Oprah Winfrey Revealed As First Guest On 'Piers Morgan Tonight'


Posted on Jan 06, 2011 @ 01:35PM  
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Oprah Winfrey will be the very first guest on Piers Morgan Tonight, RadarOnline.com can confirm.

The American talk show queen has already done her interview for the highly anticipated CNN show, which is replacing legendary Larry King Live.

Audiences are in for a treat according to the British presenter, who revealed his debut guest at the Television Critics Association press tour and also on his Twitter.

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"OFFICIAL - 1st guests is @Oprah" he announced on the social networking site.

Morgan has been building hype over his first guest for the last few days, leaving fans to guess who the big celebrity guest would be.

He hinted that it was 'the biggest star on the planet' earlier in the day, before Tweeting:

"The star promised me 45 mins and gave me 90. Was hilarious, emotional, revealing and moving. Will be a brilliant 1st show."

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Unlike his predecessor, Morgan will not be interviewing his guests live.

The location of his interview with Oprah was kept secret while his set is still being built.

The show will premiere on January 17 on CNN.

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People still watch this cow?

by Glorybox
Posted Fri, 01/07/2011 - 7:42am

Its all PR for her new network. Biggest star? uh uh.

by lacy
Posted Fri, 01/07/2011 - 5:24am

We live in a free country. If you don't like Oprah then just turn the channel to Sarah Palin. I'm sure she will keep your attention.

by Josephine.579
Posted Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:53pm

Why do people like you try to make it a personal argument ?

by redbird
Posted Fri, 01/07/2011 - 11:47am

you are obsessed with sp.

by BlogDog
Posted Thu, 01/06/2011 - 10:25pm

O=who cares! If it weren't for affirmative action, she'd still be down south, working in a radio station. Can't stand her. She makes al of her employees sign confidentiality agreements... heard she's a tyrannt

by dprssd
Posted Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:30pm

"biggest star on the planet" - biggest in size.

by BlogDog
Posted Thu, 01/06/2011 - 5:58pm

Guess I'm going to skip the first show then.

by redbird
Posted Thu, 01/06/2011 - 5:25pm

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