CNN Is Planning To End Piers Morgan's Show In March

[applegrove]

CNN Is Planning To End Piers Morgan's Show In March

by Brett LoGiurato at Business Insider


http://www.businessinsider.com/piers-morgan-cnn-show-end-date-2014-2


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CNN is planning to end Piers Morgan's primetime show soon — likely sometime in March, The New York Times' David Carr reports.

CNN spokesperson Meghan McPartland confirmed Sunday night that "Piers Morgan Live is ending. The date of the final program is still to be determined."

Morgan took over for Larry King on the network in 2011, occupying the 9 p.m. timeslot. But in recent months, the polarizing host's ratings had cratered — a fact he acknowledged in an interview with Carr.

“It’s been a painful period and lately we have taken a bath in the ratings,” he told Carr.


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[quinnox]

1. I didn't think he was very interesting

He kind of was a sycophant to big stars and politicians too, from the interviews I saw.

[applegrove]

3. Yeah. It is impossible to be as great as Larry King is. But I liked his stance on gun control.

[quinnox]

4. yea, so did I. But I wonder if that kind of sunk him

in a way. Basically, he was doing shouting matches over that topic for months it seemed. People get turned off when they see that stuff too much. Maybe, I admit I am guessing here.

[applegrove]

6. He was doing shouting maches. Larry King is impossible to follow.

[appal_jack]

20. His stance on gun control was a big reason why he was canned.

His stance on gun control was a big reason why he was canned. From the OP source:

“Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarizing, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it,” he said. “That’s run its course and Jeff and I have been talking for some time about different ways of using me.”

The month of February has produced six of the program's 10 lowest-rated shows ever, prompting Variety to ask if Morgan was "shooting himself in the foot" with a continued focus on gun control.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/piers-morgan-cnn-show-end-date-2014-2#ixzz2uJ60cPyS

Hopefully progressives here will get the message: feel-good gun control laws that do nothing to reduce the root causes of violence yet abrogate one of the important Amendments in the Bill of Rights will alienate much of the American populace.

-app

[GReedDiamond]

2. Poor Piers...I hope he doesn't...

...have to go on the dole.

[Contrary1]

5. Not to worry...

He'll be competing on Dancing With The Stars before you know it.

[Jenoch]

7. Does anyone here know if there is an American

doing this kind of program on British television?

[JI7]

8. i don't think the brits have as many channels and shows as the US

[HipChick]

11. In fact we do...

It's just sad many of those are US shows...

[Jenoch]

12. Do you have many 'news' presenters

who are Americans?

[HipChick]

21. Unfortuately so...

and they don't even speak properly...

[Jenoch]

22. Are they as difficult to understand

as a native from Liverpool or some parts of Wales?

[Initech]

9. I'm guessing it's nothing to do with this, or maybe it's everything:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/113735111

[sabrina 1]

13. No, more likely he is going to be subpoenaed in the Murdoch hacking case in the UK.

He was implicated due to his stint as a reporter for one of the UK tabloids. He has denied it, but the scandal is ongoing and it's possible the Brits want him back there to question. His CNN job probably protected him for a while.

[T_i_B]

14. More for his stint as an editor of UK tabloids

He edited the News Of The World (was Murdoch owned, shut down over the hacking scandal) but he is still most famous over here for editing the Daily Mirror, which leans left but in truth is no better the the rest of the UK tabloids.

[sabrina 1]

19. Thanks, I wasn't sure which one it was. nt/

[Gravitycollapse]

10. Now if only the rest of CNN would go away.

[seveneyes]

15. The bright side of retirement

He most likely won't need to hire armed guards to follow him around anymore.

[MerryBlooms]

16. I thought he was a poor choice in the first place.

I occasionally would watch Larry King, but Piers Morgan put me off before his first show even aired and I never bothered to watch. Admittedly though, I don't watch CNN unless there's breaking news and I am channel switching between them, MSNBC and local affiliates.

[MrScorpio]

17. Basically, he's an asshole

I'm thinking that his horrendous treatment of two trans guests was the last straw

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. But will anyone notice? nt