Mocking gold: Blitzer the new cowbell? John King out, CNN adds another hour of Wolf Blitzer

More Wolf Blitzer? Sadly, yes. CNN is getting rid of “John King, USA” and will replace that show with yet another somnolent hour of Wolf Blitzer.

https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/212935894435495936

More from The New York Times.

2:40 p.m. | Updated The ailing cable news channel CNN on Wednesday announced the end of “John King, USA,” its 6 p.m. political news program.

The program will be replaced at the end of the month by “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” which will expand from two hours to three hours. Mr. Blitzer’s program currently precedes Mr. King’s, beginning at 4 p.m.

CNN needs to study up on the definition of insanity. Hey, ratings in the gutter? Expand the same shows to more hours! That’s gold! On the plus side, y’all can scrap your chamomile tea or other sleep aids. Blitzer to the rescue!

Twitter users handle the interminable news as only they can.

CNN seems to have confused Blitzer with Cowbell.

— Shaun McDonnell (@McShauno) June 13, 2012

I'm Wolf Blitzer and this is my bed in the Situation Room. RT @AntDeRosa: CNN is becoming one un-ending episode of The Situation Room

— Ross Neumann (@rossneumann) June 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/ericschroeck/status/212937547482021889

Waiting for @JackShafer to weigh in on CNN's Bonus Blitzer strategy.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 13, 2012

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Choose: Wolf Blitzer for 3 hours or King of Queens re-runs?

— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) June 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/garyschor/status/212973266942427136

Wolf Blitzer's hologram will host the first 12 hours of The Situation Room, the flesh and blood version gets the second 12

— Anthony DeRosa ? (@Anthony) June 13, 2012

@cnn just cancelled John King to give us an extra hour of Wolf Blitzer. #killmenow

— Epic Panda! (@FusEldar) June 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/212949218720104450

CNN cancels John King USA and bores America to tears with Wolf Blitzer expanding an extra hour! http://t.co/5ln6V7wv

— EsterGoldberg (@EsterGoldberg) June 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/Darrin_DR/status/212972351330066432

https://twitter.com/BenK84/status/212968654340493312

Thank you Twitter users! You took the seemingly intolerable and made it side-splitting and amusing.