Piers Morgan takes over for Larry King

It’s official from CNN, announcing today that reality TV host and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan will take the place of the leaving Larry King during the popular 9PM time slot, in accordance with The New York Times.

King dropped the shocking News in June that he was relinquishing his show. King made the unexpected statement via his Twitter account right before he taped that evening’s program. “Announcing tonight: I’m ending my nightly show this fall but continuing at CNN,” King wrote.

The British-born Morgan, presently a judge on NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent,’ will make his first appearance on the as-yet-unnamed interview show in January, a month following Larry King’s signing off with the long-running ‘Larry King Live,’ which has aired for 25 years.

Morgan, 45, continues to be in talks with CNN since this summer regarding the replacing of King.

Jonathan Klein, the struggling network’s president, informed staffers of this news in an optimistic internal memo. We’re pleased that Morgan will now pass on his dynamic, probing interview style to American television also to CNN viewers across the globe.

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