Barf! Joy Behar may replace Larry King

joy-behar-tingle.jpgHow stupid can Client Nine Network get? First they hire Client Number Nine Eliot Spitzer to replace Campbell Brown, and now there is rumor that they will hire the hag of The View Joy Behar to replace crusty old Larry King! Deadline Hollywood reports that the cable news network is in talks with Joy Behar to replace King. Or at least fill the time slot that King would have occupied had he continued with his show. A deal with Behar would go against King’s wishes. On his show last night, the veteran interviewer reiterated his support for Seacrest as his successor.

“He’s curious, he’s interesting, he’s likable,” King said of the American Idol host. “If he has a great interest in politics, I would recommend him. But I’m sure there’s a ton of people who could do it. Come on, it’s Q&A.”


Among those people is America’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan who, according to British papers, had been in talks for King’s job. CBS Evening News host Katie Couric’s name also has been part of the mix, with conflicting reports on whether she is interested or not. Her contract with CBS is up next year.

It is not clear if an upgrade to a tentpole primetime position on CNN would affect Behar’s other full-time job on ABC’s The View. So far, she has successfully juggled both the ABC daytime talk show and her primetime talker on HLN.

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July 1, 2010 · Filed Under Liberal Media Bias


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  • Amazingoly

    Why replace Larry King in the first place? Show was stale, and Behar would turn it to crumbs.