NEW YORK — CNN's Christiane Amanpour is ABC's choice to replace George Stephanopoulos as host of its Sunday morning political talk show "This Week."
ABC announced the hiring Thursday in an e-mail to its staff.
It's not clear whether Amanpour's hiring signals a change in direction for "This Week," a show that's heavy on politics and domestic policy. Amanpour is best known for her reporting from war zones at CNN. She has lately been host of a daily show on CNN's International network; highlights are run Sunday on the domestic channel.
Stephanopoulos left the show in December to take over as co-host of "Good Morning America."
Amanpour will start in August, with Jake Tapper filling in until then.
