Lawrence Harvey "Larry" King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host.

He is recognized in the United States as one of the premier broadcast interviewers. King has conducted some 40,000 interviews with politicians, athletes, entertainers, and other newsmakers. He has won an Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards, and ten Cable ACE Awards.

King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and '60s. He became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978, and then, in 1985, began hosting the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN. On June 29, 2010 it was announced that he would step down as host of the show in the fall but will continue to host specials for CNN. CNN and King announced the decision was made so that he could spend more time with his family. However, 2 weeks prior to the announcement, the publicly owned UK news station, Channel4 News, announced that CNN were in talks with former newspaper editor and chat show host Piers Morgan, to present an evening talk show, to replace King. Anchor Samira Ahmed stated this was due to recent, and sustained, lower viewing figures. A graph illustrated the decline in viewers for King. CNN and King did not refute the story, or the quoted viewing figures. Towards the end of July 2010, Morgan stated to the press that he had not been informed whether he had the job, or not.

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