''Rick's List'' is a news and commentary program on

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hosted by

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. The show aired weekdays from 3 to 5 PM EST. It first aired on Monday, January 18, 2010, when Sanchez's one-hour

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shift was lengthened to two hours and given its own title, and '' The Situation Room with

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'' was moved one hour later. Its last broadcast was on Friday, October 1, 2010 when CNN fired Sanchez over controversial comments made on a radio show. As with Sanchez's previous broadcast, ''Rick's List'' focuses on using

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including

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to create a "national conversation" about the news.Rick Sanchez's CNN blog
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December 30, 2009. One continuing segment was called "The List U Don't Want 2 Be On," in which he criticizes others' actions and comments.

Primetime

Starting on Thursday, July 22, 2010, an hour-long primetime edition of ''Rick's List'', entitled ''Primetime'', was added as an interim replacement for '' Campbell Brown ''until the premiere of its replacement, ''

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''.

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