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The final episode of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross aired on Friday night.

David Beckham, Jackie Chan, Mickey Rourke and Roxy Music were guests on the final show. Ross said “I should start by saying thank you to all the guests we’ve had on over the 10 years we’ve been doing the show – at least 95 per cent of them were great”.

The BBC1 show bowed out with Jonathan saying “everyone here at the BBC has always been terrific… I’ve been lucky to work over the 10 years with the most fabulous teams… the experience I’ve had here at the BBC has been a blessed one… I’ve never come in here feeling anything other than grateful, lucky and honoured, so thank you”.

Jonathan moves to ITV to host a new primetime chat show in late 2011. The final episode of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross is available to watch on BBC iPlayer for the next few days.

BBC News – “Jonathan Ross ‘honoured’ to have worked at BBC”
BBC News – “Fans mourn Jonathan Ross’s final show”
BBC Programmes – Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross has signed a deal with ITV to host a chat show next year.

BBC News reports Jonathan’s new chat show will start “late next year” and Ross said he was “thrilled and excited” with the new ITV show. It will air in peak time, so this will likely mean it will be on earlier than his current 10.35pm BBC1 timeslot – perhaps 9pm. It’s not yet been confirmed which day of the week the chat show will air.

He said “I am thrilled and excited that after a short break I will be rolling up my sleeves and creating a brand new show for ITV1… I have worked successfully with most of the key figures at the network in the past and cannot wait to get back on screen with a fast, funny and unpredictable new talk show… I do have a little spare time at the beginning of 2011 though, so if England needs a temporary new manager I will consider the post seriously. Thank you”.

Jonathan’s final BBC1 episode will air on Friday 16th July, with guests including David Beckham and Mickey Rourke.

BBC News – “Jonathan Ross signs new ITV chat show deal”

NBC Nightly News will return to CNBC Europe schedules later this month.

Nightly News was axed from CNBC Europe earlier this year, and this allowed The Tonight Show With Jay Leno to air uncut in a 45-minute timeslot 11pm-11.45pm.

It’s now thought The Tonight Show will return to its original cutback 30-minute timeslot 11pm-11.30pm when Nightly News returns to allow the news to air live at 11.30pm. Weekend airings of The Tonight Show should remain unaffected.

TVNewser – “‘Nightly News,’ ‘Meet the Press’ Return to CNBC Europe”

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross will finish next month – the final episode will air on the 16th July. Jonathan Ross is rumoured to be moving to ITV or Channel 4.

One of the guests on his final BBC1 show will be David Beckham – a source says “it’s all very top secret but Becks has been booked and he’s really excited”.

It was thought Russell Brand would appear on the final show and discuss the Sachsgate incident that got Brand fired from BBC Radio 2 & got Ross temporarily suspended, but reportedly the BBC won’t allow him on the show.

Digital Spy – “Beckham booked for final Ross show?”

David Beckham is scheduled to appear on the Late Show With David Letterman next week. The English footballer will be a guest on the show this Friday (30th April). Click here for more guest details for upcoming Late Show episodes.

CNBC are now airing full one-hour episodes of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno instead of the 30-minute cutdown versions they usually air. The one-hour episodes are shown Monday-Friday at 11pm-12am UK time. The NBC Nightly News is no longer broadcast on CNBC – it used to air in the 11.30pm timeslot.

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno is still shown on a one-show delay from the US, and the normal 45-minute weekend episodes are still broadcast Saturdays and Sundays at 8pm and 8.45pm.

An update from CNBC regarding NBC Nightly News:

“NBC Nightly News will no longer be carried by CNBC in Europe. This is because of international distribution changes made by NBC Universal in the USA”

Late Show UK – Where To Watch page
CNBC – “CNBC TV Pan European Schedule”
CNBC – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on CNBC Europe”

The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 gave some good publicity for the Late Show With David Letterman in the UK this week.

Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles was stuck in New York following the volcanic ash problems meaning he couldn’t fly back. Chris hosted his breakfast show from New York all of this week from a Sirius studio.

On Thursday morning’s show he talked about going to a taping of the Late Show With David Letterman the previous day (Wednesday’s episode with Eddie Murphy, Kaley Cuoco and Jakob Dylan).

Listen to the clip below to hear him talking about the Late Show:

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He took a picture of the Late Show marquee as well – click here.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report episodes can now be downloaded on iTunes for people in the UK.

This is the first time it’s been possible to download episodes through iTunes UK.

Thanks to Olivia Coghlan at Comedy Central UK for the headsup.

Go to www.comedycentral.co.uk/downloads for details on how to download the shows, or if you already have iTunes installed click the links below to open iTunes:

iTunes UK – The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
iTunes UK – The Colbert Report

The final CNBC reruns of The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien will air tonight (8pm and 8.45pm) and tomorrow night (11pm).

According to several TV listing services – including Radio Times – The Tonight Show With Jay Leno will take its place from Tuesday night. Radio Times show it will air at the normal 11pm 30-minute timeslot Monday-Friday. It’s thought it will be shown on a one-show delay (i.e. each week Monday night’s NBC show will air Tuesday nights on CNBC).

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno will premiere tomorrow night on NBC in America and the official website is also expected to launch tomorrow.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart will resume on More 4 from the 23rd February at 8.30pm. There are no episodes this week due to reruns airing in the US. Global Edition will air on CNN International as normal this weekend (Saturday at 2.30pm/8.30pm and Sunday at 9.30am).

There are no 11pm reruns of The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien Monday-Thursday this week. Reruns will resume on Friday night at 11pm. Reruns are currently scheduled as normal for next week (Monday-Friday at 11pm) and weekend reruns remain unchanged (8pm and 8.45pm). There’s still no word on whether The Tonight Show With Jay Leno will air on CNBC when it starts in March.

