Craig Doyle Live?

eiresandra

Ok, so your most recent RTE2 show saw abominable audience figures and the biggest snooze fest ever. No bother... here's a live show twice a week!

mrkr

Just saw an ad for this, the show looks and sounds extremely similar to The Social alright...


RTE don't seem to know what to do with this guy.

Lady Chatterton

Craig Doyle Live - No thanks RTE :mad:

The King of Moo

What kind of contracts do they sign at RTÉ? Multi-year, multi-programme deals they're obliged to honour no matter how poor the talent?
Unless he has an uncle in RTÉ, there's simply no other explanation for the continued employment of Craig Doyle.

mikom

More licence money pissed away.
"oh, lets see if we can make this square peg fit in the round hole for the millionth time, shur it's gotta work sometime, and anyway we are doing the public a service"

mike65

Caught the happy smiley trailer for this last night. My main thought was why would anyone even think of watching a third rate hack interviewing other non entities? I suspect we can guess a typical line up right now. a member of the stand up comedy Murphia, tv show Gardening experts, minor tv show entrepreneurs, GAA wives.

/sticks head in oven
/remembers have electric cooker

Skid

There are many serious problems in RTE. One of the worst is their Programme Development.

Their approach seems to be to sign up 'star' names and then find programmes for them. This is the wrong way around. It stifles creativity and leads to these bland vehicles for their chosen ones. Craig Doyle and Grainne Seoige are the main culprits.

mike65

Skid wrote: »

There are many serious problems in RTE. One of the worst is their Programme Development.

Their approach seems to be to sign up 'star' names and then find programmes for them. This is the wrong way around. It stifles creativity and leads to these bland vehicles for their chosen ones. Craig Doyle and Grainne Seoige are the main culprits.

I wrote a post about this phenomena on the radio forum, the (lazy) obsession of RTE that is building a show around a name and that name then is presumed to carry said show regardless of anything else (with the result that Marian Finucane didn't have any Marian for much of last year).

Colmo52

Problem: 'The Social' was on once a week and was a massive failure.

RTE Solution: Change the name to Craig Doyle Live and put it on twice a week.

Diabhal Beag

Craig Doyle might have the least amount of personality on television anywhere. How he gets multiple opportunities to fail is beyond belief.

JP Liz V1

Was Doyle fired from ITV/BBC?

Namlub

Yeah, the main problem people had with the old show was that it just wasn't on often enough. Those six Craig Doyle-less nights just tore me apart

Skid

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was Doyle fired from ITV/BBC?

He still presents Rugby on ITV4, I don't think he has worked for the BBC for a while. Craig Doyle presents a huge amount of adverts, both here and in the UK

His Agent should get his finger out, his profile needs updating.

In April 2010 Craig took the infamous seat as the presenter of ‘Tonight with Craig Doyle’ on RTE 1. Currently Craig also presents The Panel on RTE 1.

http://www.nkmanagement.ie/noel-kelly-portfolio/8-craig-doyle-radio-presenter-tv-presenter

'Tonight with Craig Doyle' and 'The Panel' have both been axed. 'The Social' has come and gone, and presumably 'Craig Doyle Tonight' will also be scrapped before too long. :rolleyes:

washiskin

Ah FFS! Mairead bloody Farrell! :mad::mad:
Can this clown NOT have a show without her?

Namlub

Don't give it the ratings tbh

Kerrydude1981

How long do ye reckon this will last? did someone say its on twice a week?

jcsoulinger

wagons den was ten times more entertaining than this tripe!

Lapin

Is this O'Rourke/Bertie lark meant to be in any way humourous ?

If so, will someone please tell me in what way.

Lynk

Craig Doyle is the reason this country is ****ed.

mike65

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

How long do ye reckon this will last? did someone say its on twice a week?

It'll be lucky to be seen on Thursday!

FouxDaFaFa

The only thing I've ever liked Doyle in was that UPC ad where he came into his mother's house all enthusiatic and she looked at him as if to go "Oh, FFS..."

Saw the ad for CD Live earlier and thought it looked awful. RTE need to stop trying to force certain people into shows that don't work for them. We have talent in Ireland, but you wouldn't know it watching RTE sometimes.

