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    #992
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    The cancellation of Late Lunch Live and replacing it with The 7 O'clock show is a smart and strategic decision by TV3. If its any good it may get a few viewers.

    Is life still going ahead?

    Basically TV3 are moving daytime tv to prime time, lazy & unimaginative rather than strategic IMO


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    #993
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,528 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Apparently so. Time will tell whether there's room for both UTV and TV3 in the market, I'd like to think they're not mutually exclusive. The real challenge for TV3 will happen if they were to lose rights to their remaining ITV shows - particularly the massively rating Thames/Syco shows - to UTV. But I believe they're tied up for a good few years yet. The breakfast tv battle is interesting but ultimately we live in a country where Morning Ireland's ratings dwarfs them both put together


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    #994
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,415 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    I think if RTE were to put Morning Ireland onto TV with the sound being played on radio, it would wipe the floor with them both.

    They already sort of do this with the web-cam on RTE New Now, but put a proper auto TV studio on the job and leave it on RTE NN or put it onto RTE 1 and it could do well. I do not know how many viewers they get at the moment, but it is not pushed at all and the RTE NN picture is pants.


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    #995
    EB_2013
    Registered Users Posts: 811 ✭✭✭EB_2013


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/tv3-says-goodbye-to-late-lunch-live-660288.html

    The beginning of the end for TV3?

    How many times has this show been moved around. Didn't it go out in the morning before and was then switched to the afternoon. I can't see them getting many viewers at 7pm especially if they are up against Emmerdale and RTE.

    Also Lucy Kennedy has to be the most unprofessional tv host I've ever witnessed. She's all over the place when presenting. Very hard to watch and Martin's no better either.


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    #996
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,415 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    When watching Tonight with Vincent Brown, I keep thinking 'Whatever happened to the other elderly curmudgeon from the Muppet Show?'

    Oh well, he might turn up on another channel.


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    #997
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,996 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    EB_2013 wrote: »
    How many times has this show been moved around. Didn't it go out in the morning before and was then switched to the afternoon. I can't see them getting many viewers at 7pm especially if they are up against Emmerdale and RTE.

    No, it started at 2:30, and then moved to 3:30pm. Not everyone watches Emmerdale as well (average 250,000), it's giving an alternative to those who don't like the soaps. The One Show has built up a loyal audience on BBC1, when before that slot used to be a struggle for BBC to get any sort of audience. That is what TV3 are hoping here.

    Life is going out on Friday nights at 8pm for 6 weeks too.


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    #998
    Elmo
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    iseegirls wrote: »
    No, it started at 2:30, and then moved to 3:30pm. Not everyone watches Emmerdale as well (average 250,000), it's giving an alternative to those who don't like the soaps. The One Show has built up a loyal audience on BBC1, when before that slot used to be a struggle for BBC to get any sort of audience. That is what TV3 are hoping here.

    Life is going out on Friday nights at 8pm for 6 weeks too.

    RTÉ ONE gets a similar audience to Emmerdale at that time, with RTÉ2 getting around 80,000 for its set of US Sitcoms.

    The Morning Show was axed in favour of Late Lunch Live, moved to 2:30 and then move to 3:30 and now renamed as The 7 O'Clock Show.

    BBC ONE's The One Show has good name guest each night plus outside reports. If this is just a case of TV3 moving the show to 7 O'Clock without a completely new set or a set of new graphics, a good guest each night (for an hour rather than 30mins!) and reports from across the country then I cannot see it lasting long.

    Expect it to be repeated at 3:30 in replace of LLL.


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    #999
    JCX BXC
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    Oh come on! The graham norton on tv now is really old!


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    #1000
    EB_2013
    Registered Users Posts: 811 ✭✭✭EB_2013


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Oh come on! The graham norton on tv now is really old!

    You think that's bad, they've been repeating Saturday Night Takeaway episodes from last year on Saturday night's and Sunday afternoon's lately. Surely there's something better to stick on.


