Piers Morgan: Uncensored’s ratings boom as show tops BBC and Sky News combined on launch week

Britain's Got Talent has been entertaining the nation since it first burst onto our screens in June 2007.Showcasing an array of talented musicians, comedians, dance acts and several more, the show has proven to be popular weekend entertainment amongst Brits, as the auditionees continue to wow audiences until the nail-biting final.Following the success of America's Got Talent which premiered the year before, BGT has gone on to create household names such as Diversity's frontman Ashely Banjo, singer Susan Boyle and dancer George Sampson.But despite the programme's ever-growing success, many viewers are completely unaware of the changes that have been made along the way with the presenters and the original judges.However, what may come as more of a surprise is the fact that Paul O'Grady was originally scheduled to host the entire show.With broadcaster bust-ups and last-minute changes at the time, Daily Star has taken a look at what happened to the original format.Britain's Got Talent producers clearly had a very different agenda when they were first presented with the idea of the new show by Simon Cowell in 2005.X Factor judge Simon wanted to make sure the programme followed a similar format to the British talent show Opportunity Knocks which aired during the 1950s.However, ITV producers feared the talent show wouldn't work unless comedian Paul O'Grady fronted it.But Paul wasn't the only major change that was later introduced to the show. A few years back, audiences became familiar with original BGT judges Amanda Holden, Piers Morgan and Simon.

Piers Morgan has been slammed on social media for defending Boris Becker after the tennis legend was jailed for fraud.Former world No 1 Becker has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for hiding £2.5million worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts. The 54-year-old was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act relating to his 2017 bankruptcy.In response to the news, the ever-controversial TV presenter Morgan posted a picture of him with Becker and wrote: "So sorry about Boris Becker.

Gogglebox stars Giles and Mary have come under fire from viewers again after claiming to "miss" Donald Trump. The Channel 4 favourites were reacting to a clip of Piers Morgan's Donald Trump interview earlier this week.

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, will serve as the entertainer at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Piers Morgan's new show Uncensored is just a recap of previous episodes.Piers, 57, returned for another day of presenting the TalkTV show, however, the controversial presenter is simply recapping his previous interviews from earlier in the week.One user wrote: "Only five days in and @piersmorgan on @TalkTV is relying back to the Trump interview yet again, it doesn't bode well for the future by the autumn he will do what @afneil did on @GBNews and step down no way is he going to keep this going 5 nights a week."Another penned: @piersuncensored ok, please tell me the show is not 1 or 2 days of news, then 3 to 4 days of rerunning the same interviews.. #losinginterest."A third said: "Piers Morgan uncensored tonight, has he run out of topics that on Week 1 he is replaying shows already."While another wrote: "Soooo Friday uncensored is just a repeat of the week."Opening his show, the former Britain's Got Talent judge reflected on his "explosive interview" with Donald Trump which saw them speak about the current president, the royals, and Trump's potential plans to run again.

Piers Morgan has told Donald Trump 's son, Donald Trump Jr., to "pipe down" after he suggested the "deceptively edited interview promo" was the reason behind Uncensored's fall in ratings. It was reported yesterday that Piers' ratings for his new TalkTV show Uncensored had dropped significantly after the first episode and almost halved again after the second.Before the first episode aired earlier this week, the controversial broadcaster shared a 30-second teaser clip of his interview with Donald Trump.Now, Donald Jr., 44, has taken to Twitter to express that the show's fall in ratings could have been because of this.The former presidents son shared an article by Breitbart News which was titled: "Piers Morgan viewership crashes 70 percent after Trump Aide crushes his mishandling of deceptively edited interview promo."The 44-year-old captioned the tweet: "Brutal!!!" The former Good Morning Britain star was quick to fire back and told him to "pipe down" and to "tell your dad to take a chill pill." He said: "Do pipe down, Don.

Sharon Osbourne welled up during an interview on TalkTv as as she announced her departure from her now role.

PIERS Morgan: Uncensored has racked up yet another win, this time topping the ratings in the UK after only one week on the air. The TV star's new show on TalkTV launched on Monday night with an explosive interview with former US President, Donald Trump.

Lord Alan Sugar, 75, and Piers Morgan, 57, began their feud in 2020 when The Apprentice host hit out at the latter for his comments on the government's handling of the pandemic.Since then, the pair have been involved in many spats on Twitter, and Lord Sugar has not been able to help himself since the start of Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday.Piers took to Twitter on Wednesday to share an update about his new show, and his chat with Caitlyn Jenner.He said in view of his 7.9 million followers: "UPDATE: I had a great clear-the-air chat with Caitlyn on the phone last night and as a result, she will now be appearing exclusively on @PiersUncensored tomorrow night for an extended live interview."Lord Sugar then cheekily took aim at the interview last night, as he said: "Who you got on Friday. Ena Sharples granddaughter @piersmorgan."Piers then quipped: "I would have you but sadly nobody in America has a clue who you are."Lord Sugar then further added fuel to the fire in view of his 5.2 million followers, even involving former US president Donald Trump, with whom he's also feuded over who is in charge of The Apprentice, after they both fronted the US and UK versions of the series.The businessman replied: "As you keep telling me Donny does.

