Piers Morgan Expected To Take King's Seat

Journalist and reality-show star Piers Morgan is expected to take over Larry King's 9 p.m. time slot on CNN.

CNN and NBC have struck an imminent deal to share the America's Got Talent judge, according to the New York Times. The Times also notes that this deal frees Mr. Morgan to directly negotiate with CNN.

That's important because CNN has been long denied any negotiations with Morgan, even in the face of reports over the past month that the British journalist would be getting the job.

On June 14, several British papers reported the Morgan news. If true, such a change would be uncomfortable, since King still hadn't announced he was stepping down (and wouldn't for a couple more weeks).  A CNN spokesperson told Yahoo! News at the time that rumors that we are close to signing a deal for a Larry King replacement are untrue.

With King officially announcing his departure, the inevitable question of who'll take the slot came up again.

Despite rumors, CNN president Jon Klein told Broadcasting & Cable on June 30 that we never have negotiated with Piers. Two days later, Simon Cowell claimed that he helped broker a deal for Morgan to get the CNN slot. Again, the network denied being currently in negotiations with him.

Morgan, a former British tabloid editor who lost his job after publishing fake Iraqi abuse photos, rebounded stateside by winning on NBC's The Apprentice and becoming a judge on the network's "America's Got Talent." The CNN job shouldn't be a stretch for Morgan, either. He hosts the British talk-show series Piers Morgan Life Stories.

A CNN spokesman wouldn't confirm the Times report or respond to questions about when the negotiations began. There is nothing I can say, the spokesman told Yahoo! News.

This time, however, CNN didn't deny any negotiations.

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