Last year, Larry King said that if he were to choose his successor, he would choose Ryan Seacrest. The only potential bump in the road, as it were (besides the fact that CNN doesn’t plan to continue with Larry King’s show after he retires… or suffers cardiac arrest), is the difficulty Seacrest might have doing hard hitting interviews with pretty much anybody outside the entertainment industry.
How would he do if he were to interview world leaders?
Assuming that CNN does choose to continue with a Larry King-style show and assuming that Ryan Seacrest is taken as the successor to Larry King, let’s see how well he would do.
What has Seacrest been up to in the past year?
American Idol
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
E! News Live
Super Bowl XLII
This guy is Larry King’s hand-picked replacement?
Well, given the current US presidential election is nothing more than an exercise in showbiz, it seems befitting.
Seacrest. Out.
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