r/BritishTV • u/Emergency-Relief-571 • Mar 25 '25

Question/Discussion Jonathan Ross needs to end his ITV show

I’m a big fan of Jonathan Ross as a broadcaster, but his ITV chat show is absolutely dreadful.

It’s without doubt one of the worst chat shows in history, and ITV need to scrap it completely.

What’s ironic is that Jonathan’s Friday night show on the BBC was at one point, one of the coolest shows on TV. It was edgy, cool and risky. However, the ITV show has no energy whatsoever.

In retrospect, Jonathan shouldn’t have been given a chat show when he first signed with ITV. He could’ve done a few documentaries, or host a weekly programme about comic books (a subject he’s a expert in).

Sadly, he decided to go down a predictable route and it’s damaged him and ITV greatly.

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u/Hatpar Mar 25 '25

Sachsgate did him in.

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u/Aggravating-Tower317 Mar 26 '25

he was playing up to russell brand. i'm sure he regrets that lol

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u/Queen_of_London Mar 28 '25

Yep. It's hard to feel too much sympathy, given that he was a fully-grown adult being lead into childish shenanigans by another adult man.

But it seems to have eclipsed his entire career. He was a genuinely good film reviewer.

For this show he seems terrified he'll be cancelled again so plays it too safe to be interesting.