Sam Pang‘s first foray into the world of late-night talk shows has received a mixed reaction from fans.

The premiere episode of Sam Pang Tonight aired on Channel Ten on Monday, but not all fans were impressed.

Funnyman Dave Thornton was revealed as the special guest announcer, and the show featured many of the tropes we’ve come to expect from the late-night format such as quirky banter, celebrity guests and scripted segments.

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

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

‘Canned laughter makes it unwatchable.’

Sam Pang’s first foray into the world of late-night talk shows has received a mixed reaction from fans. Pictured

Another viewer, while praising Sam, said that 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.

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.

The premiere episode of Sam Pang Tonight aired on Channel Ten on Monday, but not all fans were impressed

Fans were quick to give their appraisal of the show on X after its debut

‘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.

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

 ‘Five minutes in and I’m already loving #SamPangTonight,’ wrote one viewer

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

Channel Ten will be banking on Sam calling upon his cross-industry contact book to rustle up celebrity guests for his show, both international and Australian.

‘We haven’t had a good late night talk show that could feature international guests when they come to Australia,’ a Ten insider tells Daily Mail.

The network is confident ‘Sam will easily facilitate that’.