Ireland:AM TV3

honeybear

Just watched this at breakfast for the first time. The traffic report was ridiculous-a lady reading out report from sheets in her hand-segment looked sloppy.

gordongekko

honeybear wrote: »

Just watched this at breakfast for the first time. The traffic report was ridiculous-a lady reading out report from sheets in her hand-segment looked sloppy.

Jesus if you think that's bad wait til you watch the rest of it.

fryup

is that smug-git Cagney still presenting??

Lisha

Oh yes Mr Cagney and his ever raised eyebrow is still there

johnire

Hee hee.....that is so true. It's dreadful.

gordongekko wrote: »

Jesus if you think that's bad wait til you watch the rest of it.

iseegirls

Do they still use google map shots of where incidents are on the roads?

Just looks horrible.

The scrolling text at the bottom is devoid of any useful information. There must only be 30seconds worth of text, and scrolls for 3 hours non-stop.

Go Harvey Go

fryup wrote: »

is that smug-git Cagney still presenting??

Lisha wrote: »

Oh yes Mr Cagney and his ever raised eyebrow is still there

Mark, Alan and Aidan were all there ten years ago.

The show was less trashy back then, of course - Claire Byrne was the female presenter, the final fifteen minutes weren't always taken up by fashion, and the logo and opening titles weren't so cheesy and in-your-face:

iseegirls

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Mark, Alan and Aidan were all there ten years ago.

The show was less trashy back then, of course - Claire Byrne was the female presenter, the final fifteen minutes weren't always taken up by fashion, and the logo and opening titles weren't so cheesy and in-your-face:

They've been there since 1999, Amanda Byram was the first female presenter. The show has changed drastically since that first week - there was no baking, gardening, wine-tasting back then.

lertsnim

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

The show was less trashy back then, of course - Claire Byrne was the female presenter, the final fifteen minutes weren't always taken up by fashion, and the logo and opening titles weren't so cheesy and in-your-face:

It was always rubbish.

Go Harvey Go

iseegirls wrote: »

They've been there since 1999, Amanda Byram was the first female presenter. The show has changed drastically since that first week - there was no baking, gardening, wine-tasting back then.

lertsnim wrote: »

It was always rubbish.

It is probably fair to say, though, that the show was at its least worst (careful wording there) when Claire was the female presenter.

As regards the scrolling text, that too has gotten worse over the years.

When it first appeared, it didn't look as though it was done by someone who struggled at Leaving Cert English, and it didn't include any Z-list gossip passed off as news. Plus it reminded viewers of what was coming up later in the show.

Clemenza

They've gotten a new female presenter. Clare McKenna I think.

Bears a resemblance to Jack Nicholsons Joker in Batman with those lips. Seems pleasant enough though.

Sinead Desmond is still out of her depth, shouting down guests and offering absolutely the square root of nothing

Lisha

I like Clare McKenna who is filing in for Anna dalys maternity leave . I'd say Clare will be on mat leave herself soon.

Sinead I don't like so much.

I love Alan he always cheers me up .
The odlums lady is funny too

I hate the way the fashion slot is just a thinly veiled advert for tv3 fashion shop

martinsvi

I think their target audience is long-term unemployed people and empty-headed housewives - for that, show seems to serve it's purpose rather well, judging by the fact that it shows no sign of changing... I watch bbc breakfast. Although content is not always relevant, at least no one is trying to suffocate me with unprofessional product placement

Clemenza

Lisha wrote: »

I like Clare McKenna who is filing in for Anna dalys maternity leave . I'd say Clare will be on mat leave herself soon.

Sinead I don't like so much.

I love Alan he always cheers me up .
The odlums lady is funny too

I hate the way the fashion slot is just a thinly veiled advert for tv3 fashion shop

Desmond is poisonous, don't know how she's gotten away with it for so long. Awful presenter, and from what a lot of people have said about her on here, she's as vindictive in person.

I actually like Cagney, or more specifically his suits .

You should check out the Après Match piss take of the Odluns lady!

Clemenza

martinsvi wrote: »

I think their target audience is long-term unemployed people and empty-headed housewives - for that, show seems to serve it's purpose rather well, judging by the fact that it shows no sign of changing... I watch bbc breakfast. Although content is not always relevant, at least no one is trying to suffocate me with unprofessional product placement

Before heading to school and college respectfully a few years ago, I must admit their fashion section 'got me up'

iseegirls

Clemenza wrote: »

You should check out the Après Match piss take of the Odluns lady!

Been looking for that on YouTube for ages. Do you know if there is one around.

Clemenza

iseegirls wrote: »

Been looking for that on YouTube for ages. Do you know if there is one around.

Someone put it on the soccer forum a few weeks back, I'll get it for you when I get home, on my mobile here

MidlandsM

Lisha wrote: »

I love Alan he always cheers me up .

the token gay guy is nauseating - he should stick to panto, because he's rubbish on the telly...........awful drivel.