CNBC will air reruns of The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien until March. It’s not yet confirmed if The Tonight Show With Jay Leno will air on the channel when it starts. Upcoming shows (all episodes are reruns except tonight’s show) on CNBC:

List updated 8th February 2010;

Monday 25th January – 11pm – Steve Carrell, Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell, Neil Young (Finale!)
Tuesday 26th January – 11pm – Jenny McCarthy (Rerun)
Wednesday 27th January – 11pm – John Travolta (Rerun)
Thursday 28th January – 11pm – Rachel McAdams (Rerun)
Friday 29th January – 11pm – Howie Mandel (Rerun)
Saturday 30th January – 8pm – Steve Carrell, Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell, Neil Young (Rerun)
Saturday 30th January – 8.45pm – Eddie Izzard (Rerun)
Sunday 31st January – 8pm – John C. Reilly (Rerun)
Sunday 31st January – 8.45pm – Chris O’Donnell (Rerun)
Monday 1st February – 11pm – John Travolta (Rerun)
Tuesday 2nd February – 11pm – Rachel McAdams (Rerun)
Wednesday 3rd February – 11pm – Ben Stiller (Rerun)
Thursday 4th February – 11pm – Zach Braff (Rerun)
Friday 5th February – 11pm – Tom Arnold (Rerun)
Saturday 6th February – 8pm – Ewan McGregor (Rerun)
Saturday 6th February – 8.45pm – Jim Carrey (Rerun)
Sunday 7th February – 8pm – Kelsey Grammer (Rerun)
Sunday 7th February – 8.45pm – Jessica Biel (Rerun)
Monday 8th February – 11pm – Megan Mullally (Rerun)
Tuesday 9th February – 11pm – Wanda Sykes (Rerun)
Wednesday 10th February – 11pm – John Krasinski (Rerun)
Thursday 11th February – 11pm – Nigel Marven (Rerun)
Friday 12th February – 11pm – Christina Applegate (Rerun)
Saturday 13th February – 8pm – Heather Locklear (Rerun)
Saturday 13th February – 8.45pm – Al Gore (Rerun)
Sunday 14th February – 8pm – Reese Witherspoon (Rerun)
Sunday 14th February – 8.45pm – 50 Cent (Rerun)

More CNBC reruns to be announced soon.

The BBC are in no hurry to launch the replacement show for Friday Night With Jonathan Ross when Wossy quits this summer. The Sun say they’re likely to wait until January next year before launching a new chat show to replace Jonathan’s show.

The Sun report “insiders say bosses want to put some distance between the star and his successor after Wossy quits the Beeb in July”. They quote an insider – “executives aren’t planning to rush to fill Jonathan Ross’s chat show as soon as he leaves… they want some time to pass between the end of his show and the launch of a new series… if you move too quickly, Ross’s successor would continually be compared to Jonathan”.

The Sun – “BBC’s no wush to weplace Wossy”

Chris Evans has said he’d take over from Jonathan Ross as host of a Friday night talk show if he was offered the job. This follows the news that Jonathan will quit the BBC in July, announced last week. He said “I would be lying if I said that if I was offered it I would say no, but I don’t think I will be offered it”. Evans started his new BBC Radio 2 breakfast show this morning.

Graham Norton (host of The Graham Norton Show which has recently been airing on Monday nights) is one of the favourites to get the Friday Night job. Jonathan Ross will bow out in July.

Digital Spy – “Chris Evans: ‘I’d take Ross TV slot’”

In a surprise announcement Jonathan Ross has said he won’t be renewing his contract with the BBC when it runs out this July. Jonathan has been with the BBC for 13 years. He says the decision is not “financially motivated”. He currently hosts Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC1, Film 2010 on BBC1 and a BBC Radio 2 show. He posted on his Twitter page “my day is turning out to be far more interesting then I had anticipated” and “I feel sad that i can’t keep making the shows so many of you love”.

BBC Vision director Jana Bennett says “Jonathan is an extremely talented broadcaster and his programmes for BBC TV and Radio have been a great success… However, it’s been a difficult year for him and I understand why he feels it’s the right thing to do… I’m pleased that Jonathan will continue to apply his considerable abilities to the remaining six months of Friday Night, Film 2010 and his Radio 2 show, and I’m delighted that he will continue to present the BAFTA awards and Comic Relief for BBC Television”.

It’s not known who will replace Jonathan in the Friday night BBC1 chat show timeslot, but surely Graham Norton has to be a front runner? It’s not known what the motivation is behind leaving the BBC but he may be looking to move on to US television as he recently appeared as a guest on the Chelsea Lately talk show.

BBC News – “Jonathan Ross is leaving the BBC”
BBC Press Office – “Jonathan Ross: BBC statement”
Twitter – Wossy (Jonathan Ross’s official Twitter page)

The Late Show With David Letterman was briefly featured on Charlie Brooker’s Review Of The Year programme on BBC Four this week. A clip was shown to talk about the blackmail case that was revealed by Letterman on the show earlier this year. Click here to watch Charlie Brooker’s Review Of The Year programme starting at the beginning, or click here to start from the David Letterman clip.

The Colbert Report has been missing from UK TV since FX UK abruptly dropped it. Now the show has been added to the UK iTunes store.

The cost is £9.99 for a “multipass” (15 episodes) or £1.89 per episode. The direct iTunes link for The Colbert Report is available on the official Comedy Central UK website – click here.

There’s no word yet on if The Colbert Report will be coming to the Comedy Central UK TV channel any time soon, but this new Comedy Central iTunes deal is a step in the right direction.