Anne Curry
More than 60 percent of voters in a TVGuide.com poll think that longtime Today show news reader Ann Curry should take the anchor chair from Meredith Vieira, who is expected to leave the program later this year.
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Sixty-one percent of voters support Curry, who was passed over for the job when Vieira replaced Katie Couric in 2006. Speaking of Couric, 14 percent of voters want the CBS Evening News anchor, who is reportedly looking to leave CBS once her contract expires, to come back to Today.
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Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper is nearing a deal for a syndicated daytime talk show, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The 43-year-old 360 host, who's been with CNN for nine years, is negotiating for a program that would be pitched to stations next year as a possible Oprah Winfrey replacement. The show would expand upon...
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Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan will take over for Larry King beginning in January, CNN announced Wednesday.
Morgan will host a new interview show weekdays at 9/8c for the network and write a weekly column for CNN.com. After negotiations between NBC and CNN, he'll also retain his seat on the judges' panel of America's Got Talent and is expected to keep hosting Britain's Piers Morgan's Life Stories.
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Larry King
After 25 years on the air, Larry King will step down from his nightly CNN show this fall, the TV anchor announced via Twitter Tuesday.
"I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the nightly show, this fall," King, 76, said in a statement on CNN.com. "CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids...
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Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer is soliciting... viewers.
The former New York governor will co-host a nightly roundtable discussion program on CNN set to debut this fall, the network announced Wednesday.
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Spitzer, who resigned amid a prostitution scandal two years ago, will co-host alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kathleen Parker. The program, scheduled to air weeknights at 8 p.m. ET, will focus on ...
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Piers Morgan, Larry King
Is Piers Morgan going to replace Larry King? CNN says no.
The network denied a report Monday by Britain's The Daily Telegraph that said the America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent judge was near a four-year deal to take over King's show in the fall.
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"Not surprisingly, there is no shortage of people who would love to succeed Larry King if and when he moves ...
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Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer is poised for a comeback — on cable.
The former New York governor, who resigned amid a prostitution scandal two years ago, has talked to executives at CNN and MSNBC about hosting a show, according to The Associated Press.
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Since leaving office, the 50-year-old attorney has been a guest on programs including The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher and The Rachel Maddow Show. Last week, he filled in for ...
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Campbell Brown
CNN's Campbell Brown is ending her CNN show, and being blunt about the reason why.
"I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 p.m. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest timeslot in cable news," Brown said in a statement Tuesday. "Of course I pay attention to ratings. And simply put, the ratings for my program are ...
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Jake Tapper
Just as President-elect Barack Obama is assembling his White House team, the news networks are deciding who will cover it.
ABC News shuffled the assignments of a few top correspondents, naming Jake Tapper, who covered the Barack Obama campaign for the network, as its senior White House correspondent.
The assignment shifts at ABC News raise the profile of Tapper, who was previously senior national and political correspondent.
Martha Raddatz, ABC's point person at the White House since late 2005, has been named senior foreign affairs correspondent. Jon Karl moves from the national security desk to become ABC's senior congressional correspondent...
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Lily Allen by Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com
British singer Lily Allen — who it should be noted is not 16 but 22 — is expecting her first child with beau Ed Simons (of the Chemical Brothers). "As the pregnancy is at a very, very early stage, the couple asks that you respect their privacy," Allen's rep tells People. "[They] will be making no further comment but they are obviously both thrilled".... CNN anchor Campbell Brown birthed her and husband Dan Senor's first child, Eli James, on Tuesday.... On Dec. 10, Chris O'Donnell and his wife, Caroline, welcomed their fifth child, named Maeve Frances O'Donnell. Yes, the family is German.
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