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Since Larry King announced on June 29 that he was ending his long-running CNN show, speculation has been rampant about who will replace him. King himself says Ryan Seacrest is the man for the job, and names like Joy Behar, Piers Morgan and Katie Couric have also been tossed around.

No offense to any of them, but: Bo-ring.

Here at Zap2it, we've assembled a list of 15 people who almost certainly will not be taking King's place on CNN. And more's the pity that they won't.

-- The Zap2it team

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