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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jim Waterson Media editor

Piers Morgan’s TalkTV show beats rivals with nearly 400,000 tuning in

Donald Trump and Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan interviews Donald Trump on his TalkTV show Uncensored Photograph: Piers Morgan uncensored/Talk TV

Piers Morgan’s TalkTV show Uncensored averaged 317,000 viewers during its first episode on Monday, as the television channel, owned by Rupert Murdoch, beat both Sky News and the BBC News channel during the same timeslot.

The presenter’s heavily promoted return to television won a 2% share of all television viewing at 8pm, with the audience peaking at 397,000 as curious viewers checked out the new offering but didn’t stay around for the full hour.

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