Ross criticises Norton, Barrowman shows

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Jonathan Ross has criticised the standard of weekend television in the UK, specifically the shows hosted by Graham Norton and John Barrowman.

Speaking on his BBC Radio 2 show, the presenter said that Norton's new programme Totally Saturday was poor enough to make Barrowman's Tonight's The Night look good.

Ross said: "What have we got on TV over the weekend? We had had Graham Norton's Totally Saturday. Well that's not good enough.

"Poor Graham, I feel for him watching that show. It makes even that series John Barrowman was in look like a work of genius, and I was watching that for all the wrong reasons."

Sources recently claimed that Norton will overtake Ross as the highest earner at the BBC when their contracts are renegotiated.