Once again we turn our good friend Todd Greenberg for a review of CNN’s latest attempt to rise from the ashes:
It’s been over a week and a half since CNN debuted its new 9p.m. talent Piers Morgan to replace legendary broadcaster, serial spouse, and resident ‘Crypt Keeper’ Larry King.
I wanted to review it last week but felt I needed to give the show a chance by watching a few more episodes. What I found in the end was that the more episodes I watched the more I realized I was just watching a CNN endorsed ‘US Weekly’ TV show.
Morgan was supposed to let Americans see how a real Englishman interviews. We were supposed to get David Frost, a flashy, affable, interviewer who asked tough no nonsense questions… ‘Frost/Nixon’ type interviews… instead we got Dick Van Dyke from the Mary Poppins movie. An inauthentic star fucker who kisses ass and asks questions that everyone else has already asked.
Here’s a sample of his questioning…
Let’s talk about your penis size Howard Stern?
Well Mr. Morgan, if you had listened to Stern’s radio show at all you would know the man practically talks about his penis size every day and has done so for the past 20 years.
George Clooney why won’t you get married?
I think Clooney has officially answered that question over 8,000 times and 1,000 of those times were by Barbara Walters.
Tell me about your shopping habits Kim Kardashian?
As much as I love Kim Kardashian’s ‘rockin’ bod,’especially her world famous rear end, I have to say if I really was interested in how many purses she buys a day I’d drop acid and watch her show on E!.
My question is… this is what Piers Morgan gives us? I mean, I once watched Larry King ask Kid Rock about why he calls himself the “American Bad-Ass” and that seems hard hitting compared to what Morgan is giving us.
He blew the Ricky Gervais interview and there was no buzz from it. the Oprah interview was embarrassing. This week he had Rudy Giulianni and Joel Osteen, am I watching ‘Hannity’?
He has given us no news from his show. The fact that he pre-tapes these interviews days in advance makes his show irrelevant and predictable.
As for CNN, they should have known better. We could have easily gotten the same type of interview from a Ryan Seacrest-type but instead they go across the pond and get us an Englishman because in their heads, Brit’s tell it like it is. And all us stupid Americans know is that Brits are either smart or starship captains.
Well let me inform CNN what they should have learned from Christine Amanpour and ABC News… American’s do that as well. In fact there’s an American on another channel who is way ahead of everyone else.
I have nothing against a British man or woman hosting an American news show. As long as its not a 7 day cricket match or soccer, I have no problem or bias against Euro culture. But I am not fooled that they’re tougher or smarter because they speak with an accent.
Piers Morgan needs to live up to expectations, or CNN needs to let him loose. That’s the only way they can even dream of being competitive.
Todd Greenberg Strikes Again!
