The Jonathan Ross Show (16 March)

Basq

Been very hit and miss with guests as of late..

.. but Matt Smith, Ian McKellan and Charles Dance on the same show.

Ian McKellan, as always, is very funny and down-to-earth... top-notch guest!

Dozen Wicked Words

Well Rose Leslie for the whole programme would have done me nicely. Poshest, most non-Scottish scottish accent ever, dare say her and her family must be absolutely minted. I will settle for plenty of Dr Who (who went to the same school as me!) and Game of Thrones and LOTR/Hobbit. Looking forward to end of March/start of April now for season 3 of Game of Thrones.

Cartel Mike

Read in the paper today that ratings have been plummeting for Ross for months.

Studio is too big and tacky and the show needs another half hour.
He has about 10 minutes or less with each guest. It's not enough to get any in-depth chat like he could do on the BBC.

Even at that his questions are kind of lazy , safe and way too general to make the show interesting.

I think Graham Norton does twice as much research/ preparation and asks better questions.

If Ross made it more about the guests and not himself I think he'd get better ratings but that would mean cutting most of his intro and giving his guests more time . His show is uncomfortably rushed and commercial IMO.

Pity, cause the man is entertaining.

0ph0rce0

That show has gone to the dogs since he moved to itv.

Wasn't he offered a show by channel 4? Should a went there if so.

All about the $$$$$$

lertsnim

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

All about the $$$$$$

Isn't that the same for most?

rhamster

I think the funniest indication that this show is on its last legs is the new trend they have of getting the music guest to open the show with one line of a track they're known for then Ross thanks them but doesn't even ask them one question.Then they sneek off into the green room and go through another big intro from Ross before they come out as if they've just met for the first time.Awkwardness and rather demeaning to the artist.I mean what else did Nicole Scherzinger have to do and help out with on the production of the show to earn her appearance fee.Did she have to pour the drinks and make a few sambos for the other "stars" in the green room.She then performed again at the end after her chat.How could any show be so strapped for cash that they can't hire a few bogstandard musicians in a band to open up the show instead of trying to build up and big up the one guest 3 times in the space of an hour.Looks so contrived ...its no wonder nobody wants to go on his show anymore...pity to see really cos he used to be good.

Skid X

Graham Norton has been the show of choice for the A Listers for a while now. Jonathan Ross is forced to make do with the best of the rest.

The show was already jaded in his last few years at the BBC, and the ITV version has been entertaining at times but never 'must-see' in the way the old show was pre Manuelgate.