Tonight's the night for Larry King as 25-year reign comes to an end

Larry King Exits Larry King Live After 25 Years
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - Brooklyn native Larry King pulls down the curtain on his CNN Talk Show, “Larry King Live,” after 25 years Thursday, Cable Television’s once dominant voice now faded in a sea of sharp talkers. King, 77, said this summer he would “hang up his nightly suspenders,” ushered to the door by a struggling network. British talk-show host and “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan takes over the 9 p.m. Eastern time slot in ...

After 25 years, Larry King gives up his CNN throne
Jake A. Herrle/CNN via AP Larry King interviews former President Bill Clinton in April 2007. After 25 years of"Larry King Live,"Larry King will hang up his suspenders with his last broadcast on Thursday. NEW YORK -- Early last June, CNN celebrated 25 years of "Larry King Live" with a week of shows whose A-list guests included President Obama, LeBron James, Bill Gates and Lady GaGa. It was hyped to the hilt and suitably eventful, even as King and Lady Gaga regarded each other with the bemusement...

CNN's Larry King exits after 25 years
FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2005 file photo released by CNN, Larry King interviews comedian Jerry Seinfeld during a live broadcast of "Larry King Live" in New York. After 25 years of "Larry King Live," Larry King will hang up his suspenders with his last broadcast on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Larry King pulls down the curtain on his CNN Talk Show, "Larry King Live," after 25 years Thursday, Cable Television's once dominant voice now faded in a sea of sharp talkers. King, 77, said this summer he woul...

CNNs Larry King exits after 25 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry King pulls down the curtain on his CNN Talk Show, “Larry King Live,” after 25 years Thursday, Cable Television’s once dominant voice now faded in a sea of sharp talkers. King, 77, said this summer he would “hang up his nightly suspenders,” ushered to the door by a struggling network. British talk-show host and “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan takes over the 9 p.m. Eastern time slot in January. Ryan Seacrest was ...

Larry King hangs up his crown
Early last June, CNN celebrated 25 years of “Larry King Live” with a week of shows whose A-list guests included President Barack Obama, LeBron James, Bill Gates and Lady GaGa. It was hyped to the hilt and suitably eventful, even as King and Lady Gaga regarded each other with the bemusement of a human encountering an alien life form. Then, at the end of June, King suddenly announced he was retiring from his show — a weeknight fixture at 9 p.m. Eastern since June 1, 1985. He told...

The last of 'Larry King Live'
Say what you will about Larry King — that he's a shameless softballer, that he's a selective listener, that he may not always understand who he's talking to and what they're saying — you have to admit the man has stamina. Even as his body seems to shrivel and his concentration appears to wane, he's been showing up for "Larry King Live," his five-nights-a-week, hourlong CNN interview program, for 25 years. Throughout it all — and, indeed, throughout his whole career, which began...

After 25 years, King is giving up his CNN throne
Early last June, CNN celebrated 25 years of "Larry King Live" with a week of shows whose A-list guests included President Barack Obama, LeBron James, Bill Gates and Lady GaGa. It was hyped to the hilt and suitably eventful, even as King and Lady Gaga regarded each other with the bemusement of a human encountering an alien life form. Then, at the end of June, King suddenly announced he was retiring from his show — a weeknight fixture at 9 p.m. Eastern since June 1, 1985. He told viewers, "I...

After 25 years, King is giving up his CNN throne (AP)
NEW YORK – Early last June, CNN celebrated 25 years of "Larry King Live" with a week of shows whose A-list guests included President Barack Obama, LeBron James, Bill Gates and Lady GaGa. It was hyped to the hilt and suitably eventful, even as King and Lady Gaga regarded each other with the bemusement of a human encountering an alien life form. Then, at the end of June, King suddenly announced he was retiring from his show — a weeknight fixture at 9 p.m. Eastern since June 1, 1985. ...

Larry King's Last Show
NEW YORK — Early last June, CNN celebrated 25 years of "Larry King Live" with a week of shows whose A-list guests included President Barack Obama, LeBron James, Bill Gates and Lady GaGa. It was hyped to the hilt and suitably eventful, even as King and Lady Gaga regarded each other with the bemusement of a human encountering an alien life form. Then, at the end of June, King suddenly announced he was retiring from his show – a weeknight fixture at 9 p.m. Eastern since June 1, 1985. ...

CNN host Larry King hands over his vintage microphone
Stumble This! Veteran CNN Talk Show host Larry King hangs up his famous suspenders Thursday, after a quarter of a century of interviewing the powerful and famous. The 77-year-old, who will be succeeded by former British Journalist Piers Morgan, is finally retiring from "Larry King Live," the show he has presented on the Atlanta-based news network since 1985. Typically combining high politics with showbiz news and gossip, interviewees on his final shows this week have included Barbra Streisand a...

Larry King as you've never seen him -- suspenderless
Larry King. When he was a little boy growing up in Brooklyn, Lawrence Zeiger used to fantasize that he was Arthur Godfrey or some other famous broadcast personality in an age when people set their daily schedules by when their favorite programs were on the radio. Or the little Jewish boy would go up in the bleachers at Ebbets Field and pretend he was chatting on-air with Red Barber or other household sports names. This is way back, mind you, back in the 30's, even before Joe Biden was born...

GRAND FINALE: Larry King hosts one last show...
During an interview in 2003, Larry King inspects a ring Elizabeth Taylor was given by Richard Burton during the actors' marriage. Photograph: CNN/Getty Images Tomorrow night television history will be made. One of the legends of the small screen will be broadcast live at precisely the moment that his trousers fall down. At least that's what will happen metaphorically. Larry King will hang up his famous braces. For 25 years, night after night, Larry King Live has been a pillar of American cul...

