How does RTE get away with it?

carzony

Has anyone recently watched the late, late show? I'v been looking at it waiting for the love/hate interview and the crap they are showing is just unreal.. Guests that no one has ever heard of and music that you'd switch over if it was on the radio.

How the **** has the show been on TV so long :eek::eek:

MonkstownHoop

RTE, they do what they want!

and with our money

Sh1tbag OToole

Oaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr-T.E nooze.. Donnybrook.. Dublin 4

markomuscle

it's presented by an irritating little weasel as well, he reminds me of Roger from 101 dalmations.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100711212805/disney/images/2/2f/101dalmatians_236.jpg

Fr_Dougal

carzony wrote: »

Has anyone recently watched the late, late show? I'v been looking at it waiting for the love/hate interview and the crap they are showing is just unreal.. Guests that no one has ever heard of and music that you'd switch over if it was on the radio.

How the **** has the show been on TV so long :eek::eek:

So...you're watching the Late Late waiting to watch an interview on the Late Late and you're questioning how RTE get away with it?

The ironing is delicious...

Ilik Urgee

Does the live audience get paid too? They should.

lahalane

If they cancelled it there would be uproar.

MonkstownHoop

lahalane wrote: »

If they cancelled it there would be uproar.

not for long, the hardcore audience will be gone soon

ygolometsipe

I don't watch RTE anymore, I've also noticed less people calling me a thick****!

Fact!

fryup

as far as i concerned, the late late ended when gaybo retired in 99

downonthefarm

fryup wrote: »

as far as i concerned, the late late ended when gaybo retired in 99

"retired"

Sam Kade

fryup wrote: »

as far as i concerned, the late late ended when gaybo retired in 99

And that Love Hate is fair ****e as well


























































































Waits for hammering from all Love Hate suckers

lahalane

Sam Kade wrote: »

And that Love Hate is fair ****e

4 stars out of 5? That's the general consensus alright.

fryup

fryup wrote: »

as far as i concerned, the late late ended when gaybo retired in 99

downonthefarm wrote: »

"retired"

retired from the late late

UCDVet

It's easy....

All you need is the strong arm of the government telling every citizen who owns ,what has essentially become a necessity of modern living, that they need to pay a monthly fee of 13 euro per month. That's how.

No accountability.
No competition.
No customers.
No choice.

Oh - you have a cell phone? Well, you'd better pay me 13 euro per month for my new AWESOME cell phone content. I'll even hire some professionals to work on the cell phone content, because, whatever, as long as I get me 100k+ salary, why not? And if nobody wants it? So what. Truth is, no matter how bad it is, *some* people will like it, and the ones that don't can't do anything about it.

And if I'm not getting enough money, I'll lobby to get the law changed. 'People aren't buying the licenses! Give me more power to collect!' That is my business model. I don't have to be concerned with customers, just how to get money from them. 'You say you don't have a phone? Well, DO YOU HAVE A HOUSE? A PLACE TO LIVE? WELL - THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY!'

kneemos

Sam Kade wrote: »

And that Love Hate is fair ****e as well

























































































Waits for hammering from all Love Hate suckers

Cliched to the hilt.The few bits I've seen of t.

Insect Overlord

carzony wrote: »

Has anyone recently watched the late, late show? I'v been looking at it waiting for the love/hate interview and the crap they are showing is just unreal.. Guests that no one has ever heard of and music that you'd switch over if it was on the radio.

How the **** has the show been on TV so long :eek::eek:

Bit harsh! Bell X1 are very good.

btard

My ears are bleeding.

Dman001

If people want The Late, Late off the air it's quite simple, all they have to do is stop watching it. It still gets the most ratings out of any show each week, as long as that is the case RTE won't get rid of it or change it. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" as they say. If they chance changing it in any way, they could feck up the ratings and that will effect advertising revenue.

Personally, I think it badly needs to be overhauled and think RTE should take the risk. But that won't happen unless people decide not to watch it each week. The irony of it all is that there is a thread over in the Television forum each week complaining how awful it is, yet each one of them watch the show each week until the end. Anywhoo, I'll be sticking to a bit of Netflix viewing each Friday.

kneemos

UCDVet wrote: »

It's easy....

All you need is the strong arm of the government telling every citizen who owns ,what has essentially become a necessity of modern living, that they need to pay a monthly fee of 13 euro per month. That's how.

No accountability.
No competition.
No customers.
No choice.

Oh - you have a cell phone? Well, you'd better pay me 13 euro per month for my new AWESOME cell phone content. I'll even hire some professionals to work on the cell phone content, because, whatever, as long as I get me 100k+ salary, why not? And if nobody wants it? So what. Truth is, no matter how bad it is, *some* people will like it, and the ones that don't can't do anything about it.

And if I'm not getting enough money, I'll lobby to get the law changed. 'People aren't buying the licenses! Give me more power to collect!' That is my business model. I don't have to be concerned with customers, just how to get money from them. 'You say you don't have a phone? Well, DO YOU HAVE A HOUSE? A PLACE TO LIVE? WELL - THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY!'

All in favour of it if it means the fee doesn't increase.
You're suggesting the spongers have brought it upon themselves by not paying the license?

Sam Kade

Dman001 wrote: »

If people want The Late, Late off the air it's quite simple, all they have to do is stop watching it. It still gets the most ratings out of any show each week, as long as that is the case RTE won't get rid of it or change it. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" as they say. If they chance changing it in any way, they could feck up the ratings and that will effect advertising revenue.

Personally, I think it badly needs to be overhauled and think RTE should take the risk. But that won't happen unless people decide not to watch it each week. The irony of it all is that there is a thread over in the Television forum each week complaining how awful it is, yet each one of them watch the show each week until the end. Anywhoo, I'll be sticking to a bit of Netflix viewing each Friday.

