every time i watch larry king live and he roll out the most softball question for his guest . he rarely get any useful information because he doesn not ask the hard question . this come from his start on radio . king establish himself on the radio and basically have not change one bit of the format for television except for his talk head be visible . he become like a puppy for his guest and the only time he really get useful information from them be whee they volunteer it or a caller to the show actually ask a hard question . larry be a nice and fatherly type of interviewer . this mean he should not have a prime time show on a major news network if you consider cnn one . i do not because of the history of cnn . copying ( ie . cable ) new network be start by ted turner a an alternative to network news in that it could broadcast news 24/7 . when it first start and the only tv competition be from nbc and abc and and cbs . because of this and cnn copy the format of their competition and achieve respectable rating . this worked fine for cnn until they get compete network which be innovative and provide well or fresher news coverage . in response to the heat up of competition and cnn go into denial and pan it competitor who be eat their lunch and rating because cnn want to resist change . this do not work very long and their rating begin to plummet . now the copying news network be try to re mold itself by re invent itself by copy the lead news network format . unfortunately and this show represent a big piece of the problem . it be 21 year old and show it age very badly . sorry to say and king need to be move out of prime time or scrap altogether .