TV Bites: Play the Larry King Replacement Game!
· This is a sad day for cable news. Larry King officially announced that he will be leaving CNN in the fall, which leaves you, dear readers, to guess his replacement. The suspendered anchor mentioned that he would like Ryan Seacrest to succeed him on last night's show -- "he's curious, he's interesting, he's likable" -- but America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan is thought to the be the frontrunner for the job. Meanwhile, Katie Couric reportedly passed on the position earlier this week. So who does this leave? Joy Behar, this could be your future. [Deadline]
CBS will make Jason Biggs a sitcom star, two new actors run away to Camelot, and more TV Bites after the jump.
· CBS has officially picked up the sitcom Mad Love. As we reported this weekend, the project stars Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Judy Greer and Tyler Labine as a group of single friends living in New York City and looking for love. [THR]
· Claire Forlani and Peter Mooney have boarded Starz's drama series Camelot. Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green and Jamie Cambell Bower are already attached to the project. [Deadline]
· Angela Kinsey is divorcing The Office writer and producer Warren Lieberstein, to whom she was married for a decade. [TMZ]
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"Aaron Brown Live"!
Along the lines of "If a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is there to hear it, does it actually make a sound?", is "If CNN changes the anchor of a program, and that network has no ratings, does anyone actually give a shit?"
Why on earth would King retire? I mean trenchant observations such as calling Ryan Seachrest “curious... interesting... likable” show his wits are still razor sharp!
I think CNN, in order to keep up with the times, needs to have a reality contest/search (a la Idol) to find King's replacement. King could host, viewers could tweet their votes and CNN could finally be relevant since they decided to stop reporting news.
I'd like to see James Cotton host a talk show about real life with no bull. Maybe we could hear something without the glitz, for a change.
Randy Jackson should take over..."Yo Dawg, that's what I'm talking about"
Dwight Schultz should take over. Has anyone heard him on The Jerry Doyle Show? He's amazing.
It'll be a gigantic mistake to hire that twit Behar. She's one of the most ignorant, prejudice, unfunny people I've ever seen (only second to Whoopi Golberg).