KING: HOW TO PLAY SOFT BALL

In advance of his swan song on CNN Thursday night, Larry King has responded to the frequent criticism of his interviewing technique that has obviously rankled him over the years — that he rarely challenges his guests and tosses only softball questions at them. In an interview with the New York Times, King remarked, “I [...]

LARRY KING: HAVING REGRETS ABOUT QUITTING?

Larry King may be having second thoughts about leaving his nightly CNN talk show. At the end of an interview with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday, he sounded a bit like Jay Leno after Leno learned that he would no longer be able to host the Tonight show after 2009. With the interview nearly [...]

CNN HIRES EX-NBC NEWS HEAVYWEIGHT TO PRODUCE MORGAN’S SHOW

CNN is mobilizing some heavy hitters to reinvigorate its 9:00 p.m. hour when Larry King departs. Having already announced that Piers Morgan will replace King, the cable news network said Monday that it is bringing aboard veteran news producer Jonathan Wald, who oversaw NBC’s Today show and NBC Nightly News, to exec produce Piers Morgan [...]

CNN U.S. HEAD JON KLEIN FIRED

After failing to halt an unrelenting exodus of viewers and taking a pummeling from cable news rivals, CNN U.S. President Jon Klein was fired today (Friday). The news was first reported by the TV news website FTV.com, which published a memo to staff from Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide, in which Klein’s departure was [...]

SEINFELD ROASTS LARRY KING

Larry King bravely smiled through an onslaught of jibes from Jerry Seinfeld Thursday night that would have rivaled any bombardment by insult comic Don Rickles. Saying it would be his last appearance on King’s CNN show (it goes off the air in December), Seinfeld said that he agreed to appear on it because “this is [...]

MORGAN CROWNED NEW CNN KING

CNN on Wednesday confirmed that Piers Morgan will replace retiring interviewer Larry King. Morgan is best known in America as a judge on America’s Got Talent (he also serves as a judge on the British version of the show) and the 2008 winner of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. He is also a former editor of the [...]

MORGAN CONCEDES HE’S TALKING TO CNN

For the first time, America’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan has confirmed that he is in talks with CNN “for a primetime position.” It has been widely reported that Morgan is in line to succeed Larry King when King steps down in the fall. Buttonholed by New York Times TV reporter Brian Stelter at the [...]

A “NO” VOTE FOR MORGAN ON CNN?

A popular celebrity website, HollywoodLife.com, run by Bonnie Fuller (Star, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Us Weekly), posted an article on Wednesday claiming that Piers Morgan had denied that he would be replacing Larry King at CNN. The website quoted Morgan as saying, “That’s quite a big job to do. … It’s the biggest news organization in the [...]

REPORT: CNN HAD HOPED TO REPLACE KING WITH COURIC

Unfavorable timing prevented CNN from naming Katie Couric to replace Larry King when he steps down in the fall, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Citing an unnamed person close to Couric, the newspaper observed that “there was virtually no scenario” under which Couric would be able to move to CNN before June 2011, [...]

KINGS DECLARE WAR AGAINST ONE ANOTHER

War has broken out between two kings — the King of All Media, as Howard Stern bills himself, and Larry King, the departing CNN talk-show host. In an interview with Steppin’ Out magazine, Larry King said that he would not want Stern to replace him when he leaves the cable news network this fall. “He’s [...]

« Previous Page — Next Page »