13 Non-White People Who Are Perfectly Capable Of Hosting A Primetime CNN Show

Would you watch this man for an hour on CNN every night of the week? Yes, you would watch this man for an hour every night of the week on CNN.

Your move, CNN.

Basically, what I'm saying here is that CNN should do its best to not let the next John Oliver slip through its fingers.

NBC's Tamron Hall is friends with Prince and, I mean, just look at this GIF.

How is this woman not running the Today show? CNN, you know what to do.

The Vice co-founder has serious connections to the cool kid crowd and provided the internet with one of the most memorable mini-docs in the history of YouTube when he when he visited the gun markets of Pakistan. Creating an Alvi-hosted travel show à la Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown would definitely give CNN some much-needed street cred.

CNN's new format is gonna need a shopping show, and Pak, currently the one of the faces of Daily Candy, is the perfect person to tell us how badly we need business cards made out of our Instagram photos.

Longoria's obvious political ambitions could receive a bump from a nationally televised platform like a primetime CNN show. Just look what Air America did for Sen. Al Franken. The network obviously has no qualms with employees dabbling in politics while they work, so no worries there.

A fast-paced pop culture pundit like Miss Info, real name Minya Oh, would be a perfect host for an entertainment show made up of two-minute-long broadcast TV quality segments, conveniently ready to be shared on mobile devices. You know, the future and stuff.

The Talk co-host has one of those presences that just seems to command attention. Her success with Archer means she knows how to authentically connect to a male audience. Those are pretty much all the tools you need in your bag to crush the cable news game.

Look, serious journalist and View vet Lisa Ling has already been blessed by CNN's Pope Anderson, so just let it be.

Like Cooper, she's not afraid to report from the danger zone and famous people love her, plus she's currently languishing on the OWN network, so, you know, what are you waiting for, CNN?