FishbowlLA
 
Receive mediabistro.com's Daily FishbowlLA Feed via email


Daily Media Newsfeed Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Media Newsfeed via email.

Thursday May 08, 2008

FBLA Confirms Ryan Seacrest Is In Talks To Replace Larry King

kingseacrest.jpgSources close to Ryan Seacrest have confirmed to FBLA that Ryan Seacrest is in talks with CNN to shimmy into Larry King's chair. Now "talks" can mean a lot of things, and our source also says, "I don't think it's going to happen."

Why?

Well, for one thing Ryan is currently the host of... everything. E! News, American Idol, a popular KIIS-FM radio show -- not to mention a producer. Taking on Larry King's show would almost certainly mean shedding all those responsibilities and losing much of the Ryan Seacrest "brand." Plus our source doubts CNN would want to fork up the cash it'd take to get Ryan out of his other obligations.

Our big question, though, is why would Ryan even want to do this? Sure Paris Hilton has been on Larry King -- and, yes, Ryan interviewed Hillary Clinton -- but could Ryan seriously keep from nodding off while talking to political wonks?

In a word, our source says: "Yes."

"His background is in being a generalist. He's known for his work with celebrities, but he came up through mass radio. He could pull it off."

We're not sure if our source meant King's job or his suspenders.




new on mediabistro.com

Improve Your Web Life: New Sites, New Uses, New You

Streamline your online life with a tour of sites and tools you don't know about, tips for using the ones you do, and sources for easy, free software.
Watch the video

Email This Post

Fill out the following information and click on the Send button in order to send this post, FBLA Confirms Ryan Seacrest Is In Talks To Replace Larry King, to a friend.
Friend's name
Friend's email address
Your name
Your email address
Note to your friend (optional, max 200 Characters)

Read more on FishbowlLA >

Interested in advertising on FishbowlLA?

fishbowlLA: a blog about the Hollywood creative community and L.A. media

Editors:
Mayrav Saar
Tina Dupuy

Email:

About Us

Syndication

mb Blogs

TVNewser

PRNewser

GalleyCat

UnBeige

MobileContentToday

AgencySpy

FishbowlNY

FishbowlDC

FishbowlLA

Anonymous Tips


Links

mb Newsfeed

A Socialite's Life
Anne Thompson
BoingBoing
Buddy TV
Curbed LA
Dandyism
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Defamer
Eater LA
Eating LA--Pat Saperstein
ERS News
Franklin Avenue
Girls Talkin' Smack
Go Fug Yourself
Gold Derby
IMDB
Jezebel
LAist
LA magazine
LA Times
LA Weekly
Mixed Media
Page Six
Past Deadline
Pink is the New Blog
Radar
Romenesko
Slate
Salon
Script Notes
Tabloid Baby
The Evil Beet
TMZ.com
YouTube
WOW Report

Archives

May 2008

April 2008

March 2008

February 2008


Categories

About

About Us - Modules

About Us - Subheader Module

Armchair Sociology

Blogistan

Box Office

Contest

Courses

Daily Grind

Darwin was right

Documentary

Festivity

Foreign legion

Free Weekly Roundup

Geekdom

General

Guild Wars

Idiot Box

In N Out

Interesting LA Times Paragraph of the Day

Journos

Let's make a deal...

Lit 101

Magazines

Mo'guls, mo' problems

My Social Life

Newspaper Deathwatch

Newspapers

Our Town

Podcasts

Poli Sci

Power Lunch

Radio-dispatched

Season of Giving

Show Business

So Sue Me...

So, What Do You Read?

Studio film

Stuff To Do

Tangled Web

Trades

Underlying rights

Video games

Working the Room

Zell Watch

Recent

Warner Bros. Axes WIP and Picturehouse

Tim McGuire's Choice Words

Stephen King's Bones Picked Over At Fox News

Forum

Los Angeles Issues 51 topics
Sr. writer/Producer wants new job,please help (3) 4/29/2008
What's a One Hour Show on Animal Planet Worth? (7) 4/8/2008
What's the Dress Code for Pitch Meetings? (7) 3/29/2008
Fave places to work away from home (15) 3/20/2008
more... - post new topic

Subscribe

Click here to receive the Daily Media News Feed by email.

Upcoming

The Art of the TV Pitch
Learn how to sell your TV series idea.
May 14

Writing Comic Books and Graphic Novels
Work in a medium that publishers and studios love.
May 19

Breaking into Freelancing
Write for the glossies and perfect your pitch.
May 20

Jobs in L.A.

Featured Listings

Ad Sales
BowTie Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Director of Marketing - Online and Print
Lime.com and Lime Advertising Network
Los Angeles, CA

Advertising Director-Los Angeles
New York Times
Los Angeles, CA

Account Director
JS2 Communications
Los Angeles, CA

Become a partner


ADVERTISEMENT


mediabistro.com l Member Benefits l Jobs l Freelance Marketplace l Courses l Events l Forums l Content
mediabistro Blogs: Media News l TVNewser l GalleyCat l UnBeige l FishbowlNY l FishbowlLA l FishbowlDC l mbToolbox l PRNewser l AgencySpy l MobileContentToday
Site Map l Help l Advertising/Sponsorships l Store l About Us
mediabistro.com inc., call (212) 929-2588 or email wecare@mediabistro.com
PRIVACY POLICY Copyright © 2008 mediabistro.com inc. All rights reserved.
MEDIA BISTRO is a registered trademark of Laurel Touby.

JupiterOnlineMedia

internet.comearthweb.comDevx.commediabistro.comGraphics.com

Search:

Jupitermedia Corporation has two divisions: Jupiterimages and JupiterOnlineMedia

Jupitermedia Corporate Info


Legal Notices, Licensing, Reprints, & Permissions, Privacy Policy.

Web Hosting | Newsletters | Tech Jobs | Shopping | E-mail Offers