Larry King Live - Guest Hosts

Guest Hosts

When King has been absent from the show, other interviewers have substituted for him.

Geraldo Rivera was a guest host in the 1980s.
Ryan Seacrest has substituted for King many times.
CNN Headline News host Nancy Grace has substituted for King many times including October 31, 2003, regarding the Scott Peterson case.
On April 1, 1994 and 2002, Kermit the Frog hosted the show as an April Fool's joke.
On February 16, 1998, Dan Rather hosted a show regarding the then-ongoing Iraq crisis. He also hosted on October 19, 2000, with Jay Leno as a guest.
On March 29, 1996, Newt Gingrich, then the Speaker of the House, hosted, with Jack Hanna serving as the guest.
On October 16, 1998, Wolf Blitzer hosted the show with the subject matter being the Matthew Shepard case. He also hosted the March 1 and March 19, 2008 episodes. In addition, he hosted again in August 2010.
On May 22, 2000, Kathie Lee Gifford hosted while Diane Sawyer and Joan Rivers were the guests.
On November 30, 2000, Roger Cossack interviewed John Ashcroft, who had just been defeated by Mel Carnahan. Carnahan, who died, was replaced by his wife, Jean
On January 22, 2001, Bob Schieffer hosted a show about campaign finance reform with John McCain as a guest.
On June 8, 2005, sportscaster Bob Costas was named as the regular substitute anchor for the show, filling in roughly 20 times a year and not on a set schedule.
On August 18, 2005, Chris Pixley hosted the program instead of then-regular guest host Bob Costas, who did not feel comfortable with the subject matter, the Natalee Holloway case.
On September 12, 2005, Dr. Phil hosted with the subject matter being the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He again sat as guest host on February 27, 2009, interviewing various people concerning the Suleman octuplets.
Comedian Bill Maher has taken up the duties of guest host.
On June 26, 2006, CNN reporter John Roberts hosted
On March 2007, Mike Shiver sat in as guest host for a couple of shows.
On April 2007, Star Jones hosted
On April 6, 2007, Jimmy Kimmel hosted
On July 24, 2007, former attorney and TMZ.com managing editor Harvey Levin guest hosted the show, the topic of discussion being Lindsay Lohan's arrest of that morning.
On March 11, 2008, John King hosted 2008, July 26, 2008, November 21, 2008, and January 28, 2009.
On March 17, 2008, and April 24, 2009, Dr. Drew hosted
On July 21, 2008, Glenn Beck hosted.
On October 19, 2007, November 14, 2008, and April 13, 2009, Joy Behar hosted the show.
On July 26, 2008, Kathy Griffin hosted for an episode featuring paparazzi.
On March 12, 2009, Jeanine Pirro hosted
On March 11, 2009, Sanjay Gupta hosted
On March 9, 2009, Ali Velshi hosted
On March 27, 2009, Tavis Smiley hosted. He hosted again on August 10, 2010.
On February 19, 2010, Jeff Probst hosted
On June 5, 2010, Donald Trump hosted a 25th anniversary special during which he interviewed King.
On August 2, 2010, Kyra Phillips hosted.

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