Throughout the show 's run , Morgan interviewed many guests , including politicians , celebrities and members of the public . His first guest was Oprah Winfrey . Soon after the show 's debut , when the Egyptian revolution began , the show changed from a '' Larry King Live '' - like interview format to a breaking news-format program . Morgan had never anchored a live news show , but did have experience with breaking news as a newspaper journalist . Because of major news events such as the Arab Spring and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami , the ratio of taped to live interviews was the opposite of his expectations
Japanese earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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