Larry's Announcement – Larry King Live - CNN.com Blogs. Larry King Talks Retirement From His Favorite Booth At Nate N' A. Larry King Ending 'Larry King Live' On CNN In Fall. Larry King will retire as host of CNN's "Larry King Live" after 25 years, he announced Tuesday evening. King will step down from the program in the fall, but remain with CNN. "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 wrote on his blog. "I'll still be a part of the CNN family, hosting several 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," he added. WATCH King make the announcement on his show Tuesday: Earlier Tuesday, the end-of-quarter ratings were released, and King saw his worst quarter ever in Q2 2010, averaging just 674,000 total viewers. CNN Statement: CNN/US President Jon Klein's e-mail to staff: More from the Associated Press:
Taking Stock of Larry King’s 25 Years on CNN - Media Decoder Blo. The timing of Larry King’s Tuesday night announcement that he was ending his talk show came as a shock to many at CNN, where “Larry King Live” has been the only consistent part of an ever-evolving lineup. As I note in today’s New York Times, “Larry King Live” has been the centerpiece of the CNN prime-time schedule for 25 years. The show has seen its ratings drop sharply in recent years. Some have suggested that those two elements are closely related. Andrew Tyndall, a TV news analyst, said Tuesday night that CNN depended for too long on Mr. King and his once-formidable audience. “They decided to cash in on his high ratings and postpone refreshing the whole lineup,” Mr.
Tyndall said. He said that CNN needed to “re-think its lineup 10 years ago.” You probably know what has happened since then. Asked about those ratings on Tuesday, the CNN’s United States president, Jonathan Klein, said, “When you’ve been on 25 years, one quarter is really irrelevant.” Today’s Times has more on Mr. NYC - New York Joins the Ranks of the ‘Age-Friendly’ - NYTimes.c. Howard Kurtz - Timing is everything: Larry King abdicates.
Woody Allen said 90 percent of life is just showing up. The other 10 percent might be knowing when to leave. By announcing Tuesday that he's giving up his CNN gig after 25 years, Larry King was able to say he was leaving on his own terms, even if others believe he was nudged. For most television stars "it's almost impossible to walk away," says Steve Friedman, a former producer of NBC's "Today" and "The Early Show" on CBS. "It's the narcotic they live for. You don't want to be walking down the street and have someone say, 'Didn't you used to be . . .? ' " Others say the 76-year-old broadcaster wore out his welcome. King's decision to surrender his franchise this fall has sparked a speculation sweepstakes about a successor, as well as a debate over whether his format -- a variety show that careened from presidential interviews to Madonna -- can survive in today's fragmented and polarized media world.
Reaction to the end of 'Larry King Live': almost entirely gracio. Nancy Reagan called, and Regis Philbin, and Diane Sawyer, and Anderson Cooper via video, all to check in with Larry King on Tuesday after he announced that he'd be leaving his 25-year-old CNN show come fall. "Nothing is forever, but there's new things ahead," King told Reagan. "Well good, as long as it's better, that's fine," she replied. Ministry readers responding to our nonscientific online poll were, at the time of this post's publication, also tilting in favor of "Yes, I'll miss 'Larry King Live' when it's gone. " (You can vote at the end of this post.) King's cable competitors from MSNBC chimed in as well: Rachel Maddow with well wishes, and Keith Olbermann with some tweets that were, surprisingly, all about Keith Olbermann.
"Oh, crap. This means mine will be the longest running prime-time cable news show not on Fox. Hmm. Bill Maher appeared on King's show Tuesday, incidentally, and nosed around the idea that leaving might have been CNN's idea more than the host's. . — Christie D'Zurilla. Larry King's Replacement Should Have Attitude. Did David Letterman Go Too Far With Larry King Top 10 List? | Po.