Channel 5 to air weekly 90-minute Piers Morgan Uncensored highlights

Piers Morgan’s YouTube current affairs show Piers Morgan Uncensored will begin airing as a weekly 90 minute highlights package on Channel 5 starting Sept. 12, the network announced, marking what the broadcaster and Morgan describe as a first-of-its-kind partnership between a legacy terrestrial channel and a YouTube news programme. The Friday night show will be broadcast at 11 p.m. UK time, with the first episode scheduled for next week, and the highlights will continue to be available on Morgan’s YouTube channel.

Channel 5 said the series will compile the week’s most talked-about interviews, debates and segments from the YouTube channel, with some content tailored for the late night television audience. Piers Morgan said in a statement that Uncensored has become one of the world’s fastest-growing YouTube news channels, amassing more than one billion views in three years. He added that the TV edition will bring “the most explosive debates, jaw-dropping interviews, and headline-grabbing moments every single week.” Federico Ruiz, commissioning editor for 5 and Paramount, said the programme is an “excellent fit” for the channel’s viewers and called the collaboration a sign of where...