Piers Morgan to be America`s richest TV star

Piers Morgan is set to sign a 10-million-pound deal that will make him America`s richest TV star.

London: Piers Morgan is set to sign a 10-million-pound US telly deal that will make him America`s richest TV star.

After the contract is signed, Morgan will replace veteran interviewer Larry King, 75, as the top presenter on CNN. This will be the first time a Brit has acquired a leading chat show on American TV. The deal is sure to keep the former newspaper editor, 45, too busy to keep his judging role on Britain`s Got Talent. "No matter how much Piers wants to stay on BGT, he just can`t do it all, simple as that," The Sun quoted an insider, as saying. Morgan has also pledged to stay as a judge on America`s Got Talent on US channel NBC - although rapper Ice T is in the list if he fails to. ANI