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Larry King's Reign Is Over; All Hail Piers Morgan (5 Facts on the New Host)

By J. RichardDec 17th 2010 – 11:26AM
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John W. Ferguson, Getty Images

(Dec. 17) -- Piers Morgan has some big shoes to fill when he takes over for talk show legend Larry King next month, but the 45-year-old TV personality from Britain has an impressive resume of his own. A staple of CNN's evening lineup for over 25 years, King ended his run on "Larry King Live" last night with tens of...

CNN's Larry King Exits After 25 Years

Dec 16th 2010 – 9:52PM

NEW YORK (Dec. 16) -- Marking the occasion with bright red suspenders, Larry King pulled the curtain down on his CNN talk show on Thursday after 25 years. King, 77, said this summer he would leave. Once the dominant voice on cable television news, King has faded in a sea of sharp talkers. British talk-show host and...

Barbara Bush Hopes Palin Stays in Alaska

By Lauren FrayerNov 21st 2010 – 6:00AM
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WireImage / Getty Images

(Nov. 21) – Asked what she thinks about Sarah Palin, the matriarch of the Bush family responded with characteristic diplomacy. "I sat next to her once. Thought she was beautiful," Barbara Bush told CNN's Larry King. "And she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there." The 85-year-old former first lady...

Larry King Gives a Porta-Potty to Jon Stewart for Mall Rally

By Mara GayOct 21st 2010 – 3:55PM

(Oct. 21) -- Larry King has gifted a portable toilet to Comedy Central host Jon Stewart for his upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity on the National Mall in Washington. Stewart received the unusual gift on CNN's "Larry King Live" Wednesday night, after King noted that there had been some question about whether the organizers...

Larry King vs. Piers Morgan: Who's Got More Talent?

By Alex EichlerSep 8th 2010 – 6:42PM

(Sept. 8) -- Finally confirming what everyone had suspected for months, CNN announced today that it will replace iconic talk-show host Larry King, 76, with British journalist turned reality-TV showman Piers Morgan, 45. Morgan, who is probably best known in the United States as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent," will...

Larry King LIve News From the Web

  • 05/21/12 Six Leaders in a Class of Their Own Source: Multichannel News The 2012 class of The Cable Hall of Fame includes cable's leading executive recruiter; a programming backer who was formerly an industry-shaping operator executive; an iconic talk show host; the CEO of a groundbreaking cable network; one of the industry's most philanthropic figures and the vice chairman of one of Canada's biggest media empires.

Background on Larry King LIve

Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly.

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