Ryan Tubridy has 16 weeks to save his career

Sir Oxman · 13-09-2011 10:27pm

I wouldn't agree with completely ditching it - keep it as a real public service (news, sports, culture etc) keep the best of the current lot on normal wages and if any of them don't like it, they can bog off to wherever will take them and their expectations.
Plenty of untapped talent out there who haven't been bumming the RTE DGs and politicos since time began!

bryaner · 13-09-2011 10:28pm

mike65 wrote: »

Imagine turning on the telly to discover it was TV3, 3e and nothing else*!

* apart from the scores of channels on Sat and cable

Worst channels ever

mike65 · 13-09-2011 10:34pm

9 pm on TV3 after RTE closes down.

Monday - Irelands Worst [insert topic]
Tuesday - Underworld Ireland
Wednesday - Inside Irelands Prisons
Thursday - Generic US Cop Show
Friday - Friday Night Live with Trevor Welch, three hours of top chat.
Saturday - Filum
Sunday - Downton Abbey

Sir Oxman · 13-09-2011 10:46pm

mike65 wrote: »

9 pm on TV3 after RTE closes down.

Monday - Irelands Worst [insert topic]
Tuesday - Underworld Ireland
Wednesday - Inside Irelands Prisons
Thursday - Generic US Cop Show
Friday - Friday Night Live with Trevor Welch, three hours of top chat.
Saturday - Filum
Sunday - Downton Abbey

Mmm, cringing at Tubridy (600k pa) or Welch (5k pa...) ?
decisions decisions!

Duckworth_Luas · 13-09-2011 11:53pm

mike65 wrote: »

9 pm on TV3 after RTE closes down.

Friday - Friday Night Live with Trevor Welch, three hours of top hats.

That sir, was the reason television was invented!

Poly · 14-09-2011 7:06am

mike65 wrote: »

Imagine turning on the telly to discover it was TV3, 3e and nothing else*!

TV3's content would improve if it were permitted to compete on a level playing field.

easychair · 14-09-2011 8:14am

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I don't mean to be rude, but tubridy threads are supposed to be fun! Relax man!

I love the "i don't meant to be rude, BUT...". LOL. That made a couple of guys in my office laugh out loud when they read that, as it's ages since we saw the "I don't meant to be rude, BUT" line!

Diddler1977 · 14-09-2011 8:39am

easychair wrote: »

I love the "i don't meant to be rude, BUT...". LOL. That made a couple of guys in my office laugh out loud when they read that, as it's ages since we saw the "I don't meant to be rude, BUT" line!

You read this comment out to a "couple of guys" in your office?!!!!

Why would you do this?!

They must have been thanking you for that. Not.

Poly · 14-09-2011 8:52am

easychair wrote: »

I love the "i don't meant to be rude, BUT...". LOL. That made a couple of guys in my office laugh out loud when they read that, as it's ages since we saw the "I don't meant to be rude, BUT" line!

Do you keep your work colleagues up to date with the Tubridy threads ?

easychair · 14-09-2011 8:53am

Diddler1977 wrote: »

You read this comment out to a "couple of guys" in your office?!!!!

Why would you do this?!

They must have been thanking you for that. Not.

Why? In our office we talk and communicate with each other. In my experience that is completely normal. Especially if one or other of us finds something funny.

Paparazzo · 14-09-2011 9:04am

mike65 wrote: »

9 pm on TV3 after RTE closes down.

Monday - Irelands Worst [insert topic]
Tuesday - Underworld Ireland
Wednesday - Inside Irelands Prisons
Thursday - Generic US Cop Show
Friday - Friday Night Live with Trevor Welch, three hours of top chat.
Saturday - Filum
Sunday - Downton Abbey

And the film is always something woeful, like Twister, Bad Boys or The Perfect Storm

Poly · 14-09-2011 9:12am

Paparazzo wrote: »

And the film is always something woeful, like Twister, Bad Boys or The Perfect Storm

Perfect Storm is a great movie!

telekon · 14-09-2011 9:39am

easychair wrote: »

I love the "i don't meant to be rude, BUT...". LOL. That made a couple of guys in my office laugh out loud when they read that, as it's ages since we saw the "I don't meant to be rude, BUT" line!

