Plug pulled as audience ‘tired’ of Morgan show

Piers Morgan’s prime-time talk show has been cancelled with the journalist admitting the audience in the United States is getting “tired” of him.

The former newspaper editor joined US channel CNN in a blaze of publicity three years ago to take over from veteran Larry King, but his show has struggled in the ratings with initial audiences of two million falling to around 270,000.

The 48-year-old told The New York Times that he and CNN president Jeff Zucker were discussing a new role for him at the channel, where his contract ends in September, but admitted his brash British approach had alienated viewers.