ABC hires Amanpour for Sunday morning job

[March 19, 2010]  NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN's Christiane Amanpour is ABC's choice to replace George Stephanopoulos as host of its Sunday morning political talk show "This Week."

ABC announced the hiring Thursday in an e-mail to its staff.

It's not clear whether Amanpour's hiring signals a change in direction for "This Week," a show that's heavy on politics and domestic policy. Amanpour is best known for her reporting from war zones at CNN. She has lately been host of a daily show on CNN's International network; highlights are run Sunday on the domestic channel.

Stephanopoulos left the show in December to take over as co-host of "Good Morning America."

Amanpour will start in August, with Jake Tapper filling in until then.

[Associated Press]

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