Larry King retires: Will you watch his replacement?
- December 16, 2010 10:21 AM |
- By POV
Larry King attends the 2001 Prime-time Emmy Awards. King leaves CNN Thursday after 25 years of hosting Larry King Live. (Reed Saxon/Associated Press)
The King is leaving the CNN building.
Iconic talk show host Larry King wraps up his 25-year run on CNN Thursday night.
The end of Larry King Live is "undeniably a cultural milestone", according to Frazier Moore, The Associated Press's television writer.
"King, the suspenders-sporting everyman, is a pioneer in cable and a TV institution."
The 77-year-old broadcaster is retiring after conducting an estimated 50,000 interviews during his entire broadcasting career.
Numerous high-profile guests from all walks of life have appeared on his prime-time chat show, from sitting U.S. presidents to former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson.
King's successor will be Piers Morgan, a 45-year-old British journalist and television personality known mainly in the U.S. as a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent reality show.
With files from The Associated Press
Will you miss watching Larry King? What are your favourite Larry King Live moments? How do you think Piers Morgan will do as his prime-time successor?
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