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CNN's Larry King to host his final show

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Larry King, Sep 2010

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LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) -- Radio and TV host Larry King is set for his last show on Thursday night after a 25-year run on CNN.

King, 77, will reportedly be accompanied by 16 guests during his last show, which is scheduled to air live from Los Angeles on Thursday evening. Although his guests have been kept secret by the show's production team, it is speculated that they will likely be high-profile politicians.

CNN celebrated 25 years of 'Larry King Live' with a week of shows featuring big-name guests included President Barack Obama, LeBron James, Bill Gates and Lady Gaga.

Only a few weeks later, in late June, King announced he would stop hosting his TV show. "I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the nightly show, this fall and CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids' little league games," he said at that time.

King said, however, that he will remain a part of CNN by occasionally hosting Larry King specials on major national and international subjects.

"With this chapter closing I'm looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it's time to hang up my nightly suspenders," King added.

'Larry King Live' was first aired in 1985 and dominated CNN's lineup for 25 years, making it the most watched and longest running program with more than one million viewers nightly. But King recently began suffering in the ratings and there was talk about his future on the television network.

Nonetheless, King is widely recognized as one of the world's best known interviewers. He interviewed tens of thousands of politicians, entertainers, and other newsmakers during his career, which earned him an Emmy Award and many other broadcasting awards.

In September, CNN announced that "America's Got Talent" judge Pier Morgan, 45, of Great Britain will replace Larry King during his time slot.

The deal will be a huge boost for Morgan's career, which will be placing him in a high-rated TV slot to continue with the traditional interviews. However, while ratings are currently high during King's time slot, they could drop dramatically when he leaves.

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Yeah, yeah yeah... BUT: Piers Morgan ! :blink:

Piers Morgan was a disgraced sacked editor of a Uk tabloid newspaper who experienced a period in the wilderness before the total dumbing down of TV.

Now we're sub-basement level he's found his niche; banal; dull; safe; predictable; pap Tv shows.

He has a brain, hence his editorship, but his is the buisiness of spin and commericailism.

He's certainly no Parkinson. He's even without the quick lip of Ross, and there are others who have occupied the chat show cum presenter role with better effect than Morgan could ever rise to. But it's an American view of a Brit; and it is misguided.

Morgan is searching for a role and this will be yet another step on the road.

But he's lightweight, his star is fading and in the UK he is over looked. His personality is unremarkable; he lacks any charm or charisma. The latter would need to be introveneously administered every hour.

If he were food he be a blancmange

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Never really understood the high regard in which he is held either. He comes across as being a nice enough chap, but in terms of his interviewing skills, he doesn't bring much in the way of wit and nor does he ask challenging questions. The people he interviews mostly come with their own agenda (as with all chat shows) - be it selling a book, or a film, or whatever - and he simply panders to their needs. The likes of Leno and Letterman could pull off shows without any guests because they are talented in their own right, whereas King i think would be nothing without them.

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The problem with the US seems to be that they have so little of true worth. For example, a short history gives rise to an odd reveering of a flag; as they have no royalty and little tradition. A piece of cloth then takes on special meaning.

Larry King's alright, he's had a good run, but isn't representative of the nation, but he does get people of the moment of interest, but far from the sole interests of the nation, not every one is glued to the TV there in spite of pundits prognostications.

"...so little of true worth"....

You think so, well maybe nothing much, other than:

Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

Saul Bellow 1 (1915 - 2005) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1976

Ray Bradbury (1920)

Pearl S. Buck (1892 - 1973) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1938

Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

William Faulkner (1897 - 1962) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1949

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) Joseph Heller (1923) Catch-22

Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1954

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) Henry James 3 (1843 - 1916) Jack London (1876 - 1916)

Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1930

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) Arthur Miller (1915) Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)

Toni Morrison (1931) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1993

Vladimir (Dmitri) Vladimirovich Nabokov 4 (1899 -1977)

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (1888 -1953) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1936

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972) Philip Roth (1933) J. D. Salinger (1919) Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968)

John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1962

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) Gore Vidal (1925) Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922) David Foster Wallace (1962 - 2008)

