Piers Morgan all set to join CNN as Larry King replacement

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Phill Moris

15 July, 2010

Piers Morgan, judge of 'America's Got Talent' is all set to replace the legendry host Larry King from the CNN talk show. He won permissions from the broadcaster of talent show, NBC, to pirsue the CNN job.

PIERS MORGAN, judge of ‘America’s Got Talent’ is all set to replace the legendry host Larry King from the CNN talk show. He won permissions from the broadcaster of talent show, NBC, to pirsue the CNN job.

Larry King,76, announced his departure on June 29 from the prime-time talk show after hosting the show for almost for a quarter century. He would step down from the weeknight show this fall.

Morgan is contractually bound to continue on NBC’s "America's Got Talent" for three more years.

According to an industry official, the CNN job would occupy "second position" in Morgan’s work priority. However, there is no confirmation regarding the negotiations between CNN and Morgan. Morgan is hot favorite amongst such candidates as Katie Couric and Ryan Seacrest.

Say it a TRP war or siding viewrers choice the choice of an heir to the 9 p.m. Eastern slot is a crucial one for CNN as it struggles to boost its sagging prime-time ratings.

Well, Morgan will able be able to garner the respect of viewers as Larry King did is tough to guess at this stage but he would bring a sharper-edged sensibility to a show entrenched in King's easygoing, regular-Joe style.

Morgan started his career as tabaloid editor, and later on switched to television and hosted such varied series as "You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous" for BBC and doing interview shows and documentaries for ITV.

He has been a judge on "Britain's Got Talent" and its U.S. spinoff, "America's Got Talent." In 2008, he won the competition as a contestant on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice."