TV3 Schedule

flogen

Has anyone seen the full TV3 autumn schedule yet? The only show I've seen mentioned is The Box; a reality TV show made by TV3 rather than ITV (it's ok... they're only taking part in a genre that's dying out and that never really offered anything, but that's ok...)

Elmo

Yes the news is out TV3 are making one TV show this season. The Box hosted by Your man from boyzone and coro st???? (NOTHING TO DO WITH ITV)

Wow!

Oh and they have bought Hollyoaks.

Wow!

I wonder if they are getting worried about losing Coro St?

But it will be the same old same old up until at least 2007 (Oh thats next year they must be worried about lossing coro st so).

When they celebrate 10 years on the air I will be very hard pressed to figure out which show is their best one: -

Will it be The News, Ireland AM or Popcorn?

IMO if i was ITV I would sell my stake and then sell on of my shows to RTE and then 2 years down the road pick TV3 up at a lower price and move my shows back to TV3.

byte

They bought yet another bloody soap? FFS! :mad:

Broadcastman

From Irishexaminer.com

TV3 to launch reality quiz on The Box

By Jim Morahan
TV3 is set to launch a major reality quiz show in October — with contestants living in a large floating glass block.


Called The Box and presented by Keith Duffy, the production, costing more than €1 million, will run every night for three weeks. The winner will go on to collect a cash prize.

Now in pre-production, the quiz show will be located in Dublin, where the illuminated block will be home to the contestants. Two players go head-to- head throughout the day, and one will be ejected, and replaced every night.





The show is part of the channel’s autumn season of programming, which channel chiefs yesterday describ- ed as “the most exciting line-up” since 2000.

Director of programming Matthew Salway said between 30 and 40 new and returning series will be shown between now and after Christmas.

It was important, he said, to remember nearly one-third of TV3’s output was produced in this country. “We do what we do very successfully and without the help of the licence fee.”

Mr Salway focused on two of what he regards to be TV3’s strengths — its extensive line up of soaps and its reality entertainment programmes. He also took the opportunity to draw attention to the channel’s live sports coverage.

As announced recently, TV3 will have live coverage of three of the away legs for the Euro 2008 Irish qualifiers. The first soccer international is against Cyprus in October — the first live Irish soccer qualifying action since 1999.

TV3 will also broadcast live the quarter finals, semi finals and final of the UEFA Cup, as well as matches from the preceding rounds.

The channel is also to transmit 10 live matches from the Rugby World Cup — the opening match, the four Irish qualifiers, two quarter finals (including any Irish match), two semi finals and the final.

In the drama department, TV3 has acquired Jericho — a dramatic, stylish and scary new drama, where a nuclear bomb has destroyed most of America and a small Kansas town must get to grips with a new reality.

Bones follows the work of a forensic anthropologist, while Wanted is a gritty urban drama — a cousin to Golden Globe winner The Shield.

Robbie Coltrane, Helen Mirren and David Jason are back in Cracker, Prime Suspect and A Touch of Frost.

The popular soap, Hollyoaks, will be aired from October. It’s also a return for Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Heartbeat and its successful spin-off, The Royal.

irishexaminer

Elmo

The show is part of the channel’s autumn season of programming, which channel chiefs yesterday describ- ed as “the most exciting line-up” since 2000.

What are TV3 waiting 7 year to get excited again?

It was important, he said, to remember nearly one-third of TV3’s output was produced in this country. “We do what we do very successfully and without the help of the licence fee.”

That is all well and good but TV3 has little independent productions and staffing cost of only 6million euro. Maybe 10million euro is spend by TV3 in Ireland yet it has annual reveunes of up to 50million euro. Nearly 1/3 becomes not quiet 1/5.

channelsurfer

hollyoaks....another example of tv3's commissioning of indigenous irish programmes. I wonder did channel 4 stipulate anything in the contract about if they went on sky in ireland tv3 could not sue them...would be interesting to know.
they even bought studio 60 on the sunset strip. or whatever its called. rte rejected it when offered it because they said it wouldnt have an audience here.

SPDUB

channelsurfer wrote:

they even bought studio 60 on the sunset strip. or whatever its called. rte rejected it when offered it because they said it wouldnt have an audience here.

That's a strange excuse for RTE to use because there has been a number of programmes down the years that I've wondered exactly who the audience consisted of in Ireland broadcast on RTE

Elmo

That's a strange excuse for RTE to use because there has been a number of programmes down the years that I've wondered exactly who the audience consisted of in Ireland broadcast on RTE

In fairness to RTE they do buy in the best of US TV.

Of course then they do buy eastenders, Home and Away and Neighbours.

What is studio 60?

TV3's Director of Programming is planning to have at least one reality tv show on the air every month.

flogen

SPDUB wrote:

That's a strange excuse for RTE to use because there has been a number of programmes down the years that I've wondered exactly who the audience consisted of in Ireland broadcast on RTE

Well obviously some of RTÉ's home-made stuff doesn't have a big audience, or I should say shouldn't have a big audience... the fact that it's as much of a commercial entity as TV3 (as far as trying to get big audiences in) means that it's not as easy for RTÉ to make niche programming as it is for, say the BBC.

channelsurfer

Elmo wrote:

What is studio 60?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip

The show takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show, similar to NBC's Saturday Night Live. It is scheduled to air on Mondays at 10 p.m. (EST) beginning on September 18. in the US.

its on more 4 but it seems its one of NBC's big hopes for their autumn schedule. Matthew Perry last seen in friends is one of the leads.

The Organiser

Yeah - I saw Keith Duffy in the papers at the weekend - The programme looks pretty cool. At least it is reality TV with a purpose, in that it has a quiz. Sounds gladitatorial and deadly to have it in the centre of town. I reckon they will get some strange looks, but at least you know the people on it are going to be intersting coz they have to answer questions. Does anyone know how you can register to be a contender?

flogen

The Organiser wrote:

Yeah - I saw Keith Duffy in the papers at the weekend - The programme looks pretty cool. At least it is reality TV with a purpose, in that it has a quiz. Sounds gladitatorial and deadly to have it in the centre of town. I reckon they will get some strange looks, but at least you know the people on it are going to be intersting coz they have to answer questions. Does anyone know how you can register to be a contender?

I just remembered a reality TV show that was on UTV (I think) and had celebrity contestants (again, I think)... same format where they got knocked out if they lost in a daily quiz; it was one of many reality shows that sprang up in the shadow of the first or second series of Big Brother that only lasted a short amount of time... and the title The Box seems familiar tbh..

Elmo

celebrity contestants

I remember an ITV show without celebrities and it was a 24 hour quiz. I think their where four people in the house the public voted who was to be in the quiz and the losser was out of the house and was then replace by an new person.

I we sure that RTE turned it down? Seems highly unlikely that RTE would turn down a show with a cast member of Friends in it.

fish fingers

any one know if the shield is returning for season 5