NEW YORK — “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan appears to be the front-runner to claim the CNN talk show long hosted by Larry King, and he has won permission from NBC, which airs the hit talent contest, to pursue the CNN job.
On MS NBC’s “Morning Joe” Wednesday, NBC Universal chief executive Jeff Zucker noted that Morgan is contractually bound to continue on “America’s Got Talent” for three more years. “Having said that, I can also tell you that he has approached us about asking us to do another job as well,” said Zucker, without naming CNN or King’s talk show. “I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive,” Zucker said.
Along with such candidates as Katie Couric and Ryan Seacrest, Morgan has been considered a favorite to replace King, 76, who announced in June that he would step down from his show this fall. The Associated Press
