Launch TalkTV

[telebox2001]

When the Piers Morgan opening titles contain:

Woke Insanity
Cancel Culture
Snowflake Society
Identity Politics
Censorship
Defend Democracy
Save Free Speech
Wake Up!

He's clearly nailed his colours to this crusade.  So I presume we are not going to get anything remotely newsworthy that doesn't fit this agenda in his show.  The audience will tire of that quickly.  

His show had no relevance to anything topical happening today. I noted it didn't indicate it was live, it could have been recorded anytime.

If Piers' definition of fun is all of the above then it's not going to fun at all. 

I read Piers' last book (don't judge me) and while I think it made some good points, there were moments where I rolled my eyes many times. It's probably why I preferred his documentaries and Life Stories, it's a format where he cannot deviate and when he's reined in a bit, he's watchable.

I agree with this. He was at his best on GMB when he did the political interviews at the very core of the pandemic when he was making sensible points, not throwing around sensational stuff.

Similarly, Chris Evans was better on Radio 2 because he had some guidance and the show ran tighter than it did on Virgin. I wonder if Piers’ new show will suffer a similar fate.

I have to agree with this analogy.  On Virgin he's got carte blanche and that's allowed him to be too self-indulgent, whereas on Radio 2 he had to work inside of a particular framework.

Morgan on GMB was a loose cannon, but what you miss on a single-header is a Susanna type character who can call him out, which in turn makes him more angry and riled up.  I think people tune in to watch him getting worked up - and on his own there's nobody to push his buttons.

What worries me is he's going to make another mistake Evans made in the days of Radio 1 and Virgin first time round (ie. The present day Absolute) - he's going to basically surround himself with sycophants who think he's amazing and he's always right and everyone else is wrong and stupid.  That won't end well, it never does.