Ahead of tonight's premiere at 9pmET, Piers Morgan is all over CNN today talking about the new show and the Oprah Winfrey interview.

Earlier this afternoon he talked with Ali Velshi about upcoming guests, his interview style and...suits.

For the premiere of "Piers Morgan Tonight," Piers Morgan will be taking to his new favorite toy, Twitter, to interact with viewers and comment in real time. Follow @PiersMorgan while he live-tweets the show, beginning before 9pmET and through the whole Oprah Winfrey interview.

He will live-tweet again for the U.K. prime time airing, at 8pm local time tomorrow (3pmET tomorrow). Also, as you tweet about the show, you can use the hashtag #Piers to join the conversation. Follow the show at @PiersTonight as well.

If you hadn't heard just yet, "Piers Morgan Tonight" premieres tonight on CNN at 9pmET/PT. And there's...some press out there about it.

Here's a roundup:

• New York Times:

Mr. Morgan is an unstoppable self-promoter, the likes of which CNN has not seen before. On his office bulletin board hangs a headline from The New York Post: “Piers makes enemy of Madonna.” Before dozens of television critics this month, he said CNN needs to make noise in a cable news “jungle,” and added of his own show, “I want you guys to be writing about the show regularly, good, bad and ugly.”

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