Interesting, GMB doesn't seem particularly compatible with his Talk Radio show that doesn't come off air until 1am. Hopefully more successful than Iain's last telly gig at breakfast time though.
I was surprised that Good Morning Britain was not on this morning. I thought on Friday they said they were back today. I can see now it’s back tomorrow.
I was surprised that Good Morning Britain was not on this morning. I thought on Friday they said they were back today. I can see now it’s back tomorrow.
Yeah it is odd that it isn't on today but is Thursday/Friday. Today is effectively a normal working day.
I think he said he’s doing it for a couple of weeks. It’s different doing it as a one off than doing it week in week out.
There are rumours that Richard Arnold is going in Celebrity Big Brother, so if true, Iain could be covering until beginning of Feb (depending how long Richard lasts) - All rumours of course!
I think he said he’s doing it for a couple of weeks. It’s different doing it as a one off than doing it week in week out.
There are rumours that Richard Arnold is going in Celebrity Big Brother, so if true, Iain could be covering until beginning of Feb (depending how long Richard lasts) - All rumours of course!
"BOOM! No. 1," he tweeted after the i newspaper revealed that a September episode featuring an interview with a controversial gay conversion therapist had received 1,142 Ofcom complaints.
Morgan went on to decorate his tweet with two fist-punch emojis.
At the time, GMB said it was right to air the controversial interview.
Complaints over 'gay cure' TV interview
Piers Morgan: Breaking the breakfast TV rules
Morgan, who co-presents Good Morning Britain with Susanna Reid, also retweeted a comment from Nigel Farage after the complaints list was released.
The former UKIP leader said: "[Morgan]'s doing something right then!"
Piers Morgan tweetImage copyright@PIERSMORGAN
During a heated debate on the programme on 5 September, Dr Michael Davidson said homosexuality was "an aberration", "a sin" and "in some cases reversible".
Morgan told him: "You know what we call these people [who offer conversion therapy]? We call them horrible little bigots in the modern world. Bigoted people who talk complete claptrap and, in my view, a malevolent and dangerous part of our society."
After viewers said Dr Davidson should not have been given a platform for his views in the first place, ITV responded: "Should offensive views not be aired even if challenged?"
The episode was one of two programmes to generate more than 1,000 complaints to the broadcasting watchdog.
The other was a June edition of Sky News' press preview, during which journalist Melanie Phillips made comments about Muslims that were considered inflammatory.
An Ofcom spokesperson said the regulator had investigated 187 programmes in 2017 and had found 97 of them in breach of its broadcasting code.
Some ratings information for 2017, courtesy of the DS Ratings Thread:
Good Morning Britain averaged 663k (18.1%) in the overnights across all its episodes in 2017. These are the annual overnight averages for the ITV Breakfast (06:00-08:30) slot:
This year's average was up +14% vs. 2016, ITV Breakfast's best annual average since 2012 and highest share since at least 2011. The show's best rated month was June with new stories such as the General Election and Grenfell fire boosting the program's audience to 761k/19.4% that month. November (723k/19.7%) had the show's best monthly share.
The show's highest rated episode of 2017 was 1.05m/17.9% on 9/6/17, the day after the General Election - this was GMB's 2nd highest rated episode ever, only behind the 1.13m/16.9% it had on 24/6/16 following the Brexit vote. The show's best ever share came on 11/12/17 with 820k/22.4%.
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I’m sure ITV will be pleased with a marked improvement at breakfast time. However, as the facts prove, the show is not at the supposed dizzying heights we keep hearing about from the Morgan and the press.
