Jonathan Ross failed to impress ITV viewers as he kicked off his coverage of the Oscars 2024 on Sunday evening.
The talk show legend did the honours of anchoring a panel on ITV1, which is airing the Academy Awards ceremony this year.
Ross, 63, was joined by actor Richard Armitage, comedian Ben Bailey Smith, actress Fay Ripley and TV presenter Yinka Bokinni to dissect all the action coming from the awards show on the other side of the pond.
However, viewers found Ross’ jokes to be unfunny and claimed they were turning the channel over.
Scathing in their commentary, @AckerooBanzai wrote on X: ‘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.’
Sharing a similar sentiment, @harrisonjbrock wrote: ‘This Jonathan Ross ITV pre Academy Awards coverage is utterly painful. Awful jokes, forced laughs from his few guests, HELL ON EARTH.’
@TomJBeasley agreed, commented: ‘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!’
@ben_eales said: ‘The Jonathan Ross panel pre-show* commentary is godawful. can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m missing the awful Kimmel humour in comparison.’
Sharing their thoughts, @aidan__94 complained: ‘ITV inflicting Jonathan Ross on us for their Oscar coverage. We deserve better.’
@tobymortimer_ also weighed in: ‘I’ve switched over to itv 2 until the actual oscars start, like Jonathan Ross but god his jokes feel so forced tonight lol.’
It comes after 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.’
This year’s Oscars is well underway with the likes of Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish and Brendan Fraser hitting the red carpet.
The Oscars 2024 is available to watch in the UK on ITV1 and ITVX.
2024 Oscar nominations in full
Best actor
Bradley Cooper - Maestro
Colman Domingo - Rustin
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction
Best actress
Annette Bening - Nyad
Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan - Maestro
Emma Stone - Poor Things
Best supporting actress
Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple
America Ferrera - Barbie
Jodie Foster - Nyad
Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
Best supporting actor
Sterling K Brown - American Fiction
Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling - Barbie
Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things
Best director
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Best picture
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best adapted screenplay
American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best original screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Best cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best film editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best international feature film
Io Capitano - Italy
Perfect Days - Japan
Society of the Snow - Spain
The Teachers' Lounge - Germany
The Zone of Interest - United Kingdom
Best production design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best make-up and hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Best costume design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best original song
Flamin’ Hot - The Fire Inside
Barbie - I'm Just Ken
American Symphony - It Never Went Away
Killers of the Flower Moon - Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)
Barbie - What Was I Made For?
Best original score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best animated feature
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best animated short film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best live action short film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best documentary feature film
Bobi Wine: The People's President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol
Best documentary short film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Best visual effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
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