Mediagazer: News UK will launch TalkTV, led by Piers Morgan Uncensored and Sharon Osbourne's The Talk, on April 25 in the UK; the show will also air in the US and Australia (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)

2:05 PM ET, March 28, 2022

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