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CNN CEO Chris Licht has confirmed that former NBA star Charles Barkley and Gayle King will co-host a new weekly primetime show. Set to premiere this fall on the cable news network, the series will be titled King Charles.
King and Barkley announced the project together Saturday on TNT—which, like CNN, is also owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The pair’s hour-long series is expected to air on Wednesdays.
During Saturday’s announcement, Barkley that when Licht proposed he partner with King for the show, he said “hell yeah.” Meanwhile, Variety reports that King promised the program will promote “a good conversation without tearing other people down.”