RTE 2 - how d'you like me now

dach

I think a new thread is worthy seeing as we've had a week and a half or so to digest it.
so what do we all make of the new look ?

Round Cable

The new look it good, however it's the same crappy programming, no sorry I forgot about the 'wonderful' Stew

dach

yeah- I agree - the new graphics work- and thank god the stings are short.
That Stew can be fairly hit and miss tho eh ?
what do ye make of the dinner party and the apprentice ?

Elmo

Still RTE One's Baby Brother. Unwilling to compete with TV3 or RTE One.

Prehaps they should start to schedule something on the channel.

DaBreno

dach wrote:

yeah- I agree - the new graphics work- and thank god the stings are short.
That Stew can be fairly hit and miss tho eh ?
what do ye make of the dinner party and the apprentice ?

Dinner party looks ****, but that BillieGene they had on it.....phowwwrr!

Hagar

How is that a country so full of comedians cannot turn out decent tv comedy?

Is there someone in RTE in who runs the comedy section who doesn't know a laugh from a hole in the ground?

What's the big difficulty?

dach

Elmo wrote:

Still RTE One's Baby Brother. Unwilling to compete with TV3 or RTE One.

Perhaps I'm missing the point, I never thought the idea of RTE2 was to compete with it's "bigger brother"
Similar to the beeb, the 2 channels have different audiences and the look and feel (try to) reflect this.

dach

Hagar wrote:

How is that a country so full of comedians cannot turn out decent tv comedy?

Here here Hagar,
Never mind the buzzcocks or the fabulous QI with Stephen Fry are great because of the talent on the show
surely if RTE paid Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran et. al. they could have a decent Panel and give Dara O Briain something to work with.

Elmo

Perhaps I'm missing the point, I never thought the idea of RTE2 was to compete with it's "bigger brother"

Why not? It's there for the choice I don't see a choice with RTE2.

Why cann't RTE One have 15% of the audience and RTE Two have 15% of the audience?

dach

Perhaps i'm way off- but I think that's what scheduling is all about
RTE one and 2 are hardly in competition for the same audience-

9 oclock- Rte 1 - news
Rte 2 - Friends

9.30 RTe 1- Prime Time
RTe 2- Terminator

Elmo

RTE one and 2 are hardly in competition for the same audience

Have you looked at the RTE Two schedule during the hours of 7 and 9?

9 oclock- Rte 1 - news
Rte 2 - Friends

9.30 RTe 1- Prime Time
RTe 2- Terminator

You forgot to mention that RTE News On Two interupts Terminator. Is this not bad scheduling?

I mean why not let Friends on after the news

I.e.

9PM Terminator
11PM News
11:30 Friends

Friends has ended let it go.

dach

no 5hit elmo - we're all sick of Friends
let it go

Elmo

no 5hit elmo - we're all sick of Friends

All I am suggesting is that rte put it on later at night so that that the news doesn't interupt movie.

I think it more sence that if RTE insist on showing friends then they should show later at night or maybe even before 9.