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TV3 Ireland AM's Toy Show

  • 27-11-2009 8:55am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭


    Hasn't got a patch on the Late Late Toy Show.

    The kids seem very uncomfortable around Alan or he's very uncomfortable around them.

    No interesting toys either.

    Roll on the Late Late !


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    Yeah I saw a tiny bit tjis morning and some kids just didnt answer him and were staring at him as if he was a monster or something.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    he comes across as a bitchy gay


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Hahaha, just saw the last 10 minutes of it by chance. It's some of the most cringe inducing, painful television since Pat Kenny left the Late Late.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,197 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Can see the headlines now:

    "Ireland AM in poor TV Shocker!"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Johnny Giles


    orla wrote: »

    The kids seem very uncomfortable around Alan

    He's gay.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,197 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    He's gay.
    And..?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Johnny Giles


    The children might have sensed his campness. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    fryup wrote: »
    he comes across as a bitchy gay

    Yeah Gay Byrne was much more of a Bastard!
    He's gay.

    All presenters want to be Gay Byrne, they just will never be as good as him.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17 tinyk


    Don't know if you all watching the same show.My kids refused to leave for school,it was the cutest thing ever. The toys were actually reviewed rather than just shots of the kids playing with them like the Late Late. Thought Alan was more natural than any other presenter I've seen in a toy situation. I actually texted in to say that he should seriously consider the Late Late position. From newspaper reports today, there's a full team working on the Late Late for six months solid, that's what our taxpayers money is going on...not worth it in my opinion:mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17 tinyk


    orla wrote: »
    Hasn't got a patch on the Late Late Toy Show.

    The kids seem very uncomfortable around Alan or he's very uncomfortable around them.

    No interesting toys either.

    Roll on the Late Late !

    You havent a clue what you are talking about. In the years that I'm watching the late late, havent once seen a child actually open up to one of the presenters...its cringe. Read the Star today that 300k is spent on the Toy Show on RTE...I for one dont think thats value for money...we're been taken for fools paying our licence fee for that rubbish. You can see that the tv3 breakfast show have less to work with in terms of resources...but it is certainly entertaining and value for money. Well done TV3 - you cost us nothing and entertain us...:)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    tinyk wrote: »
    Don't know if you all watching the same show.My kids refused to leave for school,it was the cutest thing ever. The toys were actually reviewed rather than just shots of the kids playing with them like the Late Late. Thought Alan was more natural than any other presenter I've seen in a toy situation. I actually texted in to say that he should seriously consider the Late Late position. From newspaper reports today, there's a full team working on the Late Late for six months solid, that's what our taxpayers money is going on...not worth it in my opinion:mad:

    How long did it take TV3 to get Hamley's involved? Note they even gave prices for the toys in Hamleys! I amn't saying that RTÉ aren't wrong to do the Late Late Toy Show. Being serious I think it does pressurize kids and parents. But that is another story.

    I would hate to see Alan Hughes on the Late Late show he is dreadful. I remember watching Echo Island as a child and he was a casting person from some show he was doing, he had the kids crying, he was absolutley brutal to them as if he was any good, this was around the same time he was presenting talkabout :eek:.

    The Late Late Show and most TV shows have teams of people working on them, it is unlikely that the show has any special researchers put on it than any other show.

    Also there is no problem with TV3 putting this show on in Peak time viewing, rather than morning TV.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 nickersop


    I think tv 3 as a station is far better than RTE, it has a wide variety of programmes for everyone. I believe Ireland AM has also won best tv programme two years running..over the late late show, tubridy, and all those overpaid underworked presenters. Big Fan of Ireland AM keep up the good work!Mornings would be awful without you!We would have to watch re-runs of those two witches on the afternoon show.....Don't get me started!!!:mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Come people cop yourselves on. TV3 produce very little, they spend most of their money on imports. FACT.

    And didn't Maura Deranne present Ireland AM at one stage?

