Friday night TV (Friday Night With Jonathan Ross)

Member Name: blackviolets

Product:	Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
Date:	06/09/09 (68 review reads)
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Advantages: entertaining, sometimes has good guests and bands.

Disadvantages: the guests which aren't so good, his voice just grates on me!

I'm in two minds over Jonathan Ross. I neither dislike or like him and at times I do think he's quite funny. Despite the fact that it feels as though FNWJR has been on our screens forever it's only been going since 2001. OK, maybe to some people that's long enough but I'd always assumed that it had been running for far longer.

For those who don't know about it this is basically your typical comedy chat show, obviously presented by Jonathan Ross. The guests are mainly on the show to advertise maybe a product they're selling or a film or TV programme they're in. Usually there is a maximum of three celebrities to interview, along with a band or singer to perform a song at the end of the show. It also includes its own houseband Four Poofs and a Piano.

Naturally the guests which are involved make a big difference to the programme. Sometimes they're just not that great at being interviewed or maybe they're a bit uncomfortable about the questions they're being asked. Sophie Anderton was a bit boring, Michael C Hall (ITVs Dexter) seemed a bit nervous whilst Annie Lennox did appear to be trying to hard to be funny. On saying that if you know Jim Carrey or Quentin Tarentino are going to be on you know it should be a good episode.

Regular guests are Ricky Gervais and Jack Dee, both appearing over 5 times. You can say what you like about the pair of them but they don't usually disappoint when they appear on your screen. It's possible to say that you know what you're going to get from their interviews and how they're going to react to different questions.

Before the whole 'scandal' situation which happened last year concerning Andrew Sachs I think he has toned down some of his material slightly. Not much mind you, but enough for you to notice a tiny difference if you are a long term watcher.

Whilst Jonathan Ross sometimes has a controversial sense of humour I think everyone who appears knows what they should expect with their interview. Occasionally you get the impression that they are waiting for something to be said concerning an event in the media.

This is a funny and entertaining programme to watch on a Friday night. It airs on BBC1 at 10:35pm and what with the approaching Strictly Come Dancing you can guarantee that jokes about Bruce Forsythe will appear. Although he does come very close to crossing the line with his humour and questions he is good at asking the right stuff. The majority of the time Ross manages to make the most out of his guests and gets the show to be as entertaining as possible.

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