Clemenza

MidlandsM wrote: »

the token gay guy is nauseating - he should stick to panto, because he's rubbish on the telly...........awful drivel.

But he's common as muck, salt o'dee earth dubliner from ballyfermott, born n reared!

stop animal cruelty

surprised so many people dont like sinead I think shes......nice! As for Alan l like him but I'd say theres a real bitchy side to him.

the TV3 fashion shop pisses me off, same fecking dresses just in different colors! Only like it when Courtney Smith is doing the styling.

Does anyone notice that posh/english speaking one that does the TV3 fashion shop? she.....really....takes...her....time.....that Anna Daly & Alan have no patience for her! lol

Clemenza

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

surprised so many people dont like sinead I think shes......nice! As for Alan l like him but I'd say theres a real bitchy side to him.

the TV3 fashion shop pisses me off, same fecking dresses just in different colors! Only like it when Courtney Smith is doing the styling.

Does anyone notice that posh/english speaking one that does the TV3 fashion shop? she.....really....takes...her....time.....that Anna Daly & Alan have no patience for her! lol

Yup! I like Courtney Smith and Angela Scanlon though

MidlandsM

Re; Anna Daly, all I have to say is she seems very natural for the telly, and that fact that I'd like a HOP of her!

Clemenza

MidlandsM wrote: »

Re; Anna Daly, all I have to say is she seems very natural for the telly, and that fact that I'd like a HOP of her!

I agree. She's a doll

ben.schlomo

23 posts and nobody has mentioned Sinead Desmonds weird tongue/lip licking facial tick, does it after almost everything she says, her 'cawmpletely' awful accent is also quite possibly the 'awbsolutely' most irritating thing on tv.

stop animal cruelty

l notice she cant pronounce any word beginning with "tw" twitter, twenty, does my head in sometimes...

Clemenza

ben.schlomo

Clemenza wrote: »

But he's common as muck, salt o'dee earth dubliner from ballyfermott, born n reared!

Easy now!!

Caribbean Cat

Mark and Claire hate each other.
They are beyond a show.
If only TV3 actually outsourced beyond the pale it could be a good television station.

1966

I don't think sinead & mark actually like each other either .......

Clemenza

The guy who does the gadgets and electronics is beyond help at this stage.

Absolute fruitcake

MidlandsM

Clemenza wrote: »

The guy who does the gadgets and electronics is beyond help at this stage.

Absolute fruitcake

true, but are'nt most tech nerds in fairness? :P

Clemenza

MidlandsM wrote: »

true, but are'nt most tech nerds in fairness? :P

He's definitely tapped in the head.

His poor missus. I bet he's like Jedward in the bedroom.

There's a mental image for you :-P

Patrick2010

Sinead seems nice but why can she not let an interviewee finish a sentence without butting in constantly.
Alan Hughes comes accross as quite nervous, he seems to laugh during every interview, even when theres nothing to laugh about. Saw him doing a feature on hand crafts, sarted the interview with "So Mary, you knit your jumpers...ha ha ha" to an obviously puzzled interviewee.
Traffic reports are a waste of time, every morning we get told its busy on the n11 from Fosters avenue to Donnybrook and on the Blackrock bypass, how is that news?
Mark Cagney loves showing off his musical knowledge when he has a musical guest on who can barely get a word in as he has to listen to Marks lecture, disguised as a question.
Aidan Cooney thinks hes a comedian as well as an expert on whats wrong with the country.
Most cringeworthy parts of the show are just before 8 and 9 where they just talk absolute drivel for a few minutes, talking over each other, laughing at nothing before handing over to the poor newsreader.

Clemenza

Patrick2010 wrote: »

Sinead seems nice but why can she not let an interviewee finish a sentence without butting in constantly.
Alan Hughes comes accross as quite nervous, he seems to laugh during every interview, even when theres nothing to laugh about. Saw him doing a feature on hand crafts, sarted the interview with "So Mary, you knit your jumpers...ha ha ha" to an obviously puzzled interviewee.
Traffic reports are a waste of time, every morning we get told its busy on the n11 from Fosters avenue to Donnybrook and on the Blackrock bypass, how is that news?
Mark Cagney loves showing off his musical knowledge when he has a musical guest on who can barely get a word in as he has to listen to Marks lecture, disguised as a question.
Aidan Cooney thinks hes a comedian as well as an expert on whats wrong with the country.
Most cringeworthy parts of the show are just before 8 and 9 where they just talk absolute drivel for a few minutes, talking over each other, laughing at nothing before handing over to the poor newsreader.

THIS

In a nutshell

Nail firmly on head

MidlandsM

also, Traffic reports ??!!! lol...who watches Telly in the car....lol...... (yeah, i know its for before you set off)

Clemenza

I like Gordon Hayden and Lisa Cannons film review section, they seem quite knowledgable and know what they're talking about.

Other than that, Im struggling to find anything else of note

iseegirls

iseegirls wrote: »

The scrolling text at the bottom is devoid of any useful information. There must only be 30seconds worth of text, and scrolls for 3 hours non-stop.

