Last night, Friday the 28th of March, Piers Morgan signed off " after 3 years, 2 months, 11 days and over 1000 shows" Piers signed off from PML. See the full video below, courtesy of CNN:
Though many critics of his will criticise this farewell due to its message of gun violence, I felt that it was done right: your mission, in this case Piers' persistence on the Gun Control debate (though often criticised), shone right through the end and in a way that will leave an impression that will last a while. If anything, jis legacy will be that of the debate he raised on the gun control issue, and that is what a talk show is should do: raise discussion, even if it is controversial.
It wasn't very emotionally fuelled (but did feel that way for a bit for the writer, that has been a Piers fan since before the show and will acknowledge that the show had its short comings.
For interest's sake, here is the farewell video of Piers' predecessor, Larry King, who occupied that same time slot on that same channel, but for twenty five years:
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