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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 77-year-old interviewer tonight will host the final installment of Larry King Live, his primetime talk show on CNN. More than a dozen guests are expected to stop by, including King’s pals Ryan Seacrest, whom he tipped as his potential successor, and Bill Maher. Here a reel with some the highlights of his tenure on the show put together by CNN. It includes the famous 1993 debate between Al Gore and Ross Perot that drew a record audience of 20 million, as well as King’s live coverage of the O.J. Simpson car chase and the Marlon Brando kiss. It doesn’t include the lowlights, like when he confused Ringo Starr with the late George Harrison in a 2007 interview with the surviving Beatles members. Or when he got ripped by Jerry Seinfeld for suggesting Seinfeld might have been canceled (above).

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Piers Morgan Talking To Jonathan Wald To Executive Produce New CNN Talk Show

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday October 9, 2010 @ 12:52pm PDTTags: Cable News Ratings, Cable TV, CNN Ratings, Jonathan Wald, Jonathan Wald CNN, Larry King Live, Larry King Live Piers Morgan, Larry King Replacement, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan CNN, Piers Morgan Larry King Live Changes, TV, TV News

Piers Morgan is making good on his promise to Deadline that he was “about to” lock down his new CNN show’s Executive Producer. I’ve confirmed that hard news veteran Jonathan Wald, the former CNBC topper who left last year after taking the business channel to new ratings highs, is in negotiations with Morgan and the new CNN head Ken Jautz to lead the news channel’s replacement show for Larry King Live. (Broadcasting & Cable reported this first today.) Trust me, he won’t come cheap. But it’s hard for me to imagine that, given all his experience, Wald would be content running just one show when he’s been in charge of entire programming schedules. I can’t help but wonder if this is a way in for Wald at CNN which certainly could use his proven ability to get cable news ratings and keep them. Read More »

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How CNN Botched Larry King’s Exit From His Talk Show & Search For His Successor

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 2:26am PDTTags: CNN, Jeff Zucker, Jonathan Klein, Larry King, Larry King Departure, Larry King Live, Larry King Live Piers Morgan, NBCU, Piers Morgan, Replacing Larry King, Simon Cowell
Nellie Andreeva

CNN-logoFor someone who has been the face of the network for the past 25 years, you’d think CNN would have handled the departure of veteran Larry King with a little bit more dignity and respect. But a series of CNN blunders have … Read More »

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SURPRISE! CNN Talking To Joy Behar About Replacing Larry King

By NIKKI FINKE AND NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 30, 2010 @ 11:55am PDTTags: Anderson Cooper CNN, CNN, CNN Ratings, HLN, Joy Behar, Joy Behar The View, Katie Couric, Larry King, Larry King Live, Larry King Live Piers Morgan, Larry King Stepping Down, Replacing Larry King, Ryan Seacrest

TV Behar HLN ShowA day after Larry King officially announced he will leave his CNN primetime talk show after 25 years, we hear the cable news network is in talks with Joy Behar to replace him. Behar has … Read More »

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So Who’ll Succeed Larry King On CNN?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 30, 2010 @ 12:09am PDTTags: American Idol Ryan Seacrest, Katie Couric, Larry King, Larry King Live, Larry King Live Piers Morgan, Larry King Ratings, Larry King Stepping Down, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

What a sad day for Larry King. First, the Q2 cable ratings were released in the early afternoon, with CNN posting another double-digit year-to-year drop led by Larry King Live, which drew a mere 677,000 viewers and posted CNN’s biggest year-to-year demo loss of -37%. A couple of hours later, … Read More »

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Larry King Stepping Down From CNN Talk

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday June 29, 2010 @ 4:51pm PDTTags: Cable TV, CNN, Larry King, Larry King Live, Larry King Stepping Down, TV

CNN-logoFrequent showbiz interviewer and newsmaker Larry King announced today he’ll exit CNN “Larry King Live” after 25 years on air. His last show will be in November but he’ll produce quarterly specials afterwards under his new contract. Here is King’s statement:… Read More »

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