Is it me or is Larry King more inattentive and scatterbrained than he has been in the past? I don't know; I've been watching Larry King Live a little bit lately and it just seems that ol' Lar is more intent than ever on asking the next question on his mental list than actually listening to what the interviewee actually has to say and following up on that. He's even interrupted some insightful answers to get to his next question. It just seems like he's almost ready to retire and let a young buck in the timeslot.

But according to Michael Starr of The New York Post, whatever show that will take Larry's place when he finally calls it a career probably won't have the same format. Starr reports that CNN executive Jim Walton told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that "It's probably very unlikely that when Larry does retire that we would replace him." This means no Diane Sawyer, not Ryan Seacrest, no Bob Costas all proving that they're better interviewers than King.