Not Retiring For A While

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Reports are surfacing that CNN has agreed to an extension of Larry King's contract.

The live talk show anchor will now stay on through 2010, which will last beyond his 77th birthday.

Poor Katie Couric, she was hoping to get his spot one day!

A current New York Times about Katie's post-CBS future claims, "Couric discussed several things she might do if she left the anchor post, according to the executives, including a daily talk show to be syndicated by CBS, or replacing Larry King in a prime-time position on CNN."

Too bad it won't happen. She'd kill the show with poor ratings anyways!

Although CNN doesn't comment on employee contracts, a spokesperson did say, "Larry is the best there is, he'll be here for a long time."

Let's hope he doesn't die on air!

[Image via Mavrix Online.]

    Posted: Apr 22, 2008 at 7:19 pm / Email this  »

    83 comments to “Not Retiring For A While”

    1. poop says – reply to this


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      poop.

    2. bhc says – reply to this


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      what # am I????

    3. cris says – reply to this


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      i luv u perez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    4. me says – reply to this


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      6th

    5. morgan says – reply to this


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      aww i love him!

    6. blahblahblah says – reply to this


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      old…nough said

    7. truth says – reply to this


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      he can go on as long as he likes…………who are you when are old,,,,,,,,,,oh in your oldness would you like someone you say that about you

    8. Aniko says – reply to this


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      yea larry king!

    9. vic says – reply to this


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      firdtt

    10. rypper says – reply to this


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      The more he stays on the more CNN will lose viewers.
      Guess I will watch Comedy Central.
      or Dirty Jobs?

    11. jhg says – reply to this


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      :)

    12. Dawn says – reply to this


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      GUESS WHAT BITCHES??!?!?

      i am NOT first! hahah go get a life all of you crazy people who try to comment things first. GODDDD soooo pathetic!

    13. #7 says – reply to this


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      Perez IS getting BORING!

      ESPECIALLY with his b-day announcement to that unkown chinnessee girl…..

      BLAH………!!!!!!!!!!!

    14. FUCKFF says – reply to this


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      EWWW….BUT I ENJOY THE "RACIST" SHOW ANYWAYS

    15. cole says – reply to this


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      perez, get off katie's ass! she may not have pulled cbs out of there shitty 3rd ratings position, but she's not the black widow everyone is making her out to be! and leave ole larry alone as well. people in the entertainment business, as you might find out one day if you are lucky enough, don't retire…

    16. friendofjimmy says – reply to this


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      Larry King should please go away.
      He's cooky and out of touch.

    17. Nyonce says – reply to this


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      If they ever put Katie Couric as a replacement for Larry King, then I'm done. She is a terrible choice to replace Larry. Maybe she had charisma once, but now she's as dull as watching paint dry on the evening news.

    18. NyLa27 says – reply to this


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      how many months overdue are you perez?

      always pointing out baby-bumps on non-pregnant, less than 110 pounders.

      stop eating, start walking.

    19. opi says – reply to this


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      Good! Larry King's still the best. He's the only one where it's about the guest, NOT the interviewer's ego or right wing ideology. Katie would suck even worse at Larry's job than at the evening news cast.

    20. emma says – reply to this


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      larry, dick cavett, michael parkinson…they don't make them like these guys anymore. interviewers today SUCK compared to these guys. they are pros (i'll include regis in this) and have class, have a special talent, and should never be replaced by the trolls they have as interviewers now.

    21. rockafella says – reply to this


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      Larry King is the man!

    22. jesx says – reply to this


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      erm what thats way mean perez?! thats like saying lets hope you dont' choke on a dick and die perez!

    23. MeliWeliBeli says – reply to this


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      ahahahahah
      let's hope he doesnt die on air!
      woo ur hilarious i WOV U!

    24. kristen says – reply to this


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      Larry King is so sexy! hahaha
      look at that face, lol.
      foreaaal.

    25. old people smell funny says – reply to this


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      Babs walters and larry king will be on tv until the very end

    26. ilkojoi says – reply to this


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      I have a professor that says every time I see him that he hopes I can take his class before he dies—kind of the same thing

    27. hgg says – reply to this


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      i dont think you have any right to say anything bad about lary king. hes always been great and he actually makes contrabutions, unlike you who only makes gossip. maybe if you stop making fun of people like him you would actually reciveve some respect

    28. jon says – reply to this


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      who cares about katie

      ######### Yall look at Madonna newest music video that everyone is talking about on defSpot com

    29. cornjob says – reply to this


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      hey retards! "anyways" is not a valid word in our english language.

    30. Buford Pusser says – reply to this


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      The only reason Larry gets guests is because he asks fluffy non-confrontational questions and strokes ego's like Perez strokes cocks. He is an out of touch ego-centric ass who makes Andy Rooney look like a genius. "Joe Yank" is taken in by this because lets face it; typical suburban American housewife ain't that smart (i.e. Oprah lovers). Just another reason why America is heading down the shitter!

