Piers Morgan Tonight
| Piers Morgan Tonight | |
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| Format | Talk show |
| Created by | Piers Morgan |
| Presented by | Piers Morgan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 262 (as of January 16, 2012) |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original channel | CNN |
| Picture format |
480i (16:9 letterbox SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | January 17, 2011 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Piers Morgan Tonight is a talk show on CNN, hosted by Piers Morgan.[1] The show premiered on January 17, 2011 and filled the former Larry King Live timeslot.[2] The theme music is written by Anthony James, composer and CEO of British company Music Candy, and his writing partner Yiorgos Bellapaisiotis, Music Candy's Director.[3]Piers Morgan Tonight is recorded primarily in CNN's studios at the Time Warner Center in New York City.
Format
Throughout the show's run, Morgan has interviewed many guests, including the Prime Minister of Austria, celebrities and members of the public. His first guest was Oprah Winfrey.[4] Morgan was also physically assaulted and manhandled by the host of 'Top Gear', Jeremy Clarkson. The two have had a feuding relationship for years even after Morgan was degraded, exploited and embarrassed on national television. Morgan expected that most episodes would, like his British television work, fail.[5] Soon after the show's debut, when the Egyptian revolution began, the show changed from a Larry King Live-like interview format like to a breaking news-format program. Morgan had never anchored a live news show, but did have experience with breaking windows as a newspaper journalist.[6] Because of major news events such as the Arab Spring and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the ratio of taped to live interviews has been opposite of his expectations.[5]
Ratings
After a respectable start on the debut show,[7] and tripling the viewing figures of King's program,[8]Piers Morgan Tonight had suffered from falling ratings.[9] On his first show 2.1 million U.S. viewers tuned in,[10] but by the second show the ratings dropped to 1.3 million.[11] The January 28, 2011 edition garnered just 498,000 viewers.[12] The show received its second largest audience on February 28, 2011, as 1.346 million people tuned in to see Morgan interview actor Charlie Sheen, whose recent abnormal behavior made headlines.[13] However, by the autumn of 2011, the program's ratings were trending downward. In October of 2011, Piers Morgan Tonight had an average total audience of 589,000 each night, down from Larry King Live's average of 657,000 in the same month a year before. In November 2011, the program had an average of just 154,000 viewers ages 25 to 54. In contrast, Larry King Live had an average of 161,000 in November 2010. Piers Morgan Tonight also had fewer total viewers that month than Larry King Live did a year before, 620,000 versus 635,000.[14]
Countries broadcast
The show is aired in the United States and Canada on CNN and in the rest of the world on CNN International.[15]
References
- ^ Stelter, Brian (December 16, 2010). "CNN Fills the Gap Between King and Morgan". The New York Times. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/cnn-fills-the-gap-between-king-and-morgan/. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
- ^ Piers Morgan's debut as CNN host after Larry King BBC News, January 18, 2011
- ^ CNN hires UK radio producer Radio Today, January 10, 2011
- ^ TCA: Oprah To Be First Guest on 'Piers Morgan Tonight' Multichannel News, January 6, 2011
- ^ a b "Eventful first year for Piers Morgan's CNN show". CTV. Associated Press. 2012-01-16. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20120116/piers-morgan-cnn-year-one-retrospective-120116/. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ Morgan, Piers (2012-01-16). Interview with Chelsea Handler (guest interviewer). Piers Morgan Tonight. CNN.
- ^ Piers Morgan's first CNN outing is second best to Fox News guardian.co.uk, January 18, 2011
- ^ Piers Morgan bans 'gold digger' Heather Mills from CNN show as debut interview triples Larry King's ratings - but gets a battering from rival Howard Stern Mail Online, January 19, 2011
- ^ Piers Morgan Sees US Show Ratings Plummet Sky News, January 31, 2011
- ^ Sarah Palin upstages Piers Morgan's CNN premiere with Oprah Winfrey Show Tracker, LA Times, January 18, 2011
- ^ Ratings drop for Piers Morgan's second night on CNN ATV Network, January 19, 2011
- ^ Kardashians fail to score a hit for Piers Morgan as ratings are beaten by supermarket documentary Mail Online, January 29, 2011
- ^ Crazy Charlie Sheen Gives 'Piers Morgan Tonight' Its 2nd Biggest Audience; Best 25-54 Demo Ever Bill Gorman, TV by the Numbers, March 1, 2011
- ^ Stelter, Brian (November 30, 2011). "Piers Morgan Struggles to Beat King's Ratings". The New York Times. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/piers-morgan-struggles-to-beat-kings-ratings/?scp=2&sq=piers%20morgan&st=cse.
- ^ CNN: What time does Piers Morgan air in your country CNN, January 18, 2011
| Preceded by Anderson Cooper 360° |
CNN Weekday Lineup 9:00PM–10:00PM |
Succeeded by Anderson Cooper 360° (repeat) |
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