Larry King Live to end this Fall

New York (ANI): CNN host Larry King has declared that his long-running talk show, 'Larry King Live, will come to an end this fall. The show, 'Larry King Live", the centrepiece of the CNN prime-time schedule, has had severe decline in the ratings in recent years, which led to speculations that King"s current contract, which expires in June 2011, could be his last.

However, King will stay on at CNN part time, and would host an undetermined number of specials “on major national and international subjects." Asked by his guest Bill Maher on his Tuesday night show about the speculation in the media, Mr. King said “that had nothing to do with it."

King said that he approached CNN management about the change and they 'graciously accepted'. “With this chapter closing, I"m looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it"s time to hang up my nightly suspenders," the New York Times new quoted him as saying in the blog post.

He also said that, the show was recently recognized by the Guinness World Records as being the longest-running show with the same host in the same time slot since it started in 1985. Apparently, King is expected to announce a new 9 p.m. program over the summer.