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    #1001
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,996 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    They have it billed as The Best Of The Graham Norton Show, so it would obviously be a repeat of an older episode. They don't have the rights to the newer ones, and so just use the seasons they have rights to. If it wasn't performing well, they wouldn't have put them on, but it seems like they are increasing the best ofs in a few weeks time, so they must be getting the viewership.

    Same goes for Ant and Dec, it's been getting viewers over 100,000 on Saturday night, so the audience is still there for it. Be interesting to see how the newer episodes do on UTVi next month.


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    #1002
    EB_2013
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    I wonder will they put the repeats of Ant and Dec up against the new series over on UTVi to try and take some viewers away.

    I can't believe 100,000 people watch a repeat from a year ago. Crazy stuff.


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    #1003
    chasingdragons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭chasingdragons


    TV3's new look afternoons from February 16.

    17:30 The 5:30
    18:00 Xpose
    19:00 The 7 O' Clock Show

    Good to see a 'strong' Irish line-up


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    #1004
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    chasingdragons wrote: »
    TV3's new look afternoons from February 16.

    17:30 The 5:30
    18:00 Xpose
    19:00 The 7 O' Clock Show

    Good to see a 'strong' Irish line-up

    Evenings?


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    #1005
    chasingdragons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭chasingdragons


    Elmo wrote: »
    Evenings?

    Oh crap that English degree was wasted on me.


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    #1006
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Well all them programs are "after"noon.


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    #1007
    hotmail.com
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    TV3 trying to copy BBC's The One Show?

    Lucy and Martin...meh


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    #1008
    Gits_bone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Gits_bone


    chasingdragons wrote: »
    Oh crap that English degree was wasted on me.
    So much so they closed their account.


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    #1009
    Flip Flop
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Flip Flop


    I notice TV3 appear to have axed all their quiz shows. "The Lie" has been dropped from the 7.00 slot abruptly despite having 10 unaired episodes left to show. They also stopped showing both "The Algorithm" and "Sitting on a Fortune" with five unaired episodes each left. I'm assuming all three had terrible ratings.


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    #1010
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Flip Flop wrote: »
    I notice TV3 appear to have axed all their quiz shows. "The Lie" has been dropped from the 7.00 slot abruptly despite having 10 unaired episodes left to show. They also stopped showing both "The Algorithm" and "Sitting on a Fortune" with five unaired episodes each left. I'm assuming all three had terrible ratings.

    "The Lie" was halfway watchable.
    "The Algorithm" and "Sitting on a Fortune" were pure muck though.
    Don't worry, they won't let them go to waste and will all be shown twice or three times between tv3 and 3e.


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    #1011
    Flip Flop
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Flip Flop


    mikom wrote: »
    "The Lie" was halfway watchable.
    "The Algorithm" and "Sitting on a Fortune" were pure muck though.
    Don't worry, they won't let them go to waste and will all be shown twice or three times between tv3 and 3e.

    Agree with you about "The Algorithm" and "Sitting on a Fortune". I enjoyed "The Lie" though. Wish they would use 3e to burn off unaired episodes.


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    #1012
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,996 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    Flip Flop wrote: »
    I notice TV3 appear to have axed all their quiz shows. "The Lie" has been dropped from the 7.00 slot abruptly despite having 10 unaired episodes left to show. They also stopped showing both "The Algorithm" and "Sitting on a Fortune" with five unaired episodes each left. I'm assuming all three had terrible ratings.

    Yep they gave up on The Algorithm very quickly, after dropping it 5.40pm after 2 weeks. Now it's completely gone. Sitting On A Fortune held on to the 7pm slot for 5 weeks, before The X Factor, but never once made it into the Top 20.

    The Lie enjoyed success in its first season, and the 5 episodes they aired on S2 last year - but that is mainly thanks to the programming surrounding it, as it was sandwiched inbetween Corrie. Without those programmes this year, the quiz show failed to live up to the ratings last year. It was better when it was once a week though, I feel.

    Nothing from Crossfire since it ended. That did ok in the ratings, but again was helped by the programmes surrounding it.


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    #1013
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,996 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    Sybil Mulcahy is taking redundancy at TV3. Said she'll still work with them and even UTV Ireland if the right job offers were there, on a contract basis. Would love a Nationwide type job.

