The best presenter on UK TV is back. Yes he can be embarassingly silly at times - but he is a real gem on TV and his shows make many people laugh and enjoy life more.

The MEDIA FASCISTS who want us all to be miserable and go around with a hound-dog face like our New labour Militias will be angry. They will be protesting but they should be ignored.

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN : the years of the BUSH / BROWN era are over. I firmly believe that FREEDOM is now being proclaimed around the World and the majority of people who enjoy watching Jonathan Ross will now have the right to keep enjoying it.

I hate the violent programmes on TV - but I accept some other people enjoy them - therefore I do not suggest they are banned.

Many people have differing tastes.

When is he back on radio ? it has been dreadful on Sat mornings without him.

Genuine star - and he should now get a pay rise if his audience figures go up.

I used to watch one or two of his shows way back when he was on Channel Four. I remember him interviewing Gary Glitter. Fairly good show that one.

But in recent years he's grown too big for his boots, too full of self importance and become a genuine turn off for me and others. I've nothing personal against him. I just don't think he's a good presenter or in the least bit funny.

I vote with the remote. He comes on and the TV goes off.

Yep! And he'll give the Nation another few lessons on how not to interview people. Don't interrupt them...don't have them reduced to mere dummies (his last interview with Daniel Craig was inanely dull)and allow hem to talk. That's why Parkinson was the best.Love him or loathe him. He tapped into the minds of the greatest stars and it was compulsive viewing. David Frost is the greatest interviewer of all and I can't wait to see the new Frost/Nixon movie with Michael Sheen. Ross is hugely overrated as a 'chat show host' and 'funny man'. Couldn't really care less about who he decides to abuse down a telephone.

I fear his career will be under too much scrutiny to survive at the BBC - his every word will be analysed by the Daily Mail for any rudeness which goes against public decency.
The good thing is that, as a result of this, Andrew Sachs seems to be getting loads of work!

I don't agree Foz.

A hateful article in the Mail today about Russell Brand but I think he's done it right.

Never give in to the playground bullies - especially when they have just had to start selling off their crown jewels for £1.

I'm not a big ross fan anyway

If I was Jonathan I'd start the show doing ten minutes ripping the Mail to shreds; going into specific detail about the Nazi past connections; £1 selling the Standard to a Russian gangster - and trying to preach morality to us?

I'd ask any viewers agreeing with me to not buy the Mail every day for one week to make our point (I bet their circulation would drop several hundred thousand).

It would be funny and brave and ballsy and everyone would be talking about it all weekend.

Will he? Not a chance in hell.

excellent post, JK.

I didn't know the Mail had a "Nazi" past tho....

from Wikipedia...

In early 1934, Rothermere and the Mail were editorially sympathetic to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists[9]. Rothermere wrote an article, "Hurrah for the Blackshirts", in January 1934, praising Mosley for his "sound, commonsense, Conservative doctrine"[10].
Rothermere was a friend and supporter of both Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, which influenced the Mail's political stance towards them up to 1939.[11][12] Rothermere visited and corresponded with Hitler. On 1 October 1938, Rothermere sent Hitler a telegram in support of Germany's invasion of the Sudetenland, and expressing the hope that 'Adolf the Great' would become a popular figure in Britain.

JK2006 wrote:
If I was Jonathan I'd start the show doing ten minutes ripping the Mail to shreds; going into specific detail about the Nazi past connections; £1 selling the Standard to a Russian gangster - and trying to preach morality to us?

I'd ask any viewers agreeing with me to not buy the Mail every day for one week to make our point (I bet their circulation would drop several hundred thousand).

It would be funny and brave and ballsy and everyone would be talking about it all weekend.

Will he? Not a chance in hell.

You've clearly never seen nor heard Jonathan Ross then. The man isn't intelligently sufficient to think of satire. He's an idiot..which is why he was suspended.

I notice the DM is trying to blow on the embers this morning with their 'Man says rude words on TV' article. It would not have made any difference whether he was off air for 12 weeks or 12 years, this pathetic nonstory would have still appeared!


www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1126583...ul-mouthed-ever.html

Blimey what have the Mail got against him!

It was the Mail who got him suspended and forced Brand to resign. Before then four people complained on the night and Ross had already apologised to Sachs (and that is the only person who he should of apologised to) and the whole thing was sorted out.

Then the Daily Mail gave people the link to listen to the broadcast and then the complaints rose to 40,000. They have also given him wonderful publicity tonight when his show comes on.

Really why should he apologise to the public, when it should be the Daily Mail that is apologising.

Jonathan Ross will maybe tone down his style, but part of his act is 'close to the knuckle' and that's what the BBC knew they were getting. But lets not deceive ourselves, if you watch Graham Norton chat show on BBC2, that's just as bad, but doesn't get the publicity.

For the record, I enjoy his shows, but if someone like Faye Dunaway and or an experienced performer comes on, he does give excellent interviews. And I also enjoy Graham Norton's show.

His TV show has a formula. His radio show is superb. His presenting is his strongest strength.

He is intelligent - he is a very funny and warm person.

I think his treatment by the media for what was a prank was far in excess of what he deserved.

There are very evil people destroying peoples' lives who never get as many column inches as he did for taking part in someone elses show.

If the media had not orchestrated the campaign against him none of us would never have even been aware of this. Certainly I dont remember anyone complaining until the media started this.

The basic reason for his "shaming" was jealousy by certain journos about his £18 million salary deal. They had been trying to smear him for a year or so before the Brand incident - and failing.

Now he is back hopefully he will go from strength to strength. He is 10000000000 times better than the other presenters on TV at the moment ! I cant think of any current ones who even come close to his ability.

I met Jonathan Ross a few years ago and thought it was a superb bloke. Very knowledgable about films in particular. He has the strength to get through this.

I thought it was a pretty good show and enjoyed it but wish Ross had lambasted the Mail for deliberately making a storm in a teacup and the BBC for having no backbone and not announcing that an organisation whose purpose is to make different shows for different audiences should not be criticised when a rival claims the Wogan audience would have been offended by a Brand joke.

Even channle five news was going on about this guy. I choose not to watch him but get him thrust in my face by every UK news media.

Same with Big Brother.