Genuine TV Moment Alert: Larry Kings Last Show Airs Tonight On CNN
Say what you will about Larry King and his celebrity-friendly though rarely hard-hitting interviews on CNN, but he’s an actual television icon, and the passing of Larry King Live into history is a moment worth watching. The last LKL-after 25 years-airs tonight at 9 p.m. Nellie Andreeva , writing on Deadline Hollywood, may have best captured the mixed feelings many in the Cable News biz have for the King: He may have gotten out of touch, he may have been famously unprepared for ...

Larry King: can Piers Morgan replace a legend?
Andrew Pettie assesses King's legacy and the chances for his successor....

Veteran CNN host Larry King hangs up suspenders
Veteran CNN Talk Show host Larry King hangs up his famous suspenders Thursday, after a quarter of a century of interviewing the powerful and famous. The 77-year-old, who will be succeeded by former British Journalist Piers Morgan, is finally retiring from "Larry King Live," the show he has presented on the Atlanta-based news network since 1985. Typically combining high politics with showbiz news and gossip, interviewees on his final shows this week have included Barbra Streisand and former Briti...

CNN host Larry King hands over his vintage microphone
Los Angeles (AFP) – Veteran CNN Talk Show host Larry King hangs up his famous suspenders Thursday, after a quarter of a century of interviewing the powerful and famous. The 77-year-old, who will be succeeded by former British Journalist Piers Morgan, is finally retiring from "Larry King Live," the show he has presented on the Atlanta-based news network since 1985. Typically combining high politics with showbiz news and gossip, interviewees on his final shows this week have incl...

Larry King Signs Off Tonight; What Would You Ask Him?
What is this? Love him. ... Hate him. ... Will miss him. ... Won't miss him. June 3, 1985: the first 'Larry King Live' on CNN. June 3, 1985: the first 'Larry King Live' on CNN. Larry King signs off tonight after 25 years on CNN. ... The network says it has 6,120 shows in its Larry archive. ... That in his 50-year career he's done about 50,000 interviews. End of an ... era? Let's turn the tables on the 77-year-old Larry. ... If you had the chance, what would you ask him? And if you're wondering a...

Oh No! Barbra Streisand Shares Her Disappointment In President Obama With Larry King
Big news! Barack Obama ’s transformation to a moderate pragmatist now appears to be complete. And no, it’s not the capitulation Compromise on the so-called “Bush Tax Cuts” that puts him in a more positive light amongst Conservatives, nor is it a nuanced and delicate (weak?) approach to reforming Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. No, the clearest evidenced to date that the Obama Administration is aiming to govern from the cen...

X-MAS SONG: He One King...Named Larry
Tonight, CNN's "Larry King Live" ends. Not with a bang, but with Larry mumbling something incoherent. There shall be no more inane questions to laugh at, no more senility, and no more wind-breaking. It is indeed The Final Ride of the Suspenders. So, as King Larry prepares to sign off for the last time, FRX has decided to honor the old coot with A Christmas Carol (Even though this Jew probably doesn't celebrate Christmas). And just so everyone knows, half of Fox and Rice is Jewish as well. Say w...

The King effect
We tend to caricature people who have been on television for a long time, and that is certainly happening to Larry King as he reaches the end of his 25-year stint in CNN's prime-time line-up. It's tempting to reduce him to the guy with the colourful suspenders (or braces, as they are known in the UK) and the voice made of ground gravel, the interviewer who perfected the unapologetic pivot from serious to celebrity, often within the same show ("Thanks for that analysis, Senator Dol...

Farewell, Larry King. We Knew Ye All Too Well.
Tonight is the final episode of "Larry King Live" on CNN. I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but King isn't dead yet, and come to think of it, I have no problem with speaking ill of the dead anyway. Here's a classic moment from the program in which Jerry Seinfeld disabused King of his apparent belief that Seinfeld was ending because NBC cancelled it: It's not a crazy guess. Maybe King figured NBC executives just got tired of making huge profits off their Thursday night lineup and ...

California governor declares today 'Larry King Day'
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proclaimed Thursday "Larry King Day" in honor of the final broadcast tonight of CNN's "Larry King Live." "Larry King has transformed himself into a household name. An indisputable legend in both the entertainment and media industries, King has changed the concept of the Talk Show within his lifetime," a proclamation signed by Schwarzenegger reads. "King’s unique and direct interviewing style quickly tran...

Larry King's Top 10 Memorable Moments (PHOTOS)
Larry King Live may be coming to an end, but ove the years he's left viewers with a range of memories, be it dramatic or hilarious. The legendary Talk Show host has done thousands of interviews with people from all walks of life and been a staple of News Media on CNN for the past 25 years. Here's a few of his more memorable TV moments: ...

CNN Becoming Irrelevant: Lowest Prime Time Ratings In 13 Years
Terry Jeffrey's Interview with Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on ObamaCare Lawsuit Is CNN becoming irrelevant? CNN’s woes worsened this year. Despite the somewhat bogus total reach-touting, the network hit Primetime Ratings lows (or at least going back to 1997, which is all we could dig up data for) for total viewers and viewers 25-54. A look at Tuesday's Prime Time numbers should give you an idea of just how terribly this Cable Network is doing. Right in the heart of CNN&...

Jon Stewart Mocks CNN For Airing Dumb and Dumber Diarrhea Clip During Newscast
Last week Mediaite was first to report on CNN airing of a remarkably sophomoric and disgusting diarrhea scene from the movie Dumb and Dumber to introduce a medical segment about bloody bowel movements. Jon Stewart and his team of producers appear to be readers of Mediaite, as last night they made the derisive point about the clip, though in the larger context of CNN’s flagging Ratings. The good news for CNN? People are talking about you! The bad news however is that the talk is almost ent...