Is this an office based in Montrose by any chance?

Ash.J.Williams · 14-09-2011 10:33am

easychair wrote: »

Why? In our office we talk and communicate with each other. In my experience that is completely normal. Especially if one or other of us finds something funny.

i'd say it's some laugh in there alright!

easychair · 14-09-2011 10:50am

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

i'd say it's some laugh in there alright!

Not only would you say it, you did say it!

mikom · 14-09-2011 11:53am

easychair wrote: »

I love the "i don't meant to be rude, BUT...". LOL. That made a couple of guys in my office laugh out loud when they read that,

Read this out to them.

GET BACK TO WORK AND STOP WASTING LICENCE PAYERS MONEY.

easychair · 14-09-2011 12:23pm

mikom wrote: »

Read this out to them.

GET BACK TO WORK AND STOP WASTING LICENCE PAYERS MONEY.

I did as you suggested, and they all cheered and laughed out loud!

As I live, and work, in London, some wondered what licence fee you are talking about? Certainly, none of us has a clue. Can you tell us?

I am guessing the whole point of imposing a licence fee is to allow those who receive it to waste it, just as RTE do, for example, on ludicrous salaries for its talent.

mikom · 14-09-2011 12:39pm

easychair wrote: »

I did as you suggested, and they all cheered and laughed out loud!

They sound mad altogether.
Did the mascots fly off their desks with the rumpus.
Perhaps Nigel will have two hobnobs on his tea break today to celebrate the hilarity.

Cartman78 · 14-09-2011 1:01pm

Has the UK abolished it's TV licence?

Anyway, back on topic, I fear we are stuck with Tubbers until he falls on his own sword and can't see that happening any time soon.

easychair · 14-09-2011 1:09pm

mikom wrote: »

They sound mad altogether.
Did the mascots fly off their desks with the rumpus.
Perhaps Nigel will have two hobnobs on his tea break today to celebrate the hilarity.

I don't know who your Nigel is, but he sounds like a good guy. Or what mascots you talk of.

Why don't you pop out and buy Nigel some hobnobs if you think he's like some? It's a little weird in a thread about Turbidy to be talking about your friend Nigel's biscuit preferences!

JonathanAnon · 14-09-2011 1:11pm

easychair wrote: »

I love the "i don't meant to be rude, BUT...". LOL. That made a couple of guys in my office laugh out loud when they read that, as it's ages since we saw the "I don't meant to be rude, BUT" line!

Your friends sound like a lot of fun...

Diddler1977 · 14-09-2011 1:13pm

easychair wrote: »

I did as you suggested, and they all cheered and laughed out loud!

As I live, and work, in London, some wondered what licence fee you are talking about? Certainly, none of us has a clue. Can you tell us?

I am guessing the whole point of imposing a licence fee is to allow those who receive it to waste it, just as RTE do, for example, on ludicrous salaries for its talent.

I think I've heard it all now!

A thread about Ryan Tubridy being read out loud to a group of office workers in London!!!!!

PS. Did you fill your colleagues in on what a DLB is?