    I'd say this decision was an easy one for her to take, after Life was stripped back to a 6 episode show, and her involvement in Midday being very small since the axing of The Morning Show.


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    #1014
    ftakeith
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭ftakeith


    iseegirls wrote: »
    Sybil Mulcahy is taking redundancy at TV3. Said she'll still work with them and even UTV Ireland if the right job offers were there, on a contract basis. Would love a Nationwide type job.

    I'd say this decision was an easy one for her to take, after Life was stripped back to a 6 episode show, and her involvement in Midday being very small since the axing of The Morning Show.

    Will anyone miss Sybil on tv?

    no


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    #1015
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    1 All Star Family Fortunes 149
    2 The Restaurant 149
    3 FILM: Evelyn 141
    4 Red Rock 133
    5 Tonight With Vincent Browne 124
    6 Red Rock 120
    7 The People's Debate 107
    8 All Star Mr & Mrs 106
    9 The Cube 104
    10 Judge Judy 101
    11 Danger! Amanda At Work 101
    12 Judge Judy 96
    13 Xpose 94
    14 Wentworth 86
    15 The Holiday Show 85
    16 Tonight With Vincent Browne 84
    17 Broadchurch 84
    18 Judge Judy 84
    19 Xpose 82
    20 Xpose 82


    Will be interesting to see how the month went overall.
    Red Rock hasn't done badly
    Really TV3 are back to square one
    Again note that these figures are Adult only (+15) and doesn't include News programmes.


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    #1016
    endakenny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 956 ✭✭✭endakenny


    Elmo wrote: »
    1 All Star Family Fortunes 149
    2 The Restaurant 149
    3 FILM: Evelyn 141
    4 Red Rock 133
    5 Tonight With Vincent Browne 124
    6 Red Rock 120
    7 The People's Debate 107
    8 All Star Mr & Mrs 106
    9 The Cube 104
    10 Judge Judy 101
    11 Danger! Amanda At Work 101
    12 Judge Judy 96
    13 Xpose 94
    14 Wentworth 86
    15 The Holiday Show 85
    16 Tonight With Vincent Browne 84
    17 Broadchurch 84
    18 Judge Judy 84
    19 Xpose 82
    20 Xpose 82

    Will be interesting to see how the month went overall.
    Red Rock hasn't done badly
    Really TV3 are back to square one
    Again note that these figures are Adult only (+15) and doesn't include News programmes.
    Who watches TV3 News anyway?!


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    #1017
    ftakeith
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭ftakeith


    ratings are terrible


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    #1018
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    endakenny wrote: »
    Who watches TV3 News anyway?!

    According to some paper they have 140,000 viewers for the 5:30


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    #1019
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Jeff Ford leaves TV3

    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/jeff-ford-leaves-tv3-for-fox-role-in-london-1.2091153


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    #1020
    irishfeen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    Elmo wrote: »
    1 All Star Family Fortunes 149
    2 The Restaurant 149
    3 FILM: Evelyn 141
    4 Red Rock 133
    5 Tonight With Vincent Browne 124
    6 Red Rock 120
    7 The People's Debate 107
    8 All Star Mr & Mrs 106
    9 The Cube 104
    10 Judge Judy 101
    11 Danger! Amanda At Work 101
    12 Judge Judy 96
    13 Xpose 94
    14 Wentworth 86
    15 The Holiday Show 85
    16 Tonight With Vincent Browne 84
    17 Broadchurch 84
    18 Judge Judy 84
    19 Xpose 82
    20 Xpose 82


    Will be interesting to see how the month went overall.
    Red Rock hasn't done badly
    Really TV3 are back to square one
    Again note that these figures are Adult only (+15) and doesn't include News programmes.
    Dear god almighty those viewing figures are brutal... "Rare Breed" - a farming show on UTV has a higher rating then any programme on TV3 :eek:


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    #1021
    Souriau
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭Souriau


    Have TV3 ever use the Sony HD Studio and transmitted any HD programs?


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