Christiane Amanpour, husband, James Rubin, and son, Darius

Only a few of months after George Stephanopoulos (@gstephanopoulos) vacated the position he held for over 10 years as host of ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, ABC has finally settled on the ideal replacement to fill Stephanopoulos’ big shoes and they have formerally offered her the job.

According to reports by FishbowlDC, Christian Amanpour (CNN world news correspondent – @amanpourcnn) is undecided as to whether or not she will accept the lucrative and prestigious position.

ABC had a succession of politicians and journalists guest-hosting This Week while they weighed their list of viable candidates (including Jake Tapper and Terry Moran).  Ultimately, Amanpour’s experience in international politics gave her the edge easily.  Also a plus for ABC is that Amanpour would be the first female host of a Sunday morning political talk show.  Stephanopoulos (now on Good Morning America), though more than competent at his former job, is clearly a Washington insider (something that may have eventually taken the fizz out of the show).

No word on when Amanpour will decide or whether CNN will try to keep her with a counter-offer, but if she takes the position, there is no doubt that she would wake and shake things up in Sunday morning politics (and that’s just what we need).

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