Morgan to replace Larry King in CNN deal

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The Britain's Got Talent judge and former newspaper editor is on the verge of signing a four-year contract to take over King's primetime show in the autumn.

He has built a profile in the US as a judge on America's Got Talent, which is made by rival network NBC. CNN executives were also impressed by his British chat show, Piers Morgan's Life Stories, in which he interviewed Gordon Brown.

King, 76, has reigned over American television for decades, with the Larry King Show first airing in 1985. However, his ratings for the first three months of this year fell to an all-time low of just 771,000 viewers, down 43 per cent in the last year.



being reported in UK Telegraph: link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7824989/Piers-Morgan-to-replace-Larry-King-in-CNN-deal.html

[emulatorloo]

1. Yuck, the tabloid king. Just what CNN needs. eom

[DrDan]

2. it is just hard to believe that someone thinks Larry King has a talent for anything

his laugh alone make me change the channel

[Nite Owl]

3. Maybe his ratings are down

because he is opposite Rachel?

CNN really doesn't get it at all.

[tomm2thumbs]

4. good point

she's carrying away the ratings big time

[totodeinhere]

5. Not really. She is losing 2-1 to Hannity.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_monday_june_28_166211.asp