Jonathan Ross was blasted by viewers over his coverage of the ITV show.
The 63-year-old talk show titan hosted a special panel show on ITV1 dedicated to the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night (March 11). The Masked Singer was joined by actor Richard Armitage, actress Fay Ripley, comedian Ben Bailey Smith and TV presenter Yinka Bokinni.
The group discussed all things to do with the awards show, which was hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The star-studded evening saw Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer win seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, scooped up by Cillian Murphy.
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However, Jonathan Ross’ TV cohort didn’t appear to be a hit as viewers panned the special on social media. Viewers accused the show of being ‘painfully’ unfunny.
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Taking o X, formerly Twitter, one wrote: “This Jonathan Ross ITV pre Academy Awards coverage is utterly painful. Awful jokes, forced laughs from his few guests, HELL ON EARTH.”
Another commented: “ITV’s Oscar coverage has kicked off with the most unfunny 10 minutes of mine or anyone else’s life. Jonathan Ross is as funny as a fungal infection”.
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A third agreed: “Well I hope Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue is better than the 5 mins of #Oscars material us British folk just got from Jonathan Ross on ITV. Yikes!”
A fourth said: “Isn’t the #oscars a lot about fashion @itv? Who had the “bright” idea that just what the audience needed was four boring-a**e people sitting round talking to Jonathan Ross? What a waste. #itv #Oscars2024″.
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Some hated it so much that they were forced to turn over. One user declared: “I’ve switched over to itv 2 until the actual oscars start, like Jonathan Ross but god his jokes feel so forced tonight lol.”
The ITV’s head of entertainment commissioning, Katie Rawcliffe, told Variety of Jonathan’s hosting gig: “I think it’s fair to say he’s really enthusiastic about doing this. He’s a bit like us. I’m a mad film fan and one of the reasons I wanted ITV to do this is I watch the Oscars every year.
“I do an Oscars party — we stay up all night — I absolutely adore the Oscars. And I was feeling more people would do this if it was on a free-to-air channel, if people built up to it a bit more and created more of a buzz. And what you want is someone who feels the same hosting it. And Jonathan is all of those things.”
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