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Seacrest, CNN's New King?  

Posted May 7, 08 2:24 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living,  Gossip    Editor's Choice

(newser) – Ryan Seacrest is in "serious negotiations" to replace talk-show host Larry King at the end of this year, MSNBC reports. King says his occasional CNN fill-in would be the first choice. “He’s the classic generalist,” King says, adding, "The only thing I don’t know … is how versed he is in politics, world affairs. Does he read the paper?"

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Seacrest, CNN's New King?
Larry King attends a screening of the environmental documentary "Planet in Peril," Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in New York.   (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Seacrest, CNN's New King?
In this March 20, 2008 file photo, Ryan Seacrest attends the Details magazine party in Beverly Hills, Calif.   (AP Photo/Phil McCarten, file)
Seacrest, CNN's New King?
In an image provided by CNN, talk show host Larry King is shown on the set of his program "Larry King Live" at the CNN studios in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 17, 2005.   (AP Photo/CNN, Rose M. Prouser)
Seacrest, CNN's New King?
American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is in "serious negotiations" to take over Larry King's program, a CNN source tells MSNBC.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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