On Tuesday, Larry King announced that he is retiring from his nightly CNN show, Larry King Live, after 25 years. His last show will air this fall. He began his career as a journalist and radio broadcaster in Florida before being wooed by CNN to host the nightly TV talk show in 1985. King, whose contract was due to expire in June 2011, says he will still host specials for CNN, but he’d like to pass the torch to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.

“I can’t be objective because I don’t know his feelings, his interest in politics. But Ryan Seacrest…He is curious. He is interesting. He is likable.”

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