Dunphy Show Tonight

revileandy

Anyone know what guests will be appearing tonight? I have no idea but I heard 'Gerry Adams' being mooted by a few people

Heresy

Pity you won't be able to see Pat over on One. He's having Gaybo on to give 'as good as he got' as they say.
Should be an interesting interview, Pat won't be able to get a word in edge ways and of course, there'll be plenty of attempted interruptions!

ixoy

Thanks for the warning about Gaybo! Now I know not to go near RTE1. If I have to see or listen to that condescending old twat, I'll go insane instantly. After he recently treated a news reporter like a five-year old over the Dunphy/Kenny debacle, I have nothing but contempt for the guy.

segadreamcast

I used to have respect for Gay Byrne, but now he's interfering in matters that really don't concern him - and where frankly most people don't care about his opinion.

mike65

I did'nt see the whole thing so was Gerry Adams on? Last guest I saw was John Borman...Anyone else noticed that Dunphy has yet to have anyone on who he could have a good argument with?

They all seem to agree with his world view...

Mike.

embraer170

Hmmm back in Ireland after a few months abroad so watched bits of Kenny and Dumphy last night and found both terrible.

Dumphy can't even put 3 words together (reminds me of when GWB tries to speak) and don't get me started on the TV3 camera work.

irishgeo

Originally posted by embraer170
Hmmm back in Ireland after a few months abroad so watched bits of Kenny and Dumphy last night and found both terrible.

Dumphy can't even put 3 words together (reminds me of when GWB tries to speak) and don't get me started on the TV3 camera work.

The TV3 camera work is a laugh, The first show they showed some guy in black hyping up the audience telling them to clap etc. I think he was in black so we wouldn't see him.:rolleyes:

good point dunphy doesnt seem to have anyone he hates on.

havent been watching lately though.

DMC

Well, he had Enda Kenny on, and from recent opinion polls, no one likes him!

Dunphy is steadily going through all his crony contributors to the Last Word, and, as opposed to radio, where they could be on a couple of times a week, it wont make for riveting TV if he gets through them all, and starts at the beginning again with Robert Fisk.

Friday nights show was Dunphy's weakest so far. I asked one of my flatmates, who likes Dunphy, why wasn't he watching him, but the news instead. He said, that Geraldine Kennedy was on, and found her impossible to look at. I can't help but feel there was a lot of people in the same frame of mind too.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by irishgeo
The first show they showed some guy in black hyping up the audience telling them to clap etc. I think he was in black so we wouldn't see him.:rolleyes:

yes but this is also seen on other shows also. occasionally on the Late Late Show too

Heresy

It turns out that Eamon Dunphy's show isn't even in the top 20 TAM ratings. Pat has nothing to fear except mabe the superior quality viewing across the irish sea on a friday night.

bloggs

Poor old TV3. Eamon's show looked so good on paper, but when he got his 'guests' and then when he got his 'script' after not even reading it before going on, it turned out ot be the worst crap ever. (i know Kenny isn't much better) but you expected Kenny to be crap.

Why can't we have original people, or take one of those hot chicks from TG4 to present a show

festivala

Eamonn Dunphy just doesn't work on TV. He never has.

When will broadcasters realise that if someone works on radio that they don't necessarily translate to TV?

DMC

Originally posted by festivala
When will broadcasters realise that if someone works on radio that they don't necessarily translate to TV?

cf. Gerry Ryan.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by DMC
cf. Gerry Ryan.

that show he had a few years back was woeful. what was it called again

DMC

Secrets
Ryantown
Number 1
Gerry Ryan Tonight
Gerry Ryan's Hitlist

There are more... the couple of one-off interviews he did recently.

All shíte.

Elmo

I enjoyed Jerry Ryan's One On One interviews on the TV their a while back.

Secrets
Ryantown

Copies of Noels house party it was bound to be crap, it was good family tv sin e.

Number 1

He didn't present this Ian Dempsey did. He was a team captain.

Dunphy makes kenny look good. But their both pretty bad, with simlar shows.

Anyway it will be interesting to see how well Up For the Match does on last Saturday Night, hopefully Dunphy will see sence and move to saturdays.

beezkneez

what i dont get is that dunphy is repeated on a saturday night. am i the only one who thinks this is crazy? tv3 think they are getting two nights for the price of one. dunphy should cut his loses and just move to saturday night. why compete when all he can ever hope to achieve will be a fraction of pat kennys ratings. perhaps even a weekday night might work for dunphy.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by beezkneez
what i dont get is that dunphy is repeated on a saturday night. am i the only one who thinks this is crazy?

i know a few who watch it on the Saturday. who knows there may be many more who do the same

Elmo

i know a few who watch it on the Saturday. who knows there may be many more who do the same

Saturday's 11 show doesn't appear on TV3's top twenty so less then 110,000 are watching on saturday night.

