Larry King debuted his new Hulu talk show on Monday night and producer/comedian Seth MacFarlane was there to celebrate the talk show hosts return to the interview and commentary circuit.
Larry King Now is a more laid back version of Larry King Live which the talk show host left in December 2010 after 25 years and almost 7,000 shows.
At 78-years-old Larry King no longer performs his hosting duties late at night, instead new episodes are posted around 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. King has also dropped the phone-in part of the show and instead he embraces Twitter questions.
Larry King Now is produced by Ora TV , a new venture of Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim Helú. Larry King is also a co-founder of Ora TV.
Hulu and Ora TV began working out plans for the new program in January. Hulu, a joint venture of News Corp., Walt Disney Co.and NBCUniversal had long wanted a talk show on its lineup and with Larry King leading the way the new show was a no-brainer. Some of Hulu’s most successful clips come from other “talk shows” including Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Hulu has been making a big push to differentiate itself from Netflix, Amazon Prime and other competitors in the market, specifically through original programming including “Battleground” and “Spoilers With Kevin Smith.”
Terms of the Hulu , Ora TV deal have not been revealed although the company’s did admit to a multiyear deal which includes a license fee and a split of ad revenue generated from Larry King Now.
Check out the video below as Seth MacFarlane does his best Larry King impersonation:
Will you be watching Larry King Now on Hulu if you haven’t started watching already?
