Since January 2011 More 4 decided to stop airing the nightly editions of The Daily Show and just broadcast the “best-of” complilation show – known as The Daily Show Global Edition – at 11.05pm every Monday.

Louis Theroux has been speaking to Radio Times calling for the show to be reinstated into More 4′s nightly lineup – “there is no show in the history of television that has been as consistently funny and as incisive, in my opinion, as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”.

He went on to say “in a crazy world it is one of the few shows that keeps me sane, with its puncturing of ludicrous public figures, official doublespeak, hypocrisy; and its commentary on the uniquely weird cultural landscape of 21st century America… I have been an obsessed fan for many years and I sang hosannas of gratitude when More4 began broadcasting the show – which turned to wailing lamentations after it was dumped due to low ratings”.

He also points out it’s a critical year for it to be on the air due to the upcoming Presidential elections this November – “The Daily Show is brilliant always but in an election year, it is something more than brilliant, it is essential… please join me in demanding that More4 reinstates the full four days a week of The Daily Show”.

Radio Times have opened a poll on their website so you can vote as to whether you want The Daily Show to return to More 4 – click here to vote.

Also, please become a member of our petition on Facebook to get The Daily Show back on UK TV on a nightly basis (whether it be on More 4 or on another channel) – www.lateshowuk.com/dailyshowpetition

Jay Leno’s long-running talk show is replaced by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on CNBC Europe.

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon replaces all airings of The Tonight Show on the channel – the 11pm Monday-Friday timeslot (in a cutdown 30-minute timeslot) and the rerun slots on Saturdays & Sundays at 8pm and 8.45pm (full length 45-minute shows).

Fallon’s talk show will air on a one-show delay from NBC like The Tonight Show has done previously.

CNBC Europe have a brand new page for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on their website – click here. Their former page for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno has been removed from the website.

For the latest CNBC Europe TV listings click here to visit The Guardian’s website.

CNBC Europe is available on Sky channel 505 and Virgin Media channel 613.

Click here for our Where To Watch page for further details on how to watch your favourite talk shows.

According to The Daily Record “he has told friends he’s keen to return to Scotland in March and record a week’s worth of material at the place where it all began. He has enlisted the help of Fringe comedy impresario Karen Koren and contacted Tommy Sheppard at The Stand Comedy Club about appearing for a few dates this year”.

An insider told The Daily Record “he may record five shows here in a row around March with the possibility of a further few gigs at the Edinburgh Festival later in the year”.

The Daily Record – “Craig Ferguson to bring his hit US chat show to Scotland”

There have been many frustrations for UK fans of The Daily Show in recent times – first the official website for The Daily Show on Comedy Central US blocked all clips if you were outside of the States, then the show was axed from More 4 so there was nowhere left to watch it.

The new minisite from Comedy Central UK provides clips of The Daily Show for UK viewers, but not full episodes yet.

In a news piece on the Comedy Central UK website, they say:

We know there’s a huge Daily Show fan base here in the UK but most of you can’t access the US video clips. Argh! Here’s where Comedy Central UK comes in.

As we don’t air the show on the channel, we can’t bring you full episodes online at present BUT every week we’ll be bringing you specially selected clips from each of the shows from the past 30 days including interviews with Jon’s special guests, The Daily Show 60 Second round ups and of course the Moments of Zen.

Click here to visit the new minisite.

Will The Daily Show be coming to Comedy Central UK on TV eventually? I hope so.

Tom Cruise will be promoting his new film Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison from TV show The Inbetweeners will be discussing the DVD release of the summer smash hit film version of the show.

Downton Abbey favourites Jessica Brown-Findlay, Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael will be talking about their upcoming Christmas Special airing on Christmas Day.

Comedian Tim Minchin and music from Il Volo – a trio of Italian operatic pop teenage tenors from American Idol – will round off the guest lineup.

The Jonathan Ross Show Christmas Special will air on ITV1 on Friday 23rd December (yes, Jonathan is back on Friday nights for one week only!) at 9am through to 10.15pm.

ITV Press Centre – “The Jonathan Ross Show – Week 51″

Coldplay seemed to enjoy their time at the Ed Sullivan Theater so much that they refused to leave and gave an impromptu encore performance of Us Against The World for the Late Show audience.

Their roadies were trying to clear the equipment away at the time, but Chris and the band just wanted to carry on and perform. Chris had problems with his microphone so played the encore performance without one.

Contactmusic reports “Slowly everyone joins in on stage. Will realises that Chris has taken the piano stool, so ends up kneeling on the floor. Jonny and Guy have their volume backed almost to off. The whole thing is just a joy to witness. Completely off the script, unplanned and ramshackle, but at the same time completely wonderful. Just the band and the audience sharing the moment”.

They say one of the roadies stated “roadies commence unplugging and switching off and then suddenly Chris is spotted walking back to the stage. Further chaos and pandemonium ensues as it transpires they’re going to do Us Against the World”.

Watch the special encore performance below – recorded by somebody in the Ed Sullivan Theater crowd:

Contactmusic – “Coldplay – Coldplay’s Surprise Encore”

Jonathan Ross is nominated for his old Friday Night show whereas Graham Norton is nominated for his own talk show which replaced Jonathan’s on BBC1 Friday nights in the same timeslot when Friday Night With Jonathan Ross ended last year.

The National TV Awards take place in January.

BBC News – “Graham Norton battles Jonathan Ross for TV award”

The concert was streamed live on the CBS Late Show website and is now available to watch on demand on their website:

In addition to the Live On Letterman webcast concert, Coldplay also performed their new song Paradise on an episode of the Late Show this week:

The new talk show followed a very similar format to his old BBC1 show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. So much so that certain reviewers are describing it as the same show but with adverts.

It’s a very traditional talk show and still features the backstage “green room” area where guests wait and are shown on a TV screen.

After one guest is interviewed they return to the “green room” area – the same as his old BBC1 show worked (not like The Graham Norton Show where the guest normally stays out when the next one is interviewed.

The set for the show looks very American-esque and reminded me a lot of the sets for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Conan.

The new theme tune was produced by Mark Ronson and featured trumpets and orchestral sounds – again, similar to the theme tunes for The Tonight Show, Late Night and Conan in the US.

An ITV1 repeat will air on Thursday 10.35pm and a further repeat will air on ITV2 on Friday at 11.40pm.

The full show is available to watch on ITV Player and there are a couple of exclusive online clips they couldn’t fit into the show:

The Jonathan Ross Show – Episode 1 in full
The Jonathan Ross Show – “Singing in the shower with Lewis”
The Jonathan Ross Show – “Adele’s Screaming In The Deep”

The new ITV1 talk show will premiere this Saturday night at 9.45pm and an ITV1 repeat will air on Thursday next week at 10.35pm, then will be repeated again on ITV2 at 11.40pm on Friday night.

The Jonathan Ross Show will be 60 minutes long (including advert breaks).

There will be no house band on the show.

Guests for the first show have been confirmed – Sarah Jessica Parker, Lewis Hamilton and Adele.

The second episode will also air at 9.45pm on the Saturday (10th September) but on some weeks the programme time may vary so check your local listings.

The official website for The Jonathan Ross Show is available at www.itv.com/thejonathanrossshow.