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Larry King Gets Ratings Boost For Finale

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 17, 2010 @ 2:12pm PSTTags: Barbara Steisand, Cable TV, Larry King, Larry King Departure, Larry King Final Show, Larry King Finale, Larry King Ratings, Larry King Stepping Down, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Larry King drew 2.24 million viewers for his send-off last night, posting a rare time slot victory for his departing primetime talk show. King barely edged the 9 PM’s dominant player, Fox News Channel’s Hannity (2.16 million) in total viewers, but Hannity prevailed in the adults 25-54 demographic (543,000 vs. 530,000 for King). MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (874,000, 252,000 in 25-54) was third. King’s finale audiCNN Ratings, TV, Cable TVence more than tripled the 700,000 viewers he had been averaging this year. His ratings built throughout the final week with 458,000 total viewers on Monday, 587,000 on Tuesday and 935,000 for his penultimate episode featuring Barbra Streisand.

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The End: Final ‘Larry King Live’ Airs Tonight

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 12:29am PSTTags: Bill Maher, Larry King, Larry King Final Show, Larry King Live, Larry King Stepping Down, Larry King Video, Ryan Seacrest, TV
Nellie Andreeva

He may have gotten out of touch, he may have been famously unprepared for his interviews, and he may have been responsible for his show hemorrhaging viewers to average underwhelming 700,000 a night, but Larry King is still an institution. After more than 25 years and about 50,000 guests, the … Read More »

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