Complex sentence: CNN engaged Smerconish as a legal analyst and also utilized him as the substitute for Glenn Beck on CNN's "Headline News", before briefly airing a program called "Attorneys at Law" featuring Smerconish, Jeffrey Toobin, and Lisa Bloom.
Split into simpler sentences: CNN engaged Smerconish as a legal analyst and also utilized him as the substitute for Glenn Beck on CNN's "Headline News". CNN briefly airing a program called "Attorneys at Law" featuring Smerconish, Jeffrey Toobin, and Lisa Bloom.