    RTÉ would just be wasting money on Morning TV rather than producing prime time television which TV3 seems to neglect.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 nickersop


    They produce very little for a reason...Funding is not there as easily as RTE!they rely on advertising and the shows they do export are fantastic!Big hits on the ratings! Before Tv3 came along all we had to entertain us was Evelyn Cusack on the weather:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    nickersop wrote: »
    They produce very little for a reason...Funding is not there as easily as RTE!they rely on advertising and the shows they do export are fantastic!Big hits on the ratings! Before Tv3 came along all we had to entertain us was Evelyn Cusack on the weather:D

    They have 62,000,000 a year in advertising. TV3 could invest in a wider vareity of Prime Time TV. TV3 have plenty of money to spend on programming they just want to make profits and aren't interested in other programming.

    TV3 imported shows are what RTÉ was providing us with 10 years ago! They have improved on the US output this year but that isn't saying much, but then they aren't the imports your talking about your thinking of X-factor and Corrie, you can see them on UTV.

    Evelyn Cusack on the weather V Martin King that is what it comes down to? Your easily satisfied.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17 tinyk


    nickersop wrote: »
    They produce very little for a reason...Funding is not there as easily as RTE!they rely on advertising and the shows they do export are fantastic!Big hits on the ratings! Before Tv3 came along all we had to entertain us was Evelyn Cusack on the weather:D

    You're so right. RTE get over 500 MILLION inour licence fees to invest in programming.....actually rephrase that so that Gerry Ryan and the likes can get massive salaries. I can guarantee we'd be getting better value for money if that money went to a commercial station, as they operate more efficiently and give value for money. I think that between Ireland AM, Morning Show,Midday, Vincent Browne, Midweek, Political Party etc, they've hugely improved their homegrown content, and their exports are hugely rated - the same way as RTE buy in Corrie etc. I heard the reason that the Clinic was axed was because X factor ratings were so high they couldnt compete


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    tinyk wrote: »
    You're so right. RTE get over 500 MILLION inour licence fees to invest in programming.....actually rephrase that so that Gerry Ryan and the likes can get massive salaries. I can guarantee we'd be getting better value for money if that money went to a commercial station, as they operate more efficiently and give value for money. I think that between Ireland AM, Morning Show,Midday, Vincent Browne, Midweek, Political Party etc, they've hugely improved their homegrown content, and their exports are hugely rated - the same way as RTE buy in Corrie etc. I heard the reason that the Clinic was axed was because X factor ratings were so high they couldnt compete

    I forgot about TV3's Concert Orchestra, TV3's Transimission Network, TV3's Irish Language Radio Station, TV3's money that goes towards the Sound and Vision fund, TV3's fund toward TG4, TV3's fund toward independent producers, TV3's testing of Digital Terrestial Services, TV3's Digital Radio stations, TV3's Arts programming, TV3's Minority Programming. etc etc. Oh wait that because they don't have to fund any of these things. And that RTÉ has 4 Radio Stations (one that does not carry ads, another that does not take licence fee funding), 6 digital radio channels that don't take advertising, 2 television channels one which provides children's TV (something that TV3 don't do, because it wouldn't make them money), 4 Music groups, a transmission network (that TV3 use), 40% of the licence fee towards independent producers, 5% of the licence fee towards the Sound and Vision Fund (that TV3 has access to), 356 hours of TV to TG4.

    Oh and then their is the Late Late Toy Show that had no Licence fee funding is given towards it, since all of it money was made in Advertising.

    There is no reason why TV3 could not have put their toy show on during primetime and earn as much money, but they possibly would have had to invest more money into production. No reason why TV3 could not provide more Prime Time TV of their own. And TV3 can carry more advertising to make up for their lack of TV licence revenue. TV3 have plenty of money to make Prime Time TV.

    Xfactor doesn't employ any people in Ireland unlike The Clinic.

    Read my sign then tell me about how TV3 spend their money wisely! TV€.