mikom · 14-09-2011 1:21pm

Office spycam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXfM-niX8hs

Ash.J.Williams · 14-09-2011 1:34pm

IT WAS the dullest Late Late Show in a while -- and that's saying something.
No surprise then that it haemorrhaged another 70,000 viewers last Friday night -- on top of the 180,000 the show lost for the previous week.
Despite public shows of support for Ryan Tubridy, RTE chiefs are now seriously concerned they will not be able to stop the show's tailspin.
"There's an air of doom around the Late Late right now. Even Tubridy himself couldn't hide it on Friday night, and one of his eyes was weepy. It's not the right signal," said a senior insider.
"Worse still, one of the 'star' guests billed to appear was Jimmy Savile. Hardly someone to set Friday night alight -- and even he didn't appear on the night," said the source.
"Ryan is under terrible pressure and doing his best to hide it, but once a show gets jinxed like this, it's extremely hard to turn around," the senior source added.
RTE chiefs would like to see Tubridy do a major publicity round to address the show's reputational damage -- but the presenter is notoriously shy of subjecting himself to interview.
Ryan has refused Herald requests for an interview.
Last Friday, Ryan said he had got a vote of confidence from management. He insisted his job was not under threat.
But a senior insider said: "You have to look at Miriam O'Callaghan's figures for her chatshow during the summer. They were at a record high. Then Ryan comes back and everything starts to go awry.
"It's not good and Ryan has until Christmas to sort his show, his production crew and his guests out. It's a lot of pressure and he will find out where his friends are now."
However, despite the disappointing numbers, RTE spokespeople have maintained that the Late Late remains to be the most watched show of the week and that Tubridy will continue to front the series.
"Forty-two per cent of people watching television chose to watch the Late Late on a Friday night," said spokeswoman Tara O'Brien.
"Despite the fact that over 70pc of viewers in Ireland have digital channels with hundreds of channels to choose form -- this is a very strong performance from RTE and the Late Late," she added.
Legendary broadcaster Gay Byrne also defended Tubridy yesterday:
"Ryan is doing a good job. He dropped some viewers but I'm sure he will pick them up in the weeks ahead."
He added:
"Losing and gaining viewers (on the Late Late) is a pattern that has been going on for 50 years."
Meanwhile, Gaybo has been enjoying huge success with his Saturday night summer filler -- after One Night Only pulled in nearly half a million viewers each week.
hnews@herald.ie
- Laura Butler

mike65 · 14-09-2011 1:44pm

"There's an air of doom around the Late Late right now. Even Tubridy himself couldn't hide it on Friday night, and one of his eyes was weepy. It's not the right signal," said a senior insider.

Not sure how to react to this news, one weepy eye? The show is finished! Seriously someone in RTE actually wondered out loud that he might be in decline due to a weepy eye?

Ash.J.Williams · 14-09-2011 1:48pm

mike65 wrote: »

Not sure how to react to this news, one weepy eye? The show is finished! Seriously someone in RTE actually wondered out loud that he might be in decline due to a weepy eye?

I think it was noted here that tubs was a little dissheveled on the lls last week...seriously the indo group are after his blood..they want to be the ones who take him down.
possibly so we'l have a successful harvest next year.

mike65 · 14-09-2011 1:50pm

The indo want to take him down cos they hate the idea that Boards will, old media is running scared.

easychair · 14-09-2011 2:01pm

Diddler1977 wrote: »

I think I've heard it all now!

A thread about Ryan Tubridy being read out loud to a group of office workers in London!!!!!

PS. Did you fill your colleagues in on what a DLB is?

I'm afraid you have misheard, or at least misread, as no one here in the office has been reading this thread out loud. I did draw others attention to something funny and which made us all laugh, and if you glean from that that I rad the whole thread out loud to the office, then that appears to show you leaping to incorrect conclusions!

As I have no idea what a "DLB" is , I have been unable to "fill in " anyone else as to what it is.

telekon · 14-09-2011 2:14pm

easychair wrote: »

I'm afraid you have misheard, or at least misread, as no one here in the office has been reading this thread out loud. I did draw others attention to something funny and which made us all laugh, and if you glean from that that I rad the whole thread out loud to the office, then that appears to show you leaping to incorrect conclusions!

As I have no idea what a "DLB" is , I have been unable to "fill in " anyone else as to what it is.

Now now, it didn't quite happen that way did it. First of all it was never meant to be funny and for that matter isn't....at all.

Chances are your English buddies there in the office don't know what a Tubridy is.

Chances are they fake laughed at it in an awkward fashion, and then proceeded to roll their eyes at you behind your back.

Chances are you're the 'strange' one in the office that nobody likes. The lad who wastes their working time by pointing out things on the internet that have no relevance to anything.

If indeed you actually 'work in an office in London'.

mikom · 14-09-2011 2:39pm

telekon wrote: »

If indeed you actually 'work in an office in London'.

Only on a Saturday.........

Ryan Tubridy has 16 weeks to save his career

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