Larry King Live Popular CNN Show

Larry King Live is a popular CNN interview program that has been hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King himself. The show has been running since 1985. It is the CNN's most popular watched program with over one million viewers.

Larry King Live is broadcasted from CNN's Los Angeles studios. But sometimes, the show is broadcasted from CNN's studios in New York while in other times from the Washington, D.C. In fact, Washington was the city where Larry King gained national prominence during the years when he served as a radio interviewer for the Mutual Broadcasting System. The setting for each programme is same and each studio in fact features an identical colored-dot map of the world in the background and essentially one of King's trademarks and a vintage RCA microphone placed on the desk. However, the microphone was a prop as the King and his guests were extremely comfortable using lapel microphones.

In Larry King Live, the task of Larry King was to interview one or more prominent individuals, mainly celebrities, politicians, and business people every night. This one-hour show is broadcasted at least three times a day in some areas. This show can be seen all over the world on CNN International. The notable persons who have been interviewed by him include Diane Sawyer, Nancy Grace, Steve Irwin, Sandra Bullock, Enya, Natalie Portman, Celine Dion, Jon Bon Jovi, Howard Stern, La Toya Jackson, Benny Hinn, Patricia Hearst, Dominick Dunne, Bob Woodward, Mike Wallace, The Rock, Hulk Hogan, John Cena, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Wynonna Judd, Donald Trump, NSYNC, Danny Williams, John Walsh, Johnny Cash, Mötley Crüe, Richard Pryor, Bill and Hillary Clinton, President & Mrs. George W. Bush, Senator and Mrs. John Kerry, Barry Cohen, Vladimir Putin, Martha Stewart, James Dobson, Dean Cain, the cast of The Andy Griffith Show, the cast of NBC's Law & Order, Nancy Reagan, Gordon B. Hinckley, Paris Hilton, Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams and lastly Dr. Bob Jones III.

In Larry King Live, King usually preferred one sentence question, as he believed that the show was not about journalism but infotainment. He always tried to reflect an image of earnestness and sincerity in each interview, which appeared to imply his opinion or expectation of the answer.

Moreover, King of Larry King Live has himself interviewed people on-site in the White House, their prison cells, their homes and in other unique locations. Larry King also appeared as himself, especially, during the two fictionalized airings of his show. In addition to all these, Larry King also participated in a number of television shows that includes Arthur, Murder One, The Practice, Boston Legal, Shark and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. To conclude, the King hosted a panel of discussions on April 2005 episode, regarding Evangelical, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and atheist views on the afterlife. Wikipedia