Piers Morgan will be joining CNN and be replacing the global news channel's Larry King in January. CNN International (DStv 401) just issued a press statement confirming the long-speculated news that the veteran newspaper editor will be taking over from Larry King.
''The new program will air weeknights and will air worldwide on CNN International in more than 200 countries.'' Says CNN: ''He will now bring his penetrating interview style and gift for unearthing the surprising detail to . . . CNN viewers around the globe.
''I am thrilled to be joining CNN, and very much looking forward to bringing my own style of interviewing to the world's biggest, and best, TV news organization,'' says Piers Morgan in the statement.'' He also has words for the TV interviewer he's replacing, Larry King. ''I have watched Larry King Live for much of the last 25 years, and dreamed of one day filling the legendary suspenders of the man I consider to be the greatest TV interviewer of them all.''
Piers Morgan will be based in New York and also work from Los Angeles and London.
