Piers Morgan


About

Also Known As
Piers Stefan Morgan, Piers Stefan O'Meara
Birth Place
Newick, East Sussex, GB
Born
March 30, 1965

Biography

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

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