Ryan Seacrest apparently fills in for Larry King from time to time. We wouldn’t know, we haven’t watched Larry King in a long time. The last time we thought we were watching Larry King, it was actually the original Universal Mummy movie. The black and white one.

Regardless, with Seacrest’s occasional forays behind the desk of King seem to be all he needs to kick up some rumor dust about his candidacy to replace Larry around the end of this year.

Details after the jump.

From MSNBC:

A source from within CNN says that Seacrest, who has filled in for his friend Larry King in the past, is involved in “serious negotiations” to take over “Larry King Live” around year’s end. King told The New York Times in April 2007 that Seacrest would be his first choice to take over the show when the time came.
“He’s the classic generalist,” King told the Times. “The only thing I don’t know, and I’ve gotten to know him pretty well, is how versed he is in politics, world affairs. Does he read the paper? Is he interested in Iraq? Because if he is, he’s going to be very good.”

This is normally where we – hell, most anyone – would dig into Seacrest for being the host of American Idol, a pop culture radio show and every E! Red Carpet event or make fun of Larry King for being really old.

But, we’re going to forgo both. Though, if Katie Couric is reading this, she best hope that Seacrest isn’t going to take the job she is also in the running for.