RossieGooner

RTE will never learn. How many times over the years did they subject us to Gerry Ryan on the telly ?

Yonge Street

Currently watching this on RTE player to give it a try. One thing that is annoying me is that you can see the panelists reading their pre-prepared jokes off a page and then regurgitating them when the relevant topic is brought up. Where is the spontaneity and comedy genius we see on Have I Got News For You or Mock the Week? I'm sure most amateur panel comedians will have a page with notes jotted down on it for reminders but at least be discreet when you're checking it. This just seems forced and a case of "you say your joke and then I'll say mine and then next topic" and repeat.

Yonge Street

Awkward joke by Louis Walsh to Craig Doyle: (referring to Westlife) "Unlike you, they get work outside the country!"

Ouch.

artful_codger

Good Jesus.

Doodah7

F*ck me but it's awful sh1te...

Cardinal Richelieu

All RTE shows seemed to be designed to show extracts of other RTE shows.

mike65

Do we really need a thread for each edition?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056557359

I was just watching the Singing Detective on BBC4 as should you have been. RTE rots the brain.

shrewdness

I haven't watched this yet but I can only imagine the shyte. He should never get near a tv show again as it seems like anything with him involved gets cancelled.

el diablo

Not great but certainly superior to anything from Brendan O'Connor or Kathleen Lynch. :rolleyes:

VagnerLove

it makes me feel like i'm watching burning orphans

Gotya

Was going to watch it last night and i really don't like craig doyle,
Just as it starts "now, craig doyle live with Johnny Robinson from the x-factor" RTE, wtf?..


So i can't comment on this, I NEVER SEEN IT.. :eek:

mikom

el diablo wrote: »

Not great but certainly superior to anything from Brendan O'Connor or Kathleen Lynch. :rolleyes:

Kathleen Lynch, the minister?

walshb

Horrible show last night. The best they could come up wity was gay sexual innunedo for most of the night. Just crude and vulgar crap. Really really bad, and so devoid of any entertainment.

dublinman1990

I see the Mentalist every Thursday now. It is hundred times better than Craig Doyle live IMO.

I had also seen the ad for The Social and I thought; No, it is not for me.

el diablo

mikom wrote: »

Kathleen Lynch, the minister?

The fat one who dresses up and talks like a pikey..... Her.

Thwip!

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I see the Mentalist every Thursday now. It is hundred times better than Craig Doyle live IMO.

I had also seen the ad for The Social and I thought; No, it is not for me.

This. SO MUCH THIS

BOHtox

Ah come on it's not the worst.








Seoige and Seoige was much worse

anniehoo

Why havent RTE copped that us women want to stare at him...and not hear him talk. A screenshot of him for an hour would do just as good and save 'em a small fortune. He's bland as feck, but better than Tubs to gawk at by a mile.:D

Welsh Megaman

Thought I'd give this show a look.

*watches 10 seconds*


Goodnight, folks!

Ally Dick

Craig Doyle - Ireland's answer to Gary Lineker. Smarmier than Vaseline

Dr. Nick

looking at the repeat. He stood behind a gay man, picked him up a swayed him around for a while.

Is there something you need to tell us Craig?

Otherwise WTF just happened there?

Cowenwatch

Anyone remember The End about ten years ago with Barry Murphy on Friday night and Sean Moncriff on Sat night. Maybe It's just me but that was a giggle back then.

LordSutch

Caught a few minutes of Craig Doyle last night - Ouch it was bad, really bad

Embarrassing amateurish drivel of the worst kind.

Access

Thought i would give this a chance tonight as ive never seen it before...

I got 2 mins into it before i saw the head of Mairéad Farrell.

*Access turns off tv before he throws the remote at it*

Back to selling windows Craig.

JonathanAnon

Doyle: "you brought back two chaps, who were they"
Logan: "Craig and Louis"...

:pac::pac:

Silvio.Dante

She's no ordinary woman, in fact she's a man....

Silvio.Dante

Roll out the pink carpet...

el diablo

What a pussy. getting his ass whupped by a girl.

Silvio.Dante

Bohs fans on day release from the Joy...

lempsipmax

Witless and pointless. Plane-crash TV....