Piers Morgan with his wife Celia Walden

Not only were the ratings poor but the US audiences found it difficult to connect with a British host and did not enjoy the fact a Briton was also discussing American issues.

One particularly contentious subject was on the debate surrounding gun control laws, and he was even the target of a petition drive by Americans seeking to have him deported for on-air comments he made following a December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Rather critically, Larry King, his predecessor, said Morgan had made the show as much about himself as about his guests.

Despite all this, Piers Morgan has shown a skill is being able to book big guests (his first guest was Oprah after all) and his list of interviewees also includes former President Bill Clinton and Warren Buffet.

The former Daily Mirror editor took over the show in 2011 and recently admitted he was interviewed by police after voluntarily going to a London police station in December.

Piers Morgan's show on CNN cancelled