SL
The show has increased year on year during his reign. He doesn't get all the credit for that, but he does get some for getting the show noticed.
In breakfast TV terms, that figure isn't far off in equivalence.
He was on the show for 6 years and it was only his car crash finale that toppled the competition. With the hyperbole in this thread you would be forgiven for thinking Piers' tenure on GMB was pulling in 10million viewers a morning. 
The show has increased year on year during his reign. He doesn't get all the credit for that, but he does get some for getting the show noticed.
In breakfast TV terms, that figure isn't far off in equivalence.
SL
Extra 30 mins mean nothing of your show is rubbish. The extra 30 have helped, like a number of factors.
SW
Well, there's not hitting it, and there's just blithely sailing past it with the audience having no idea what's supposed to be coming on next. The reason they missed it completely today was because they'd started doing the paper review at ten to seven - which as far as I can see they normally do half an hour later.
Actually the other thing I don't understand about Good Morning Britain is that people say it's much more interesting and lively than the opposition, but features just go on and on for ages. The paper review appears to last about fifteen minutes, at least - you can have about half a dozen features on Breakfast in that time. Fair enough they can carry on if they're skewering a government minister or guests are so funny and interesting they can't wrap it up - but is Andrew Pierce, Kevin Maguire, Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith talking about what's in the papers so fascinating it demands that extended duration? It baffles me.
I see they do appear to have dropped the location bugs on the split-screen that feature half a dozen different variants of "London", mind.
Not hitting the top of the hour isn't the end of the world.
Well, there's not hitting it, and there's just blithely sailing past it with the audience having no idea what's supposed to be coming on next. The reason they missed it completely today was because they'd started doing the paper review at ten to seven - which as far as I can see they normally do half an hour later.
Actually the other thing I don't understand about Good Morning Britain is that people say it's much more interesting and lively than the opposition, but features just go on and on for ages. The paper review appears to last about fifteen minutes, at least - you can have about half a dozen features on Breakfast in that time. Fair enough they can carry on if they're skewering a government minister or guests are so funny and interesting they can't wrap it up - but is Andrew Pierce, Kevin Maguire, Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith talking about what's in the papers so fascinating it demands that extended duration? It baffles me.
I see they do appear to have dropped the location bugs on the split-screen that feature half a dozen different variants of "London", mind.
SL
Well then it's not a top of the hour, it's a menu that's needed. Top of the hours traditionally signal the big news topics.
My gripe is doing a celeb interview at 8.50, knowing its wound up for 8.54. But like you say they'll spend well over 10 mins going over a story in a newspaper.
My gripe is doing a celeb interview at 8.50, knowing its wound up for 8.54. But like you say they'll spend well over 10 mins going over a story in a newspaper.
UN
The most annoying thing about the TOTH is that the headline sequence will sometimes start just a minute or two before or after. Like today it started at xx:57 if I remember correctly. They could probably hit the TOTH if they really wanted to.
RN
Fiona Phillips.
Someone just asked me if I could name another breakfast television presenter in the UK, USA or anywhere in the world who is as incendiary (my word) or controversial (my friend’s word) as Piers Morgan.
I have to say, I wracked my brain and couldn’t come up with an answer to that! I’ll admit to not being a huge watcher of breakfast television ‘formats‘ anywhere, preferring a News Channel.
I could recall “big names” such as Robyn Roberts, Gayle King, Matt Lauer etcetera. But could I name a breakfast television format/personality as fiery as Piers? Nope. I couldn’t. Can any of you? (Specifically breakfast television anywhere in the world).
Maybe that’s what made GMB globally unique.
I stand to be corrected.
Back in the days before news channels, I always assumed we all preferred a bit fluffier content to ease us into the day. And if the day’s news story was big enough, it would still be covered adequately by the GMTV’s, TV-am’s and Selina Scotts of the world.
And, as David mentions, rigidity to the timings so we could all plan our slices of toast and bus timings based on routine segments.
Fully-blown Piers at 06:30am was quite a departure from the norm.
I’m still trying to think of someone........
I have to say, I wracked my brain and couldn’t come up with an answer to that! I’ll admit to not being a huge watcher of breakfast television ‘formats‘ anywhere, preferring a News Channel.
I could recall “big names” such as Robyn Roberts, Gayle King, Matt Lauer etcetera. But could I name a breakfast television format/personality as fiery as Piers? Nope. I couldn’t. Can any of you? (Specifically breakfast television anywhere in the world).
Maybe that’s what made GMB globally unique.
I stand to be corrected.
Back in the days before news channels, I always assumed we all preferred a bit fluffier content to ease us into the day. And if the day’s news story was big enough, it would still be covered adequately by the GMTV’s, TV-am’s and Selina Scotts of the world.
And, as David mentions, rigidity to the timings so we could all plan our slices of toast and bus timings based on routine segments.
Fully-blown Piers at 06:30am was quite a departure from the norm.
I’m still trying to think of someone........
Fiona Phillips.
SO
I remember him when he used to wear a bobble hat. Went up a ladder and disappeared forever I think
On James' point, I'd say New Zealand's Paul Henry would be about as close as anyone has got to Piers in terms of out-there breakfast TV presenters?
I remember him when he used to wear a bobble hat. Went up a ladder and disappeared forever I think