Piers Morgan
About
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Special)
Life Events
1994
Became youngest national newspaper editor in more than half a century when he took editorial helm of News of the World
1995
Named editor of The Daily Mirror; held accountable and ultimately fired from his position in 2004 when the paper featured fake photos of British soldiers abusing alleged Iraqi prisoners at an unknown location in Iraq
2003
Hosted BBC three-part documentary series "The Importance of Being Famous"
2004
Co-hosted short-lived Channel 4 news talk show "Morgan and Platell" with Amanda Platell, a journalist and former press secretary of William Hague, leader of the British Conservative Party
2006
Launched First News, a weekly paper aimed to educate children about political and social issues in a language they could understand
2006
Replaced Simon Cowell as a judge on second season of NBC¿s top-rated weekly competition series "America¿s Got Talent"; after six seasons, announced November 2011 he was leaving the show
2007
Cast as a judge on "Britain¿s Got Talent" (ITV)
2008
Competed on and ultimately won his season of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice"
2009
Hosted the ITV1 series "Piers Morgan On¿"
2010
Announced to replace Larry King on his nightly CNN talk show
2011
Hosted "Piers Morgan Tonight" on CNN
