In Wolf's Clothing

I'm indebted to a correspondent from Oxford (himself a critic of range and standing in world of newspapers) for this extract from behind the Times paywall, by tv reviewer Andrew Billen. These are some of his thoughts in response to the ITV show, "When Piers met Andrew Lloyd Webber": 'Morgan thrives in opposition to the proposition that the secret of success is to undersell and over-deliver. Every day, CNN kindly emails me the transcripts of his show. Every day his introductions promise surprise and revelation. Every day the heavily edited interviews peter out into pointlessly competitive banter.'


One win for Morgan this week, in his race to overtake Rachel Maddow on MSNBC in the affections of American 25-to-54-year-olds.   No, wait - one win for Wolf Blitzer, standing in for Piers on Friday, and covering the threatened US federal government shut-down. 

Wednesday's low score edition featured Piers with Russell Brand and Tyra Banks.