Jonathan Ross

Although Graham Norton was in his finest form about five years ago on Channel 4, his squawky chat show moves tonight to BBC One. The first guests are that rare combination of the incomprehensible and the ageless, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, chat show perennial Ricky Gervais (who was on Jonathan Ross's show just a month ago) and ballad mistress Olivia Newton-John.

Graham Norton on his move to BBC One: interview

As his chat show moves to BBC One, Graham Norton talks to Ajesh Patalay about money - and Jonathan Ross.

Why are so many of Ross's guests on his agents books?

Jonathan Ross has been accused of "stuffing" his BBC chat show with comedians from the books of his own agent, Addison Cresswell.

Jason Byrne has the honour of providing half of the official comedy on 2 at the moment - Vic Reeves's panel show Does the Team Think? makes up the other 50% - though regular presenters Mark Radcliffe, Jonathan Ross and Alan Carr can all make you splutter into your cuppa. Byrne, though, is different: his show is proper stand-up, complete with audience interaction. There are a couple of silly sketches but the bulk of his half-hour is like being in a decent comedy club with a much-more-than-decent comedian. The lines are sharp but it's the atmosphere and delivery that make the show. This week's topic was food. Byrne asked if anyone had ever eaten something they shouldn't. "A tick!" came the bizarre answer. "You mean the insect?" asked Byrne. "Or maybe you stopped talking and meant to say 'tac' after that." Ace.

Chat will eat itself

So last night, Jonathan Ross, presenter of chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, was a guest on the chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man...

Are chat shows just a big joke?

Lucky America. Soon, more than 64 million US households will be able to watch Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - retitled The Jonathan Ross Show - on BBC America. For Ross this must represent the ultimate triumph.

Jonathan Ross sues over chatshow claims

Jonathan Ross is suing Telegraph Media Group for defamation over an article claiming that celebrities rejected invitations to appear on his chatshow.

Now I like TV as much as the next geek daftie (look, I really do have a Bonekickers DVD boxset, honestly), but even my blood turned to ice when I read about the BBC's new Friday night panel quiz show...

Presenter Steve Jones, spreading his wings beyond T4, will host As Seen on TV (you see what they did there?), a panel game in a Buzzcocks stylee on the subject of, well, TV. The team captains will be outgoing This Morning host Fern Britton and comedian Jason Manford (drafted in from C4's 8 Out of 10 Cats).

Honestly, is that the best they can come up with for a Friday night these days? Really? Wow, Jay Hunt is making some dynamic commissioning decisions in her early days as BBC1 controller. Did nobody, at any point, sit her down and show her an episode of It's Only TV... But I Like It, the Jonathan Ross hosted TV themed panel game show? One can only assume not...

Panel shows, like Buzzcocks, HIGNFY and QI can be good, enjoyable, even subversive television. But the alchemy of getting the right make-up of on-screen talent and format to make it work is a tricky thing to pull off. One bum note and it all goes out of the window.

But whatever the success or otherwise of the finished product, on the surface, As Seen on TV just sounds like lazy, middle of the road television. Surely we deserve better? Or am I expecting too much these days?

A fairly average stab at a new chat show, with an impressive line up for the first episode. However, with Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton and Paul O'Grady already busy on the chat show circuit, do we really have any need for another one?

Jonathan Ross walks the tight rope on TV return

But in last night's comeback Tonight With Jonathan Ross, Ross showed some of the chops that got him that much-mentioned £18.5m contract with the BBC in the first place. After the most high-profile spell on the naughty stair in recent broadcasting history - a three month suspension, £1.1m in lost wages and all the peevish umbrage the Daily Mail could throw at him - Ross picked up his broadcasting career with a rueful yet resilient, "Now - where were we?"