      Oh and everyone think it's cute that he pro-created at like 90. Kids are going to be in their early teens when the old fucker goes tits up thus getting a piece of his dough. Future drug addicts fo sho'

      Go away Larry…the world has passed you by.

    31. Ysugarcoat says – reply to this


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      Love The King!! Keep up the good work Larry xxx

    32. wendy Taylor says – reply to this


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      I love larry he's my hero i watch him all the time i just hate all this political crap all the time soooooooo boring

    33. Tia C says – reply to this


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      Oh, BLECH, he needs to retire, he is so crusty and out of it.

    34. jake says – reply to this


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      Why are you telling him to retire? Lose weight

    35. Riley says – reply to this


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      Your comments are so childish… Perez, you're 30 and over the hill time to grow up.

    36. Kyle of kenfield says – reply to this


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      Cadaver chic…
      His time has past.
      Goodbye Larry.

    37. FUCK OFF says – reply to this


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      HITLERY STOP PAYING PEREZ?????

    38. g says – reply to this


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    39. marty says – reply to this


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      larry is an embarrassment-he needs to go. Alzheimer's has set in for sure. As annoying as Rosie O'Donnell can be, she would be a great replacement. Katie Couric is not much better than Larry.

    40. samantha says – reply to this


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      There must be a nursing home somewhere that would take him. I've noticed his cognitive abilities are declining….He often has a hard time following conversations with his guests and is not particularly well informed concerning current events.

    41. Gong Show says – reply to this


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      Larry King and Katie Couric both suck. If Obama loses his nomination, they should give HIM the TV job. He won a Grammy for spoken word, people! Even if you think his ears look like an elephant's, at least he's got a good voice.
      Something that would give Larry OR Katie a heart attack on air:
      *Facebook application developers (essentially, anyone) can download any member's personal data, regardless of whether those members have expressed interest in their applications.
      *Facebook's Beacon ad service still to this day tracks Facebook members' movements on the internet, even when they aren't even signed in.
      *When Aaron Greenspan refused to provide Facebook with his date of birth due to the above privacy concerns, not to mention a sense of fundamental injustice, the company suspended his account indefinitely.

    42. cake says – reply to this


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      OHLEE GUACAMOLE! I thought he was 82 at least….

    43. old people smell funny says – reply to this


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      the 101 year old brit is in better shape than Larry

    44. Shag says – reply to this


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      His show is not damned talk show, it's a gabfest. I don't understand how he's been on the air for so long, and those poor children. Some women will do anything(or anybody) for money. His wife is a third of his kids are a seventh of said age. Now that's just a damned shame.

    45. mike says – reply to this


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      At least he doesn't look as old as Fred Durst!

    46. Sliz kicker says – reply to this


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      Imagine this creepy, old bag of skin and bones fucking his young, gold digging wife.
      HUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
      His shoulder blade could poke her eye out. Lets not even talk about the skin tags, age spots, and 1/4" thick, yellow toe nails.

    47. Matt Savan says – reply to this


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      die bitch so younger people can fill your space…in a land where Bob Barker hosted the game show for 76 yrs and where Dick Clark stilll hosts his christmas show..these retards should know when to quit…egomaniacs…

    48. HereIambaby says – reply to this


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      This dude is found at the interracial club blackcentury.com a moment ago. He has created a personal profile to seek young and beautiful girls out of his race there. I will double check it.

    49. Astro says – reply to this


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      Larry King - most boring man on TV - Katie Courac - woman that needs a GOOD SCREWING with a ten inch BLACK COCK the most - these two should do a special on Jeery Springer - that would get the ratings up

    50. Dirt says – reply to this


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      He needs to retire. His interviewing skills suck. He constantly interrupts his guests and doesn't really listen to their answers.

    51. jonaslove says – reply to this


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      who watches larry king? hes like 90

    52. fletch says – reply to this


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      Love it. The "King" would rather work forever than allow KC to take the chair. Who wouldn't.

    53. madmax says – reply to this


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      I can see why you're jealous of Larry King. He is respected, credible, classy, and well-known. He is pretty much everything you're not Perez.

    54. Buford Pusser says – reply to this


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      All that money and he is wearing some bad pleather jacket from the 80's and jeans that surely had a crisp crease when he put them on in the morning. Says a lot about the current Mrs. King. At the very least she could help the senile old bastard pick some decent clothes out…oh thats right…she's busy banging the pool boy cause ol' Larry boy's tool died during the Clinton administration.

    55. mccain 4 prez says – reply to this


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      take a shit on my face.

    56. Kristie says – reply to this


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      Meh least hes still gotta head of hair at 100 years old :)

    57. texasgirltoo says – reply to this


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      the word "anyway" does NOT have an S on the end of it!! It's anyway, not anywayS!!

    58. va jay jay says – reply to this


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      I wouldn't retire either, he has the BEST goddamn job.

