Larry King Live

==Notable episodes==
[[File:Vladimir Putin with Larry King.jpg|thumb|King interviewing [[Vladimir Putin|Russian President Vladimir Putin]], September 8, 2000.]]
* On June 3, 1985, ''Larry King Live'' debuted on CNN,<ref name="CNN Larry King timeline">{{cite web|url=https://www.kbzk.com/cnn-national/2018/12/06/larry-king-fast-facts/|title=Larry King Fast Facts|date=November 5, 2018|access-date=November 27, 2019|publisher=CNN|via=[[KBZK-TV]]|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191127180437/https://www.kbzk.com/cnn-national/2018/12/06/larry-king-fast-facts/|url-status=live}}</ref> with then-Governor of New York [[Mario Cuomo]] as King's first guest.<ref name=cnn10>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/29/larry.king.steps.down/|title=CNN broadcasting legend Larry King to step down|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> The legacy  of [[Mario Cuomo|Mario Cuomo as the]] [[List of Governors of New York|52nd]] [[Governor of New York]] led to his being dubbed "[[Hamlet]] on the [[Hudson River|Hudson]]."
* In 1990, Minister [[Louis Farrakhan]] (the Nation Of Islam leader) appeared as a guest for the first time on ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKahiH62LCM Larry King Live]''.
* The November 9, 1993 debate between [[Ross Perot]] and [[Al Gore]] on the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] was watched in 11.174&nbsp;million households – the largest audience ever for a program on an ad-supported cable network until the October 23, [[2006 NFL season|2006]] [[2006 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]-[[2006 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] game on [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Monday Night Football]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2637570|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=October 25, 2006|title=Giants-Cowboys draws largest cable audience|access-date=2006-10-26}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-sp-ratings27sep27,0,1155883.story?coll=la-entnews-tv|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 27, 2006|first=Larry|last=Stewart|title=Saints' Game Draws Record ESPN Audience}}</ref> -->
* On October 7, 1994, actor [[Marlon Brando]] was interviewed from his home to promote his autobiography ''[[Songs My Mother Taught Me (Brando book)|Songs My Mother Taught Me]]''. Towards the end, Brando gave a kiss to King on the lips.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/larry-king-marlon-brando-interview-kiss/index.html|work=CNN|date=January 23, 2021|first=Sanchez|last=Ray|title=Larry King interview famously ends with Marlon Brando's on-the-mouth kiss}}</ref>
* On September 8, 2000, [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] was interviewed. 
* On September 25, 2006, [[Oprah Winfrey]] made [[Oprah Winfrey's endorsement of Barack Obama|her first endorsement]] of [[Barack Obama]] for [[President of the United States]] on ''Larry King Live''. Two economists estimate that Winfrey's endorsement was worth over a million votes in the Democratic primary race<ref>{{cite news| url=http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/so-much-for-one-person-one-vote/ | work=The New York Times | title=So Much for One Person, One Vote | first=Steven D. | last=Levitt | date=August 6, 2008 | access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref> and that without it, Obama would have lost the nomination.<ref>[http://www.econ.umd.edu/~garthwaite/celebrityendorsements_garthwaitemoore.pdf The Role of Celebrity Endorsements in Politics: Oprah, Obama, and the 2008 Democratic Primary].</ref>
* To mark the 20th anniversary of the show, ABC's [[Barbara Walters]] was a guest host and interviewed King on his reflections of his career.
* To mark King's 50 years in broadcasting, ''Larry King Live'' had a week-long celebration that included a two-hour 'CNN Presents' special and an hour of celebrity toast. The broadcast of this special week-long event was postponed due to the [[Virginia Tech massacre|tragedy at Virginia Tech]]. [[XM Satellite Radio]] also featured a micro channel called "Larry!" that featured replays of the show along with interviews and the new material from the CNN anniversary shows.
* On July 19, 2007, a frail [[Tammy Faye Messner]] made her final appearance on ''Larry King Live'' to talk about her battle with lung and colon cancer. She died the following day.
* On September 7, 2009, the first episode in [[High-definition television|high definition]] was aired.
* On February 12, 2010, during a discussion on Bill Clinton's latest heart procedure, Larry King revealed he had undergone a similar operation five weeks earlier. King had a heart attack in 1987, and said he had surgery to place [[stents]] in his coronary artery.
* On December 16, 2010, the final episode of ''Larry King Live'' aired on CNN, with [[Ryan Seacrest]] and [[Bill Maher]] acting as co-masters of ceremonies, and surprise appearances by President [[Barack Obama]], former President [[Bill Clinton]], and network news anchors [[Barbara Walters]], [[Diane Sawyer]], [[Katie Couric]] and [[Brian Williams]], among others. King says his final show was not a "good-bye" but rather a "so long",  as he plans to move on and pursue other things. The final show attracted an audience of 2.24&nbsp;million people, more than triple the program's usual audience of 672,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry "King went out on top of the ratings race – if only for a night" |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/12/18/2010-12-18_larry_king_ratings.html |work=New York Daily News}}</ref>