Further proof there is no God: the New York Post reports that former Mirror editor Piers Morgan is in talks with CNN about hosting a primetime show for the cable network's US output.
Under the headline "Desperate CNN wooing Piers Morgan," the Post reports:
Sources tell The Post's Claire Atkinson that Morgan is now discussing a possible panel show at CNN, which has been battered by plunging ratings and is searching for a new identity.
The Time Warner-owned cable network has hemorrhaged viewers to Fox News Channel and even lost some to its own sibling service, HLN. There's a talent drain as well: CNN recently lost Christiane Amanpour to ABC's "This Week" and Gerri Willis to Fox Business Network.
CNN currently has Campbell Brown's 8pm slot open – although a source said the network is also sounding out possible replacements for Larry King Live. King's audience fell 43% in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2009.
There's a good chance this is utter rubbish – the same piece also speculates that CNN is also talking to Eliot Spitzer as well, which seems unlikely, given the former governor of New York's shameful resignation.
In Morgan's case, he is best known in the US for judging America's Got Talent, and as a winner of Celebrity Apprentice. But CNN might want to reconsider the idea once they review Morgan's sticky end as editor of the Mirror.
