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"Piers Morgan has said that the &amp;quot;incredible news cycle&amp;quot; over the past year contributed to his CNN show Piers Morgan Tonight becoming more news driven that he had initially envisioned.  The former America&amp;#039;s Got Talent judge is celebrating his one-year anniversary at CNN this week, marked by guests including Chelsea Handler, Rosie O&amp;#039;Donnell and former President Jimmy Carter. Speaking in a video posted to the programme&amp;#039;s website, he said: &amp;quot;I think we had an idea for the show that it would be longer format interviews, mainly celebrity driven and it&amp;#039;s turned into much more of a news show.  &amp;quot;That was driven by the incredible news cycle we&amp;#039;ve had, and by the fact that my training and background is all news journalism.&amp;quot; Morgan added: &amp;quot;I think if you&amp;#039;re on CNN, politics and news are always the two biggest drivers of what determines the editorial policy on the show. Although I love doing the interviews with big stars and so on, we want to get that balance right.  &amp;quot;When there is news we will do it very well and when there is no news we will do great interviews with big stars.&amp;quot; Morgan recently announced that he was leaving America&amp;#039;s Got Talent to focus his attention on Piers Morgan Tonight. Howard Stern was later announced as his replacement.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been a judge since the shows began six years ago,&amp;quot; said Morgan. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve loved every single second, but discovered that juggling - to my surprise - really is a bit more difficult than I thought, so I am going to focus on what will be a huge year at CNN with the upcoming election.&amp;quot; Piers Morgan Tonight airs weeknights at 9pm ET on CNN and at 8pm UK time on CNN. Watch Piers Morgan talking about his first year at CNN below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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