor Spitzer. A Bloomberg strategist says, “I thought Mike would have hated [Cuomo]. I thought he would have dismissed Andrew as a lifelong politician. And he usually makes snap judgments. The first time he had an extended meeting with Eliot Spitzer, he walked out of it and said, ‘This is the same guy as Rudy. Take their politics out of it, their personality and management style are the same.’ Kirsten Gillibrand he dismissed even faster." But with Cuomo, Bloomberg just said, "Seems like a decent guy; we’ll see what he does going forward." more ›

Former governor Eliot Spitzer sat down for a public conversation at Fordham Law School last night, and the Observer reports the former "Sheriff of Wall Street" thinks boring is more than okay. Spitzer told the crowd, "There's fame, there's infamy, there's celebrity, they're all different things and bring different upsides and downsides. I was listening to your introduction, you said that my life has never been dull. Dull looks pretty good sometimes." He also said of Sarah Palin, "I think we think about her too much. She has remarkable talent as a political performer," adding, "As a Democrat, I hope she is the Republican nominee." more ›

The NY Times has broken this very important story about our former hooker-loving governor: Eliot Spitzer's application to join the Harvard Club of New York City was rejected: "This year, the Midtown club turned down Mr. Spitzer’s application for membership — a rare snub by the club — because officials there did not want to be associated with Mr. Spitzer and the prostitution scandal that forced him from the governorship of New York in 2008, according to a person told of the decision by Harvard officials." Maybe the club thought Client No. 9 would enjoy the reasonable rates for a Midtown hotel room! more ›

After an inauspicious debut, the new CNN duo of Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker is definitely trailblazing—if you consider it trailblazing to help bury Larry King. According to TV Newser, "Last night’s “Parker-Spitzer” saw the lowest numbers yet for the program and the show did little to help the one that followed on the schedule — “Larry King Live” which had its worst numbers in more than 10 years. In its sixth outing, “Parker-Spitzer” drew 311,000 Total Viewers and 86,000 A25-54 viewers. That’s lower than the previous low for the time period set by Campbell Brown earlier this year... At 9pmET, “Larry King Live” put up its lowest A25-54 demo viewership since July 2000." more ›

After a flaccid premiere, the second night ratings for the new Eliot Spitzer-Kathleen Parker CNN talk show, Parker Spitzer, did better. According to Media Decoder, the show "had nowhere to go but up — and up it went. The program, which also had a rough first outing at the hands of critics, showed noticeable ratings improvement on its second night: it averaged 513,000 viewers, up from 454,000 the night before, which is a respectable improvement of 13 percent." Maybe the viewers were there for the sulfurous chemistry or the car crash. more ›

The reviews were terrible and the ratings are more of the same: Media Decoder reports, "The political discussion program, featuring the hosts Kathleen Parker, the conservative columnist, and Eliot Spitzer, the one-time governor of New York, fizzled badly in its initial outing Monday, attracting only 454,000 total viewers." more ›

When you come into office, promising that on "Day one, everything changes," and then leave office because you were caught by the feds booking hookers, of course the press is going to be merciless when you debut as a co-host on a CNN talk show. The NY Times' Alessandra Stanley described former governor Eliot Spitzer's new gig with columnist Kathleen Parker as "'Crossfire' meets 'Moonlighting'"—and that's not a good thing! "The ickiness factor of 'Parker Spitzer' may subside, but the first glimpse of CNN’s latest offering on Monday was hard to watch... Last week, Larry King told the duo that they had 'chemistry' — if so, it carries a queasy whiff of sulfur." more ›

We always thought the Post hated Spitzer the most, but hours before Eliot Spitzer makes his CNN talk show co-hosting debut, the Daily News has a story slamming him: "As the disgraced former Luv Gov weighs in on the national and state issues of the day, more should remember what a dismal governor Spitzer was before his dalliance with call girls became public." more ›

With his new CNN hosting gig about to begin, and some controversial pull quotes getting quite a bit of attention, former Governor Eliot Spitzer has seemed to be everywhere lately. And soon he'll even be on the big screen, when Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer finally comes to movie theaters in November (and pay-per-view/iTunes in October). The documentary, directed by Alex Gibney, was previewed back in April, and has been getting extremely positive buzz, and may even be an Oscar contender. Will this be the another step toward the vindication that Spitzer so desperately wants? Along with the recent increase in his public profile, could a Mayoral run be that unlikely in the future? You can see the full trailer below. more ›