Channel 10 reveals fate of Sam Pang’s talk show after viewers labelled it ‘awkward’ and ‘unwatchable’

By A. JAMES FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 15:39 BST, 7 April 2025 | Updated: 15:47 BST, 7 April 2025

Sam Pang Tonight will be making a come back in 2025.

Channel 10 has announced that the 51-year-old funnyman will be fronting eight more episodes of the talk show which are set to air before the end of the year.

‘I’m thrilled to be coming back for Season 2,’ Sam said in a statement.

‘I’m very grateful to Channel 10 for their support and commitment to the show and giving me the opportunity to continue doing something I love.’

Sam Pang Tonight debuted in March and received a mixed reaction from viewers and critics.

Fans were quick to give their appraisal of the show on X, with many slamming the use of ‘canned laughter’.

Sam Pang Tonight will be making a come back in 2025. (Pictured)

Channel 10 has announced that the 51-year-old funnyman will be fronting eight more episodes of the talk show which are set to air before the end of the year 

‘Oh s***… I said I’d give it five minutes… I lasted three,’ commented one viewer. 

‘Canned laughter makes it unwatchable,’ said another. 

Elsewhere, one armchair critic said the allure of the tonight show format may have run its course.

‘In the age of long form podcasts, 10 minute segments feel clumsy and awkward,’ they wrote, before adding: ‘Sam is funny but the ‘tonight show’ paradigm is over.’

And the criticism didn’t stop there.

‘#sampangtonight was terrible as expected,’ spat someone else.

‘Sam is not a host or really a comedian. Let the show go @channel10AU.’

‘Who thought it was a good idea to give Sam Pang his own show?’ another commented.

Aussie screen icon Jack Thompson was a featured guest on Sam’s debut episode

However, not everyone was so quick to judge, with one Pang fan saying they felt for the host.

‘Every single one of us who has followed Sam Pang his whole career will agree that this is the most nervous or uneasy we’ve ever seen him,’ they wrote.

Just relax and be yourself Sammy, you are definitely good enough,’ they continued.

Another felt the same, urging viewers to give the show more time to find its feet.

‘Not a great start, a bit clunky and flat at times, but he’s a genuinely funny guy and I will give him a few more weeks’ grace. Good luck, Sam,’ they said.

Others were quick to heap praise on the show with the likes of: ‘Five minutes in and I’m already loving #SamPangTonight.’

‘A good start for #SamPangTonight. It’s been too long since we’ve had a tonight show in Australia,’ said one more.

An insider told Daily Mail Australia back in February that the vision for the show is for Sam to put his own spin on a Graham Norton-esque style panel show.

‘Australia will finally have a proper ‘tonight show’,’ the source said.

‘It’s something that has really been missing in our free-to-air line up and Sam’s show will be quite different to The Cheap Seats.

‘It’s more Graham Norton for Australia than weekly news commentary.’

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Channel 10 reveals fate of Sam Pang’s talk show after viewers labelled it ‘awkward’ and ‘unwatchable’

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