Eventful first year for Piers Morgan at CNN (omg!)

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, Piers Morgan, host of CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles. It's been an eventful year for Morgan, who revised the format of his prime-time show on the fly to emphasize more live interviews, quit America's Got Talent and saw his reputation dragged into phone hacking scandal by journalists in his native Britain. But he hasn't failed. Piers Morgan Tonight viewership was up 9 percent over Larry King's final year, even more among youthful viewers. He marks his first anniversary this week with appearances by Chelsea Handler, Rosie O'Donnell and former President Jimmy Carter.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — After replacing Larry King last January, it took only 11 days for Piers Morgan’s vision of his show to collide with reality.

He was on a plane to Los Angeles with producer Jonathan Wald and as soon as they landed, both cell phones were buzzing with news of political upheaval in Egypt. Wald turned to Morgan and said, “You know, we were wondering when we were first going to go live. Tonight’s the night.”

So began an eventful year that saw Morgan revise

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