    59. Darth Nihilus says – reply to this


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      that guy looks like hell froze over

    60. john dixon says – reply to this


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      Larry King is a disgrace. He is lazy and stupid. His interviews reveal a total lack of respect and preparation. He should be fired and replaced with someone who will actually research the subject and ask penetrating questions, neither of which he ever does. That's why he gets politicians and celebrities, they know he is not going to actually ask anything tough.

    61. There's One S in "Retarded Slut" says – reply to this


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      Re: texasgirltoo – Shut up, you fucking cunt! Who died and made you the Standard Written English Enforcer?!

    62. dee says – reply to this


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      what an awful man you are…

    63. zereppo says – reply to this


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      EEEEEEEEWWWWW, THE HAIR! Trump-colored and really, really lame lookin.

    64. Lilly says – reply to this


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      If the guy is doing his job well, what has his age got to do with it? One thing I've noticed about this site is that it is rife with ageism. For women it's even worse - 40 seems to be the use-by date. Most of us seem to have accepted that discrimination on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation is not acceptable. How about giving age some consideration?

    65. Anon. says – reply to this


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      The real Larry King died years ago. Aliens took over his body and rent it out to CNN! LMAO! Hard to believe, but he has the highest rated show on TV in his slot, overall. I mean, sometimes it's down, but mostly he does well. He makes money for CNN. Too bad. Him and Anderson Cooper. That's all CNN has. Oh. and that asshole Lou Dobbs, who is their version of O'Reilly. I like Jack Cafferty. But he is old, too. They really need to get rid of Wolff Blitzer. He is irritating. There's a lot of people on CNN who are irritating. And dull.

    66. Kyle of kenfield says – reply to this


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      The guy from CNN who got caught in Central Park with the bag of meth, a rope tied from his neck to his cock, and a toy rammed up his ass… he seems like he's probably not too dull? No?

    67. Governor says – reply to this


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      He wants to dies on air. That'll bust his ratings.

    68. governor says – reply to this


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      Ah crap! I should've read your post before I commented. D'oh!

    69. jenbunny says – reply to this


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      screw you, perez, larry king is awesome! that's the only show that has each and every kind of person on it to be interviewed, whether they're famous or not, and he let's them say whatever they damn well please without any agenda or goading that all the other news and entertainment people do. it's the only show that i could watch with my parents and grandparents without any issues, with everyone from billy graham to heidi fleiss. don't ask me to explain why larry king doesn't croak, but he's likable and alive, so i'll have what he's having. go team larry!

    70. dodgerfan says – reply to this


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      I saw him at the second Dodger game. We had great seats near the Dodger dugout and when he left in the 4th inning I said "hi Larry", but I don't think he heard me, but his nice wife was gracious enough to smile and wave to us. I hope he stays on for a loooong time at CNN, he's great!

    71. butt-trumpet says – reply to this


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      Perez,

      Shut that butt-trumpet you call your mouth. "Castro is dead, vote for Hillary, Larry is too old" — your perspective on this world is akin to that of a feces-eating ground worm. You feed on that which is disgusting (rumor, "stars" and whatever fetid cock is desperate enough to distend in your spunk-ridden mouth) and all that you leave behind, be it in the toilet or on your blog, is execrable.

    72. Ode To Joy! says – reply to this


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      Not sure how Katie ever ended up on TV.
      She reminds me of someone who should be teaching kindergarten.
      Larry should have retired years ago. He dies on air all the time.
      Joy Behar should get the Larry gig.

    73. holy says – reply to this


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      is he wearing a diaper

    74. cc says – reply to this


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      mark my words i am the next lRRY KING THEY R just waiting for me to get a little more experience

    75. katkatkat86 says – reply to this


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      Larry King is the best! Why would anyone want to get rid of one of the only decent news shows? Retarded.

    76. katkatkat86 says – reply to this


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      Larry King is the best! Why would anyone want to get rid of one of the only decent news shows? Retarded.

    77. Snickers says – reply to this


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      Good gawd, Larry King is so ancient! He doesn't even know what's going on half the time or who he's interviewing. I seriously think he asked where John Lennon has been when he had Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney on the show last year talking about the Beatles' Cirque de Soliel show in Vegas. Clueless old fart has no idea Lennon has (sadly) been dead for over 25 years!

    78. zeke says – reply to this


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      Larry King guest's come on and say anything they want. He asks easy questions and then they go on and on…. The women at the view ask better questions.

    79. midevil says – reply to this


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      Now here's a guy that needs to retire! Bye bye!

    80. gohillary says – reply to this


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      Larry can go on as long as he wants. I am not watching Katie Couric in that position.

    81. G. says – reply to this


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      Yuch! Gave up watching a long time ago
      "Truly ugly
      and he does NOT listen

    82. IA Rocko says – reply to this


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      Proof positive that zombies to exist!

    83. madmax says – reply to this


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      Larry King is still a great interviewer. He does not have the ego or need to outvolume his guests like the douchebags at Fox News. He simply lets people tell their side of the story and asks questions based on what they say. It is so refreshing to watch after all of today's interviewers are so obsessed with being stars themselves.