PIERS Morgan has revealed the name of his brand new primetime TV show on new channel TalkTV, and promised it will be a war on the woke brigade.
The new show fronted by the TV titan, 56, will be called Piers Morgan Uncensored and will be a “fearless forum” that will take on cancel culture.
Piers said: “A year ago today, I was forced to leave a job I loved, at the peak of its success, for having the audacity to express an honestly held opinion.
“This shouldn’t happen in any democracy supposedly built on the principles of free speech and freedom of expression.
“I’m delighted to now be returning to live television with a new daily show whose main purpose is to cancel the Cancel Culture which has infected societies around the world.
“I want it to be a platform for lively vigorous debate, news-making interviews, and that increasingly taboo three-letter word: fun. I also want it to annoy all the right people.”
The show will launch later this spring and will be 60 minutes long, every weeknight.
Earlier today, Piers insisted he has ‘no regrets’ as he made light of the incident on the ITV breakfast show twelve months on.
Taking to his instagram account, the powerhouse presenter shared a picture of himself walking off air after his clash with the show’s weatherman Alex Beresford.
He captioned the pic: “A year ago today, I went for a little stroll… and in the words of Edith Piaf, je ne regrette rien! #LongWalkToFreedomOfSpeech”
‘Non, Je ne regrette rein’ was a song by iconic French singer Piaf, and translates in English as ‘No, I regret nothing’.
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Piers’ defiant stance was backed up by his son Spencer Morgan, who commented that Piers walking off the show and subsequently quitting was “the moment morning TV died.”
And the straight-talking host’s army of fans seconded this sentiment, claiming the ITV breakfast show is nothing without him.
“Not watched it since x” wrote one loyal follower.
“Never been the same” added another.
“The worst day of my life” said a third, while a fourth added simply, “We miss you.”
On March 9, 2021 Piers dramatically stormed off the set after he was slated by co-star Alex Beresford for his comments towards Meghan Markle, leading him to quit the show.
At the time ITV released a statement to confirm that he had left the breakfast show.
The statement read: “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain.
“ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add.”
The TV host got into a heated arguement about the Duchess of Sussex’s claims to have had issues with her mental health.
Piers claimed he was “sickened” by Meghan for “trashing” the Royal Family as “white supremacists” during her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
A day after he quit Piers tweeted that “freedom of speech is a hill I’m happy to die on”.
He also quoted Sir Winston Churchill referencing free speech and signed off by writing: “I’m off to spend more time with my opinions.”
Since quitting Good Morning Britain, the show has failed to reach the ratings high he delivered, with the series beating BBC Breakfast for the first time on his final broadcast.
GMB has also struggled to find a high profile replacement for him, instead using a rotating roster of male hosts to sit alongside his former co-star Susanna Reid.
They include hosts Richard Madeley, Adil Ray, Martin Lewis, and Ed Balls.
A source told The Mail on Sunday: “Replacing Piers was always going to be tough, but no one thought that almost a year on they still wouldn’t have found anyone.
On the contrary, Piers’ career has gone from strength to strength since ditching his early morning alarm call.
After months of speculation about his next move, last September the star announced he was joining The Sun and its parent company News Corp in an unprecedented global deal.
The move included an international nightly TV show, which will air on new channel Talk TV in the UK, Sky News in Australia and Fox Nation in the US.
Alongside the highly anticipated new show, Piers is also a columnist for The Sun and The New York Post.
Piers has also exacted the ‘ultimate revenge’ on his former bosses at ITV by poaching the best staff to come over to lead his primetime show.
The tell-it-like-it-is firebrand has hired six key production staff from the channel including Erron Gordon – his former director on GMB – to operate his series.
Joining him for the new venture are Loose Women director Ollie Gardner, who is TalkTV’s deputy head of studio output, and GMB assistant editor Ben Briscoe, who is series editor of News UK’s TV content.
Vivek Sharma, an eight-year ITV Daytime veteran, will be TalkTV’s executive producer, This Morning floor manager Tim Carr has also made the move, as has producer Lindsey Bowers.
Piers recently treated fans to a first look inside his state-of-the-art new TalkTV studio ahead of his telly return.
He is chomping at the bit to get back on air where he’ll express strong opinions and hold robust debates.
Sharing a picture of the in-progress studio on Instagram, he wrote: “BREAKING: First (very early) glimpse of my spanking new work home.
“If you judge a man by the size of his studio then I’ll be MASSIVE when my new global daily prime-time TV show launches in a few weeks. ps relax, those aren’t actually dance-floor lights…”
The expansive space went down a storm with his followers, who are just as excited as he is.
One commented: “Cannot wait to have you back and calling out all the woke brigade and exposing them one by one . They have had a free rein in your absence Piers. As for the Studio…. Your Worth It.”
