Piers Morgan is going to step down (aka quit) his failed CNN show ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’ as he finally admits ratings defeat. This past week was especially bad for Piers Morgan, getting some of the lowest ratings the progressive propaganda network has ever seen (and that’s saying something.) All of Piers Morgan whining about America gun laws apparently finally did him him. Don’t let the door hit your British ass on the way out Piers. You wouldn’t be missed! The experiment to replace horny old coot Larry King has made CNN an even bigger laughingstock than the old guy in suspenders did.
CNN is stupid for just not firing Piers Morgan outright. But since he spewed the typical progressive liberal BS, he was given a break.
Zuck on it Jeff Zucker!
Time for Piers to go back to hacking phones for tabloid reporting.
Crossing an ocean for a replacement for Larry King, who had ratings problems of his own near the end, was probably not a great idea to begin with. For a cable news station like CNN, major stories are like oxygen. When something important or scary happens in America, many of us have an immediate reflex to turn on CNN. When I find Mr. Morgan telling me what it all means, I have a similar reflex to dismiss what he is saying. It is difficult for him to speak credibly on significant American events because, after all, he just got here.
I received a return call from Mr. Morgan and was prepared for an endless argument over my assumptions. Not so. His show, he conceded, was not performing as he had hoped and was nearing its end.
“It’s been a painful period and lately we have taken a bath in the ratings,” he said, adding that although there had been times when the show connected in terms of audience, slow news days were problematic.
“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.”