John Bishop's 'The Nightly Show' Presenting Stint Was Just As Divisive As David Walliams

At least the heat's off David Walliams now.

David Walliams can breathe a sigh of relief, as ‘The Nightly Show’ has continued to be dragged on social media, even in his absence.

Last week, David received a lukewarm-at-best reception for his presenting stint at the helm of the first week of live shows on ITV’s latest venture, and when John Bishop took the helm on Monday (6 March), things didn’t exactly improve.

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The show’s format was once again called into question, with many pointing out its flaws, specifically the less-than-up-to-date references, forced laughter from the studio audience and overall confusing format, particularly in comparison to its US counterparts:

Jesus...Slow pace, poor jokes, 2 day old trump commentary, Roger Daltrey (?!). The Nightly Show got worse! I won't be back after the break

— The Little Uttley (@TheReceptnator) March 6, 2017

@HuffPostUKEnt What is the point of The Nightly Show? It's rubbish andI want the News at that time.

— Jill Parton (@jillparton) March 7, 2017

The nightly show will be on a bad tv compilation programme in the future. That laughter sounds fake, worse than evans top gear

— christopher holmes (@mrcrh11) March 6, 2017

Me giving the nightly show another go pic.twitter.com/O6fqLNBu8M

— Connie ❄ (@chase_connie) March 6, 2017

I really want the nightly show to suceed, but in order to do so it needs to make some changes pretty soon

— Jordan Green (@CartoonistGreen) March 6, 2017

I so want The Nightly Show to work but it feels like it's approved by lawyers and rehearsed to death. I need some edge and snark and emotion

— JoW (@FandomJo) March 6, 2017

I was expecting the nightly show to be like the late late show in the states. Bitterly disappointing

— James Pillinger (@jamespilly) March 6, 2017

Christ almighty The Nightly Show In ITV is dreadful - bring back the News at 10. i'm tuning into BBC now. Not good for advertisers 😢 pic.twitter.com/G4UjBMoczw

— Mark Andrews (@mark_andrews) March 6, 2017

ITV is showing The Walking Dead. Wait, my bad, it's The Nightly Show.

— Darren Waters (@darrenwaters) March 6, 2017

The Nightly Show is still nowhere near good if it wants to survive its initial eight week run. Small improvements, but still so flat.

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 6, 2017

The nightly show still as irrelevant as last week.whis this shit aimed at. Shit guests and shit hosts. I'm done.

— Zac Lennie (@jiggy_dd) March 6, 2017

The Nightly Show is honestly the worst thing ITV have ever done. And I watched Red or Black.

— Daniel Falconer (@DanielJFalconer) March 6, 2017

#nightlyshow I liked David Walliams until the nightly show. I liked John Bishop until the nightly show. It's the kiss of death! Why?!

— musicmanleeds (@theivories) March 6, 2017

Oh dear. I like #johnbishop but really #the nightly show is bad..

— Sam Noble (@SamNoble1960) March 6, 2017

However, there were some who pointed out that it was a marked improvement with John in the driving seat, compared to last week’s shows:

The Nightly Show's @JohnBishop100 miles better than Walliams.

— Emma Pryer (@EmmaTalkTV) March 6, 2017

Just watched The Nightly show with John Bishop. Completely different. Really enjoyed it.

— MicksTaxis (@MicksTaxis) March 7, 2017

The Nightly Show with @JohnBishop100 is already a much more entertaining watch than the Nightly Show with @davidwalliams.

— Dävíd (@D_Wilders) March 6, 2017

The Nightly Show much better tonight, thank you @JohnBishop100 even if it sounded like you had a couple of shandys unless it's new teeth? 😂🤔

— *Molly Ferguson* (@mollyfergie) March 6, 2017

Now we can see what was wrong with the Nightly Show - it was David Walliams and his piss poor take on Frankie Howerd #NightlyShow

— Matt Driscoll (@Matt1Driscoll) March 6, 2017

@JohnBishop100 congrats on the nightly show. So much better than last week 😘

— kerry كيري kezyog (@kezyog) March 6, 2017

John will host the show until Friday (10 March), after which Davina McCall will front the show for a week.

While Gordon Ramsay has already been announced as a future guest host, it was reported earlier this week that ITV bosses were keen to rope in former ‘Great British Bake Off’ presenters Mel and Sue to front the show one week in the future, in a bid to try and turn things around.

An insider told The Sun: “Producers are talking to Mel and Sue about taking part in the show, and they are desperately hoping they will pull it off as the feeling is that they can turn this around.

“They are two of the most popular people on television so they could do this. Everyone has their fingers crossed.”

‘The Nightly Show’ airs weeknights on ITV from 10pm.

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