Piers Morgan's show will broadcast live now

BREAKING NEWS: From Monday, my CNN show is being renamed "PIERS MORGAN LIVE" - and airing 100% live Mon-Thurs.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 7, 2013

As it stands now, Morgan's show is called Piers Morgan Tonight and is pre-taped before it airs at 9 p.m. ET. Of the change, he told the New York Post...

“Because I actually prefer ‘Live,’ which is how Larry King did it all those years. I always wanted it that way but, when I began, I was under contract to ‘America’s Got Talent’ and couldn’t work out the schedules. Now that I’m not one of those talent judges anymore, I have the time."

He added: “So, with Jeff Zucker coming in, taking over, bringing up new ideas, I went to him and thought it’s a good idea to revamp.”

Since Morgan's show debuted in 2011, it's struggled with ratings, coming in almost always behind its competitors at MSNBC (The Rachel Maddow Show) and Fox News (Sean Hannity's Hannity). CNN Worldwide CEO Jeff Zucker has been shaking up the news channel with layoffs and new hires since January.

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