He came on as a fill-in for Paula Zahn and stayed on after her departure from the Cable News Network. Now, Rick Sanchez is due to stay hosting CNN’s Out in the Open, at the 8 pm time slot all the way to February of 2008. That’s when NBC’s Campbell Brown will take over.
His tenure on the news and debate program might be temporary, but according to a story in today’s New York Observer, Sanchez is interested in the 7 p.m. time slot.