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983)

The African Queen (1951)

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

The Big Sleep (1946)

The Birth Of A Nation (1915) The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)

Casablanca (1942)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Double Indemnity (1944)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Modern Times (1936) On The Waterfront (1954)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Gone With The Wind (1939)

Intolerance (1916)

It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

Vertigo (1958)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Itzack Perlman, Andre Previn, Chick Corea, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington,

Aaron Copeland, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, John Williams, Stephen Sondheim, John Philip Sousa, Cole Porter

John Singer-Seargent, James McNeil Whistler, Georgia O'Keefe, WInslow Homer,

Andrew Weith, Grant Wood, Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish,

As for traditions there are have several hundred years of traditions

and ALSO all the European and African and Asian traditions

of all the lands Americans came from and are still revered

and honored as each families individual heritages.

Only the actual name under the form of government is this young.

This sense that USA has no culture because of relative youth as a 'NAME on a land', by ignoring the huge amount of time it was named other things with people living there, and by ignoring the cultural roots from which it's people arose, and by ignoring the reality, in favor of viewing some exported pop-culture as the be all/end all, and in favor of thinking some external pundits comments based on little actual facts, but great amounts of jingoist biases, are actually representative of 310+ million persons, is narrow sighted in the extreme.

Sorry, this is an inaccurate portrait of the place.

"...so little of true worth"....

seems you just don't know or care to know what IS valuable there.

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Larry King seems a competent TV presenter, rather old and possibly well passed his best.

It is the retirement of an old man.

What I've seen of him never impressed, stood out or was at all memorable.

There is a certain cult status attached, or affection that comes with longevity.

The problem with the US seems to be that they have so little of true worth. For example, a short history gives rise to an odd reveering of a flag; as they have no royalty and little tradition. A piece of cloth then takes on special meaning.

Then there's Larry King.

Never really understood the high regard in which he is held either. He comes across as being a nice enough chap, but in terms of his interviewing skills, he doesn't bring much in the way of wit and nor does he ask challenging questions. The people he interviews mostly come with their own agenda (as with all chat shows) - be it selling a book, or a film, or whatever - and he simply panders to their needs. The likes of Leno and Letterman could pull off shows without any guests because they are talented in their own right, whereas King i think would be nothing without them.

He was extremely popular and professional in his time but now Larry King similar to the British show host, Michael Parkingson have passed they`re sell by dates and now they`re particular style of showmanship, if that`s the right term, has become out of fashion.

He is right to retire and call it a day while his ratings are still high and so be remembered in a good light.

I still think he is great, but don`t take notice of me, I`m only an old fart.

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Larry King had some great shows. For example if there was a murder gripping the nation he would have commentators, some believing in guilt some in innocence. The murder of Chandra Levy was one case. Everyone believed Gary Condit did it. Scott Peterson was another one. Back then people wouldn't get on a forum to discuss it, they would turn on Larry King. It was like a forum in a way. Loved those shows! Let me give you an idea of how it was. If the redshirts and yellowshirts were battling in the streets and you could turn on a TV show with some excellent commentators arguing it out, giving you the latest info, and answering callers, that's how exciting Larry King was. :w00t:

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I have placidly watched Larry King for years. Primarily because it was the only thing remotely worth watching in that time slot. I would have probably long ago quit, but my Thai partner is a big fan of the show and will always turn it on.

I have found him to be an excellent interviewer. He asks good questions and often gets people to say more than they wanted. He seldom gives his opinion, so the field is neutral. His panel shows were great, especially surrounding big court cases.

Over the years, his style of not intervening with his guests have made the show a little dry and thus harder to watch. It lacks the pizzaz we've come to associate with many interviews.

I hope he has a happy retirement. It's deserved.

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King was entertaining but,his interview of Prince Bandar after 9/11, agreeing with Bandar that it was right to let the entire bin Laden family depart the US without being question by the police was a disgrace.

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One completely off-topic post deleted, along with a response to it and several posts questioning moderation.

Please exercise care in your posts and follow the forum rules. Otherwise we will have to give people more than just a Christmas holiday.

Thanks.

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