CNN to end 'Piers Morgan Live'

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

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New York Times

'Tis a shame.  Regardless of whether you agreed with his politics, the man was likeable and engaging with the people he interviewed.  Much better than Larry King, I'd say.

[NewYorkExpress]

Given Piers's issues related to the Murdoch hacking scandal, this was a good move, and may shield CNN from further blowback... My Guess is Anderson Cooper will get that slot or they'll move their Crossfire revival there.

[old timey villain]

Uh, no to all of that. Larry King was a much better interviewer. He asked straight forward questions and let his guests speak. Piers makes it all about him. Also, as a progressive I hate the way he gave right wingers ammo during the gun control debate. He was the perfect liberal foil for all the gun toting NRA members.

[Cory]

Good riddance.

[badgate]

Probably for the best.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Uh, no to all of that. Larry King was a much better interviewer. He asked straight forward questions and let his guests speak. Piers makes it all about him. Also, as a progressive I hate the way he gave right wingers ammo during the gun control debate. He was the perfect liberal foil for all the gun toting NRA members.

I guess it's a matter of taste.  The fact that King was so straight forward and blunt with his questions is why I was never his biggest fan.  I seldom felt a connection between him and his guests.  Piers was obviously too partisan for CNN and I would've preferred he didn't incorporate gun control in every other show of his, but I think he had something that King lacked.  I for one am hoping they find someone who at least shares his exuberance.

[bedstuy]

'Tis a shame.  Regardless of whether you agreed with his politics, the man was likeable and engaging with the people he interviewed.  Much better than Larry King, I'd say.

I find Piers Morgan extremely obnoxious and unlikeable. 

Larry King is an acquired taste.  He wasn't very smart or interesting.  But, he was a rare person in cable news simply because he made the interviews about the interviewee.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Happy Days are Here Again!!!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Good; I hope they don't end the "Live" show, however. I'm sure they will find a good replacement. Anderson Cooper seems to be a good fit. Or not. I don't know, but I really think CNN doesn't have a very decent pool to pick from like MSNBC or Fox does.

[old timey villain]

Uh, no to all of that. Larry King was a much better interviewer. He asked straight forward questions and let his guests speak. Piers makes it all about him. Also, as a progressive I hate the way he gave right wingers ammo during the gun control debate. He was the perfect liberal foil for all the gun toting NRA members.

I guess it's a matter of taste.  The fact that King was so straight forward and blunt with his questions is why I was never his biggest fan.  I seldom felt a connection between him and his guests.  Piers was obviously too partisan for CNN and I would've preferred he didn't incorporate gun control in every other show of his, but I think he had something that King lacked.  I for one am hoping they find someone who at least shares his exuberance.

I might be older than you but I grew up watching Larry King Live. It was the only thing my parents would let me stay up for past 9 when he had a good guest. He was straight forward and kind of aloof when he was doing a serious interview, but he had good rapport with some of his celebrity guests. I think you might not have seen the "connection" because Larry King didn't fawn all over guests like Piers  .(have you seen his interview with Barbra Streisand? He might as well have been licking her gucci bootstraps)

I think Piers' style of tabloid journalism is just a better fit in the UK, or maybe even on an Entertainment Tonight type show here in the US. But he just dragged down CNN during his time there.

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Hopefully Anderson Cooper takes the spot.

[ElectionsGuy]

Good, this needed to happen.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Scott, you are literally the only person on Earth who doesn't hate Piers Morgan.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Amen. His show was honest-to-God unwatchable. I remember watching him interview a supporter of gun rights after Newtown and he wouldn't even let the guy speak. Kept going back to the same statistic over and over again, and when his guest actually gave a thoughtful response to the statistic, Piers just repeated himself. I am fine with partisanship and different points of view, don't invite people onto your show just to berate them.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Amen. His show was honest-to-God unwatchable. I remember watching him interview a supporter of gun rights after Newtown and he wouldn't even let the guy speak. Kept going back to the same statistic over and over again, and when his guest actually gave a thoughtful response to the statistic, Piers just repeated himself. I am fine with partisanship and different points of view, don't invite people onto your show just to berate them.

He called the man "stupid" over and over again, IIRC.

[Bojack Horseman]

Give Keith Olbermann a new show. As much as I like MSNBC, the way they treated Olbermann was ridiculous.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Give Keith Olbermann a new show. As much as I like MSNBC, the way they treated Olbermann was ridiculous.

That'd just be replacing an obnoxious, arrogant blowhard with and obnoxious, arrogant, but at times semi-entertaining (if you're on the left) blowhard.  Besides, O'Rielly already has a new "invent a feud to boost both our ratings" partner in Al Sharpton.

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[King]

Thank god.

[afleitch]

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It's a very sad state of affairs when I man I can't stand actually becomes almost likeable by comparison in the USA based on the people he had to interview.

[Bojack Horseman]

Better yet, offer Martin Bashir a new show. While he could have found a better way to word what he said about Sarah Palin, he knocked it out of the park and shouldn't have so much as apologized for calling out that balloon head. And of course, Sean Hannity took to his usual routine, "Oh, we the far right who hates so many different groups of people are the loving ones and we'd NEVER say anything like that!"

But I see that as a double standard, where Martin Bashir is basically forced to resign over a bad choice of words, and Rush Limbaugh says much worse about many different people, and he's the unofficial head of the GOP.

[Maxwell]

good to see CNN clean some house. First John King, now this guy.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Scott, you are literally the only person on Earth who doesn't hate Piers Morgan.

[NewYorkExpress]

Give Keith Olbermann a new show. As much as I like MSNBC, the way they treated Olbermann was ridiculous.

He has a new show... On ESPN.

[Joe Biden 2020]

They should slide AC360 to the 8 pm (CT) time slot and Erin Burnett to the 7 pm (CT) time slot and move Crossfire to the 6:30 pm time slot and extend the Situation Room an hour to 6:30 pm CT.