Up For The Match had 458,000 viewers V Dunphy's 266,000 viewers. Kenny had 586,000.

mike65

This from the indo -

Dunphy in the dumps as TV ratings slump
Thursday September 25th 2003


EAMON Dunphy's ratings on his new Friday night show have collapsed after just three weeks, the latest viewership figures show.

The number of people who tuned into the third version of The Dunphy Show averaged just under 155,000, almost half of the 295,000 who watched the debut show at the beginning of this month.

In contrast, the long-running Late Late Show seems to be thriving on the competition. About 656,000 viewers watched Pat Kenny last Friday, an increase on the average audience size of 614,000 for the first show of the season.

The TV3 assault on the chat show market has failed to match the hype that preceded the head to head on Friday, September 5, with Dunphy's programme showing serious slippage week on week.

An impressive 470,000 tuned in to see Dunphy walk on set for the first show but perhaps since then it has been a steady downhill decline, with 273,000 watching the second show and 154,850 tuning in for the third.

Advertisers who have invested in the TV3 vehicle will be watching with concern as the Late Late laps up over 50pc of audience share - the number of people watching at any one time - while Dunphy fights for 12pc.

The TV3 chat show has failed to attract the high-profile guests with young appeal that were promised during the build-up, with the station claiming it was targetting the 15-34 age group.

Meanwhile tomorrow night's Late Late will feature Britain's best-known matchmaker Cilla Black, who has recently written her autobiography 'What's It All About?'.

Rod Stewart's ex-wife Rachel Hunter is also appearing, to launch the Pedigree Whiskas World Animal Week in Dublin.

I think the last two paragraphs say it all, The Dunphy Show is going nowhere....

Mike.

DMC

It does, mike65.

Cilla will be an excellent guest for Pat, with the recent robbery, her husbands death and the demise of Blind Date. And with that mouth, she'll talk for an hour, and still entertain. She wont be boring. She is a very popular woman, which a huge history in TV and light entertainment. Not my cup of tea, and I'm sure she is the same with countless others here, but in terms of a chat show guest, she's excellent value.

I just cant imagine Dunphy interviewing Cilla.

Somewhere else, I said I'd give Dunphy 6 weeks. Will he even give it that?

mike65

What I don't understand is why Dunphy or his producer thought
the format pitched against the mother and father of this type of show would succeed on any level (I can see how a dim and desperate TV3 would belive it could fly). Someone will have to take a deep breath admit they got it wrong and re-shape the format.

I'd suggest a 60 mins prog which goes out on a Sunday evening
at about 10 pm and which works as a review/rumination on the times we live in. This would give Dunphy plenty of scope to interview his Last Word chums while not having to pretend to be interested in how Rachel Hunter waxes her arm-pits or something...:ninja:

Mike.

Elmo

2hr is too long for a chat show IMO.

Why would you put the same type of show up againist the late late show. The Idea of Eamon's show was to be a choice.

I think TV3 should go with a Saturday night chat show Up for the match gets 450,000 viewers when it goes out.


The Helix isn't a good venue.

segadreamcast

"She is a very popular woman, which a huge history in TV and light entertainment. "

Yeah. Extremely popular. Look at her new album soaring up the charts...not even debuting within the top 40 last week. Oops? And her book? Well let's keep that hush hush...inside sources in Eason say that interest in her upcoming book signing there has been "tremendously underwhelming to say the least".

Face it, Cilla is clinging desperately onto her past, she's just there to try and salvage her career - and to accomplish the usual promo work. An old hasbeen... the perfect compliment to Kenny, however, he can't be called a hasbeen really since he has never been anything that warrants praise.

She should go down a treat with the Late Late Show faithful - they seem to love watching old 'celebrities' regailing us with tales of their 'glorious' pasts.

At least Dunphy has edge.

mike65

I saw part of the interview with the plastic surgeon and the woman who had work done - boy it was like pulling teeth.
Terrible, I did'nt know where to look!

Mike.

Dampsquid

I think that Gerry Adams was an excellect guest to have on, but Dunphy wasted it.

He didn't ask him about the current situation in the north, he didnt ask him any hard questions at all.

It was like he was having an old friend round for tea, and them reminiscing about the good aul times.

Another thing that really really bugs me is the camera moving while on the guest. Its like it rotating around him, and the background scrolls. It makes it up watchable.

I think dunphy talks to much about how the show is doing compared to the Late Late. Last week it was all about "When are the aul ones on" (refering to gay being on the Late Late" This week, all about the ratings for last week....
Just concentrate on your own show will ya!!!

beezkneez

i agree. dunphy cant seem to adlib to great effect at all.if the cue cards are not there, he doesnt know what to say. gerry adams was a great person to have on and was in great mood but dunphy wasted it bigtime. didnt ask the questions i wanted to hear like about the future. he was just promoting the book (which dunphy cant even show the camera, he shows the side of it as usual).
the camera work is just terrible every week. they cant get one decent shot with dunphy and adams chatting, its always one or the other. its headwrecking how the camera keeps moving and they keep changing the shot.
it will be interesting to find out the viewing figures for last nite. probably didnt drop much this week with adams on but he can hardly beat that next week unless he gets mr.bush.

