86-year-old Larry King, whose career has spanned more than six decades in radio and TV, is set to host “The Millionth Question,” an entertainment and celebrity interview podcast, reports Variety.
Targeted for a mid-June debut, the hour-long podcast will feature guests across pop culture, sports, music and comedy. The podcast’s title is a nod to King’s lengthy track record as an interviewer: The ex-CNN host estimates he’s conducted more than 60,000 interviews.
“The chance to take [the podcast interview show] beyond the world of politics is intriguing to me,” King told Variety. He said he had a stroke last year, “but I’m OK now – as long as I’m alert and inquisitive, why not?”
King is teaming up to launch the podcast with Chance King (Larry’s 21-year-old son with his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick) and former variety-theater impresario Jeff Beacher under the duo’s newly formed 4Forty4 Media banner. “I jumped at the chance when Jeff and Chance approached me,” Larry King said.
King is guaranteed $5 million under a multiyear contract with 4Forty4, according to Beacher, who declined to go into specifics of how the deal is structured. Produced by Beacher and Chance King, “The Millionth Question” is slated for an initial 11-episode run.
One of the first guests on “Millionth Question” will be Mariah Carey (a pal of Beacher’s), according to King; however, a rep for Carey said she is not confirmed to participate. “We’ll go after celebrities of all kinds, including in this pandemic,” said King, mentioning his “old friend” Dr. Anthony Fauci, who’s become a household name during the COVID-19 crisis.
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