Rumor has it that King, along with acclaimed talk show host and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose, will be joining “The Early Show” as co-host.
The morning news show, which has been consistently crushed in the ratings by NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America” will be getting a 2012 makeover that includes a revamped set and a relocation of the show’s filming studio to New York City’s West Side.
CBS is said to also be finalizing plans to make “The Early Show” a two-hour news program that will emphasize hard news with a conversational approach — think MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” meets “The View.”
King began her career in broadcasting as a production assistant on the set of a Baltimore news show where Oprah worked as a news anchor. Over the years, King has worked in various capacities for Oprah’s HARPO productions, most recently in a morning time slot at OWN with her own morning show.
With the move to CBS, King joins a unique group of black women who once worked for or with Oprah, and have gone on to find their own way outside of the HARPO gates.