Piers Morgan has opened up about the aftermath when he stormed off Good Morning Britain, back in March 2021, following his controversial comments directed at Meghan Markle over her sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey.The TalkTV presenter revealed his former co-star Susanna Reid, 51, was beside herself at the time.The 57-year-old spoke candidly in a new interview, as he addressed his decision to walk off the morning programme live on-air.In a cheeky admission, Piers recalled his co-presenter walking into his dressing room but added it was not a "pretty sight".His comments come after the Uncensored presenter was questioned about Donald Trump walking out of an interview with him which aired on the newly-launched network TalkTV on Monday.Speaking on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show, the radio DJ asked: "So when did you manage to stop Donald Trump storming out - flouncing out - of an interview, whatever you like to call it?"Piers interjected: "Actually, the interview was finished. He does stomp off."Chris went on: "But you stopped him stomping off several times."What advice would you give to the people if you could go back in a time machine at GMB to stop you storming off?""They did actually," Piers chuckled.

earning more than Piers Morgan by the end of the year, all through selling nudes.As Piers Morgan's new TV show 'Piers Uncensored' hits the airwaves this week, the controversial TV motormouth is set to make millions.But 23-year-old stunner Ruby claims she is forecasting to match his earnings through uncensored content of her own – after raking in a whopping £50,000 this month alone on content platform Fanvue.The former Tesco employee from London uploads adult content for thousands of paying subscribers and is now living as her own boss. Speaking to Daily Star, Ruby said: "It feels amazing.

CAITLYN Jenner had "clear the air" talks with Piers Morgan before she appeared on his Uncensored show last night. And the former athlete, 72, began their live chat by explaining exactly why she cancelled on him over his Donald Trump interview.

Sharon Osborne has claimed that she believes her family is "cursed" following Ozzy's recent coronavirus diagnosis.The former X Factor judge told Piers Morgan of her fears in a text as she rushed to get to her husband's bedside.Sharon pulled out of her TalkTV show to fly to LA after Ozzy tested positive for the virus during the night."She sent me a text from the airport," Piers said, before reading it out to viewers.The text said: "It's just a nightmare Piers, I'm at the airport now, I feel like the Osbourne's are cursed".She was referring to the Osborne's health issues, which have been well-documented in the past, with Ozzy being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2020 and Jack with multiple sclerosis in 2012.Piers read the statement that Sharon released to TalkTV on Thursday.She said: "Ozzy was only diagnosed in the middle of the night our time. I spoke to him and he's OK. I am very worried about Ozzy right now."We've gone two years without him catching Covid and it's just Ozzy's luck it would be now.""My family is my life.

Sharon Osbourne says that she feels ‘cursed’ after hearing the news that her husband Ozzy Osbourne had tested positive for Covid-19. The 69-year-old talk show star, who revealed her husband’s diagnosis in tears earlier today, shared an update with her friend Piers Morgan as she rushed back to Los Angeles. On Thursday evening, Morgan read out a text from Ms Osbourne as she opened up about enduring the ‘nightmare’.

Ozzy Osbourne is going off the rails on a crazy Covid-19 train, and wife Sharon Osbourne is going to be his conductor as he battles the disease.

Sharon Osbourne got emotional over concerns about her husband Ozzy Osbourne‘s health.

The timing seemed propitious: Eager to entice new subscribers, CNN+ was about to unfurl a multi-part exposé of Fox News and its 91-year-old patriarch, Rupert Murdoch. It would be juicy material for the new streaming platform, with newsies on the left hammering their rivals on the right. How could it fail?

Piers Morgan has sparked rumours of a new feud with former rival Alan Sugar after his latest war of words with The Apprentice star on Twitter.The former Good Morning Britain host, 57, took to the social media site to make a swipe at Sugar, 75, over a comment he made regarding a side feud with Caitlyn Jenner.Reality star Caitlyn had tweeted a shocking swipe at Piers last week, claiming his controversial editing of former President Donald Trump “storming out” of his interview was a “pathetic attempt to “revive the career of a failed television host.”In response, Piers updated his followers days later, saying: “UPDATE: I had a great clear-the-air chat with Caitlyn on the phone last night and as a result, she will now be appearing exclusively on @PiersUncensored tomorrow night for an extended live interview.”Seeing an opportunity to make a cheeky dig at his pal, Lord Sugar chimed in, tweeting: “Who you got on Friday.

EMOTIONAL Sharon Osbourne today broke down in tears as she revealed she is flying to LA to be with husband Ozzy after he was struck down with Covid. The brave presenter said the 73-year-old rockstar, who has suffered with health issues including Parkinson's, was diagnosed overnight.

Caitlyn Jenner revealed that she believed she would be "sensationalised" by Piers Morgan after his "explosive" Donald Trump promo. During tonight's episode (April 28) of Piers Morgan's TalkTV show Uncensored, Caitlyn Jenner dived straight in and explained why she previously cancelled her appearance.The 72-year-old said: "I saw what you did to President Trump, our president who I have a lot of respect for.

Ozzy Osbourne is dealing with COVID-19 following other serious health issues.