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06/19/2012 | News release
Arsenio Hall on the key to securing his new TV gig: "I had to host your show, for instance, to let people see me do that again"
distributed by noodls on 06/18/2012 22:07
Tonight, "Piers Morgan Tonight" welcomed comedian and talk show host Arsenio Hall for an enlightening and entertaining interview, during which the late-night icon reveals some exciting personal news.
Nearly two decades since his famed "The Arsenio Hall Show" came to a conclusion, today the 56-year-old announces his return to the network airwaves, as he'll begin hosting a new program in the Fall of 2013.
Earlier this year, Hall appeared on "Piers Morgan Tonight" as a guest host, an opportunity he credits with helping to create this new chapter in his career:
"I actually went to CBS, about two years ago, and told them, that I wanted to come home. And, it took a while. I had to host your show, for instance, to let people see me do that again," he says of his March 16th appearance. "You allowed me to interview Magic Johnson and Cookie Johnson, to talk about his 20 year announcement, it was a lot of fun. But it let people see me do it."
But hosting a CNN program in the 9 p.m. time slot is not the only thing Hall and Piers Morgan have in common. There's also a certain NBC series, credited with launching and re-launching more than one career. Watch here.
