“King Charles” is over, and I don’t mean the King of England.
CNN axed the Gayle King-Charles Barkley monthly show because no one knew it was on.
The network said in a statement: “King Charles has come to the end of its limited run as we announced when it launched last fall and was a great addition to CNN’s lineup, with the youngest, most affluent, and most diverse P2+ audience in its cable news time period.”
What a mess. “King Charles” was invented by Chris Licht, who was bounced by the network last year after nearly destroying it. This was his idea, and like most of them it was was bad.
So now what? CNN needs to get back to the Larry King model at 9pm. Hire someone — Chelsea Handler, maybe, or Conan O’Brien — and make 9pm a destination for high profile interviews. Larry wasn’t perfect, but if something big happened during the day you knew he’d feature it later.