Cork

Originally posted by DMC
It does, mike65.

I just cant imagine Dunphy interviewing Cilla.

Last night we had Peter Mandleson & Gerry Adams on TV3.
On RTE - we had Cilla, Blondie & rachel Hunder.

News V Tabloid.

I think if Dunphy can keep up quality - the audience will come. The Late show has turned silly and tabloidy.

John Kenny was excellant. Move over kenny. Give the gig to John Kenny.

mike65

John Kenny was excellant. Move over kenny. Give the gig to John Kenny.

Dont know that name...Not that PK will move aside of course.

Mike.

sleepwalker

just who the hell watches the late late show ? i mean cilla black and rachael hunter jesus christ........

mike65

The press seem to have decided The Dunphy Show is a busted flush Brendan O'Conner putting the boot in today...

....Comical Eamo opened Fridays show with an interview with a plastic surgeon. We can safely say that not only was it the most
excruciating piece of television we've seen in recent years, it was the worst executed. Its all very well Dunpjy kissing up to powerful
important Irish ppl or Robert Fisk but why did he feel the need to shamelessly arselick as plastic surgeon from Miami? He did'nt even
talk tits with any glee. Just deadness at the back of the eyes.

The best thing to have happned to Pat Kenny and the Late Late is
Kennys supposed bete noir Dunphy who makes the RTE man look good.

Mike.

DMC

Ah, but O'Connor's comments are from the Sindo, so they dont count!

As I suspected, Dunphy wouldn't ask questions like, how was the reunion in Donegal for the Maza escapers, who is behind the harrassment of policing board members etc.

therecklessone

Originally posted by Cork
Last night we had Peter Mandleson & Gerry Adams on TV3.
On RTE - we had Cilla, Blondie & rachel Hunder.

News V Tabloid.

I think if Dunphy can keep up quality - the audience will come. The Late show has turned silly and tabloidy.

John Kenny was excellant. Move over kenny. Give the gig to John Kenny.

But quality will only work if Dunphy extracts his tounge from the guests' ar*e long enough to ask a decent question or three.

Mike65, John Kenny used to present 2FM's Metal Show, now does the round-up on the Premiership on Network 2 and some sports work on radio. You mean you've never heard the immortal "JK on the radio" (done in the best Dub accent) line before???

Morgans

what gets me about Dunphy is his hypocricy.

I remember when he was on @last tv a couple fo years ago and he said his greatest hero was Margaret Thatcher - pre Keane book deal. You wouldnt get that impression from the Bobby Sands mutual love association on Friday night.

In fairness, he did mention that at the time he slated John Hume for meeting with Gerry Adams, that started the ceasefire.

Does anyone think that the Paul Mcgrath booking was looking for trouble? Heaven knows it needs a scandal. I give Eamon the benefit of teh doubt on that one but only just about.

beezkneez

mike65

john kenny is the other half of the d'unbelievables. has been sick lately but sure heres hopin he will give us another few years of good irish comedy.

embraer170

Today’s Irish Independent reports that Michael O’Leary will be on tonight’s Dunphy Show.

mike65

That'll be a love-in...

Mike.

therecklessone

And it was...

They spent the entire time telling each other how great they each are, and how crap RTE/Unions/the Irish Times (has Dunphy fallen out wioth Fintan again?) are. A complete puke.

Does O'Leary ever say anything other than Aer Rianta bad Ryanair good on TV? It was the exact same spiel on Agenda (another TV3 wa*kfest) and when he appeared on BBC2 a few months ago. Sad boring bast*rd.

Dunphy is a disgrace. I've lost so much respect for him. He should hang up the boots at this early stage, cos' it ain't getting any better.

embraer170

Oh but that religion bit on the Kenny's show was excellent, I found, :horned:

Elmo

They spent the entire time telling each other how great they each are, and how crap RTE/Unions/the Irish Times (has Dunphy fallen out wioth Fintan again?) are. A complete puke.

How can RTE still employ someone who goes on and on about how bad they are. And Did Dunphy not have the editor of the Irish Times on his show a few weeks back. you know the crossed eyed(very badly crossed eyed) woman, whats her name.

It all seems very hyprocrital to me.

I remember when he was on @last tv a couple fo years ago and he said his greatest hero was Margaret Thatcher

Yeah I remember that, Wa*ker I was thinking. But then O'Leary is a fan of this government, did you see his add pleading the Irish people to make sure that The Minister for Transport when ahead with his plans for Aer Rianta.

Dennis O'Brien not Dennis O'Leary. (what's O'Leary's first name?)

Also do all Eamon's guest have to have done one of the following:-

1. An Alocholic
2. In Prison
3. Up for bad driving
4. done drugs
5. tax evasion
6. an all round crook

smiaras

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