Just want to bring this up again after watching for a few minutes this morning.

The scroll bar had just 6 pieces of information. 3 pieces about news, 1 sport, 1 entertainment and 1 piece about weather.

The one that was very informative was the sports part:
"Kilkenny have named their team for their do-or-die clash with Tipperary"

And that was it!!! No mention about what changes, what players. Aiden Cooney later announced in his bulletin that Tipperary also named their squad, but no mention of that on the ticker.

I remember back in the short days of Channel 4's RI:SE. They had a great ticker with about 15 minutes of news. Ireland:AM's one in comparison has around 45 seconds.

D-FENS

MidlandsM wrote: »

Re; Anna Daly, all I have to say is she seems very natural for the telly, and that fact that I'd like a HOP of her!

Someone obviously already is on a very frequent basis, she’s only back from maternity leave and is off again

That Cooney fella is enough to put you off your brekkie in the morning when he smiles, he would eat a billy goat gruff whole
And he couldn’t subtly read an autocue if he had a gun to his head, squinting at the screen like an school kid reading off a black board, the “news” he is reading out out is clearly news to him too, I’d say he only preparation for the is a full irish in the canteen at 6:45

FloatingVoter

You need a full Irish before downing half a wine cellar at 8 AM. And the stress of getting paid for it. I was born to do that mans job.

thesultan

What annoys me is when any musical artist is on the always cut the song. Why not start it earlier.

Clemenza

thesultan wrote: »

What annoys me is when any musical artist is on the always cut the song. Why not start it earlier.

They mostly mime dont they?

MidlandsM

anyways, all chit chat aside, TV3 will not bother changing that somewhat awful TVAM show unless they were taken on by RTE at those hours of the morn, they've no real irish competition to be arsed. SADLY.

Clemenza

Laura Woods is back.

I take back everything I said about Sinead.

Woods makes Desmond look like Holly Willoughby

Temaz

Clemenza wrote: »

Laura Woods is back.

I take back everything I said about Sinead.

Woods makes Desmond look like Holly Willoughby

She has a terrible accent.

Clemenza

Temaz wrote: »

She has a terrible accent.

Awful, isn't it? It's the worst kind of D4

Temaz

Clemenza wrote: »

Awful, isn't it? It's the worst kind of D4

The regular girl Sinead has an awful voice too.

Clemenza

Temaz wrote: »

The regular girl Sinead has an awful voice too.

Agreed, especially when she gets overexcited and it suddenly goes high pitched turbo d4, usually at the mention of shoes, food or rugby players

Temaz

Clemenza wrote: »

Agreed, especially when she gets overexcited and it suddenly goes high pitched turbo d4, usually at the mention of shoes, food or rugby players

I'm sure she's a nice person but she seems very false when she's interviewing someone.

Go Harvey Go

MidlandsM wrote: »

anyways, all chit chat aside, TV3 will not bother changing that somewhat awful TVAM show unless they were taken on by RTE at those hours of the morn, they've no real irish competition to be arsed. SADLY.

TVAM?

I see no sign of Anne Diamond, Nick Owen, David Frost, Timmy Mallett or Roland Rat.

I don't see a bunch of eggcups at the end of every episode, either.

And I'm pretty sure there isn't an Australian ársehóle in charge...











Anyway, does anyone else think that "The Best of" compilation every weekend is rather pointless now?

Just about everything that took place on the show during the week (aside, of course, from the news and weather) can be watched on TV3's site now - yet the channel still broadcasts "The Best of" no less than four times over the course of Saturday and Sunday...



I'd like to think that Jeff Ford will reduce that number to much less than four - maybe even zero.

iseegirls

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Anyway, does anyone else think that "The Best of" compilation every weekend is rather pointless now?

Just about everything that took place on the show during the week (aside, of course, from the news and weather) can be watched on TV3's site now - yet the channel still broadcasts "The Best of" no less than four times over the course of Saturday and Sunday...

I've been thinking that ever since they started "The Best Of.." around 13 years ago. Back then it was only an hour long, and shown twice, which was bearable.

But to have it on 4 times on TV3 and twice on 3e over 48 hours is ridiculous. Imagine if RTE repeated something like Winning Streak 6 times over a weekend :rolleyes:

madamab

That Laura Woods is absolutely dreadful - her awful accent and they way she makes a joke of not knowing anywhere on the north side of Dublin makes me cringe. I am not a fan of Sinead by any means but she is a damn sight better than that Laura. Altogether Anna is my favourite and she is very natural and when she is being sympathetic to a guest she actually looks empathetic. The new stand in Clare who is heavily pregnant is nice as well, she seems sound and not full of her own importance. Now Mark Cagney does indeed seem to berate his guests. I watched his interview with Bob Geldof and each time he asked Bob a question he butted in and never let him answer it completely.

I see anyway that TV3 are looking for new faces - they could do with putting a few new ones on Ireland am.