  • Subscribers Posts: 16,615 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    tinyk wrote: »
    You're so right. RTE get over 500 MILLION inour licence fees to invest in programming.....actually rephrase that so that Gerry Ryan and the likes can get massive salaries. I can guarantee we'd be getting better value for money if that money went to a commercial station, as they operate more efficiently and give value for money. I think that between Ireland AM, Morning Show,Midday, Vincent Browne, Midweek, Political Party etc, they've hugely improved their homegrown content, and their exports are hugely rated - the same way as RTE buy in Corrie etc. I heard the reason that the Clinic was axed was because X factor ratings were so high they couldnt compete

    License fee income was 200m in 2008, from revenues of 440m.

    http://www.rte.ie/about/pdfs/annual_report_2008_eng.pdf


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 nickersop


    Elmo wrote: »
    I forgot about TV3's Concert Orchestra, TV3's Transimission Network, TV3's Irish Language Radio Station, TV3's money that goes towards the Sound and Vision fund, TV3's fund toward TG4, TV3's fund toward independent producers, TV3's testing of Digital Terrestial Services, TV3's Digital Radio stations, TV3's Arts programming, TV3's Minority Programming. etc etc. Oh wait that because they don't have to fund any of these things. And that RTÉ has 4 Radio Stations (one that does not carry ads, another that does not take licence fee funding), 6 digital radio channels that don't take advertising, 2 television channels one which provides children's TV (something that TV3 don't do, because it wouldn't make them money), 4 Music groups, a transmission network (that TV3 use), 40% of the licence fee towards independent producers, 5% of the licence fee towards the Sound and Vision Fund (that TV3 has access to), 356 hours of TV to TG4.

    Oh and then their is the Late Late Toy Show that had no Licence fee funding is given towards it, since all of it money was made in Advertising.

    There is no reason why TV3 could not have put their toy show on during primetime and earn as much money, but they possibly would have had to invest more money into production. No reason why TV3 could not provide more Prime Time TV of their own. And TV3 can carry more advertising to make up for their lack of TV licence revenue. TV3 have plenty of money to make Prime Time TV.

    Xfactor doesn't employ any people in Ireland unlike The Clinic.

    Read my sign then tell me about how TV3 spend their money wisely! TV€.

    hmm...you sure you don't work for RTE???:confused: I personally think TV3 has alot more to offer us the viewers, exported and imported, It seems Tv3 is growing bigger and bigger and more and more shows are being exported, RTE have alot more years behind them, alot more people involved and plenty more funding, I have no argument that RTE support all of the above and they bloody should, with all the licence fees going to them!!!what I have a problem with is the obscene salaries that these ''TV personalities'' are on!!You cannot tell me you support that!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    nickersop wrote: »
    hmm...you sure you don't work for RTE???:confused: I personally think TV3 has alot more to offer us the viewers, exported and imported, It seems Tv3 is growing bigger and bigger and more and more shows are being exported, RTE have alot more years behind them, alot more people involved and plenty more funding, I have no argument that RTE support all of the above and they bloody should, with all the licence fees going to them!!!what I have a problem with is the obscene salaries that these ''TV personalities'' are on!!You cannot tell me you support that!!!

    I agree that the personalities on RTÉ are paid too much, I have been through that on boards. And no I don't work for RTÉ.

    TV3 have plenty of money and have had plenty of time to get themselves up to scratch if this was 2002 and TV3 has its current selection of programmes on air I would have no problem, but it now near 2010, they have 15% audience share and still have invested very little into the Independent sector. And if TV3 wanted a bigger staff they could have a bigger staff.

    TV3 have a selection of ITV imports that they buy in each years, due to ITV owning the channel for a few years.

    RTÉ One provides nearly 90% home produced programming from 4pm to 12am each night. The licence fee doesn't just go toward TV.

    More and more show are being exported, what do you mean? TV3 don't export any shows, they spend nearly 40,000,000 on imports and dividends in comparison on RTÉ's 20,000,000.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 Boydsey14


    tinyk wrote: »
    Don't know if you all watching the same show.My kids refused to leave for school,it was the cutest thing ever. The toys were actually reviewed rather than just shots of the kids playing with them like the Late Late. Thought Alan was more natural than any other presenter I've seen in a toy situation. I actually texted in to say that he should seriously consider the Late Late position. From newspaper reports today, there's a full team working on the Late Late for six months solid, that's what our taxpayers money is going on...not worth it in my opinion:mad:

    Alan Hughes should consider the Late Late position?????
    Please.... Don't make cruel jokes!!


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