What sad b@stards, they have their own little entertainment thing going but fail to realize what sad lives they have.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Ilik Urgee wrote: »

Does the live audience get paid too? They should.

Free wine and finger food.

King George VI

I like Tyan Rubridy and the late late show in a weird way. I don't watch it too often but when I do I mostly enjoy it. The thing that baffles me is the fact they have such boring topics of conversation and 2nd rate celebrity guests and musical performers compared to Brendan O'Connor's show. They can do better, they just aren't.

They'd do well if they introduced a bit of comedy onto the show. Maybe a humorous monologue or something. Like The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. That was class.

HansHolzel

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The ironing is delicious...

Is your middle name Magdalene?

LETHAL LADY

The reception for the show on my sky box is crap tonight.

spank_inferno

Give RTE a break.

Its not easy creating several hours of original content per week across just 2 channels when all you have is 2,100 staff and a €400,000,000 budget.

King George VI

spank_inferno wrote: »

Give RTE a break.

Its not easy creating several hours of original content per week across just 2 channels when all you have is 2,100 staff and a €400,000,000 budget.

Give me a pencil, some play-doh and a bottle of Hennessy and I could do it for half of that amount.

Godeatsboogers

Irish television has a long way to go in my opinion, compared to American and British equivalents, irish t.v is almost amateur like. I watched a couple of episodes of Love/hate, maybe i should have watched more, i didnt really enjoy it, i found myself comparing it to the Wire for some reason which is probably an unfair comparison, nonetheless, it fell far, far short

Kippure

carzony wrote: »

Has anyone recently watched the late, late show? I'v been looking at it waiting for the love/hate interview and the crap they are showing is just unreal.. Guests that no one has ever heard of and music that you'd switch over if it was on the radio.

How the **** has the show been on TV so long :eek::eek:

Rte is the worst broadcaster on the planet. It should be shutdown.

4zn76tysfajdxp

St. Jimmy wrote: »

They'd do well if they introduced a bit of comedy onto the show. Maybe a humorous monologue or something. Like The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. That was class.

That show ended* over twenty years ago and started broadcasting over fifty years ago. RTE need new ideas, not rehash old crap from the 60s and pass them off as new like they're doing now.


*I mean with that particular host, before some mouthbreather quotes me and gives me the "B-b-b-but The Tonight Show is still on the air!" guff.

Sh1tbag OToole

Dman001 wrote: »

If people want The Late, Late off the air it's quite simple, all they have to do is stop watching it. It still gets the most ratings out of any show each week, as long as that is the case RTE won't get rid of it or change it. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" as they say. If they chance changing it in any way, they could feck up the ratings and that will effect advertising revenue.

Personally, I think it badly needs to be overhauled and think RTE should take the risk. But that won't happen unless people decide not to watch it each week. The irony of it all is that there is a thread over in the Television forum each week complaining how awful it is, yet each one of them watch the show each week until the end. Anywhoo, I'll be sticking to a bit of Netflix viewing each Friday.

If people want The Late Late they can fecking pay for it themselves !

baaah

Kippure wrote: »

Rte is the worst broadcaster on the planet. It should be shutdown.

So you've seen Tv from every broadcaster on the planet??

Howard Juneau

Kippure wrote: »

Rte is the worst broadcaster on the planet. It should be shutdown.

Would make your username redundant though

Kippure

baaah wrote: »

So you've seen Tv from every broadcaster on the planet??

Not many people can say that..:p

Kippure

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Would make your username redundant though

I,d still keep the mobile phone companies busy.

kneemos

Kippure wrote: »

Rte is the worst broadcaster on the planet. It should be shutdown.

I pay the licence fee and I would give credit where it's due but there's really not that much on.Apart from the odd news bulletin I seldom watch it.

Bertser

Cannot get over how bad a host Ryan Tubridy is.

I have a theory that the late late was never as good as they say it was, just back in the day there was no choice.

Gay was supposed to have been some television genius. One of the highlights of his late late career was giving the girlfriend of a bishop a hard time while calling the bishop a good man, after she had had his child. And something something answer about a woman wearing nothing on her wedding night which caused a scandal, after being asked the loaded question in a competition.

Also remember they gave Boyzone a slot on the show, even though they hadn't recorded a song at that point.

Kippure

kneemos wrote: »

I pay the licence fee and I would give credit where it's due but there's really not that much on.Apart from the odd news bulletin I seldom watch it.

The quality of programming is poor, very poor.

When they have supposedly hard hitting programme,s. They never following through incase someone,s feelings are hurt.

Rte can no longer justify there existence.



There is one great thing about rte, I forgot to mention. They have the best meteorologist,s working for them in the world.

spank_inferno

Kippure wrote: »

There is one great thing about rte, I forgot to mention. They have the best meteorologist,s working for them in the world.

Are they though?

Just cos they have been around fot 5-6 decades does not equal a quality product.

If I need weather I dont go to Met Eireann.

HansHolzel

Audrey McGrath - try as I might I can never remember what she said

Sh1tbag OToole

spank_inferno wrote: »

Are they though?

Just cos they have been around fot 5-6 decades does not equal a quality product.

If I need weather I dont go to Met Eireann.

If I need weather I just step outside the door.

Kippure

spank_inferno wrote: »

Are they though?

Just cos they have been around fot 5-6 decades does not equal a quality product.

If I need weather I dont go to Met Eireann.

They are the most educated and skilled meteorologist,s around. The experience they have is legendary.

And one or two are HOT!!!!

losthorizon

Kippure wrote: »

Rte is the worst broadcaster on the planet. It should be shutdown.

Have you ever been abroad. It most certainly is not. And I hardly watch any RTE Programmes except the odd one.

Galahad Galactico

carzony wrote: »

Has anyone recently watched the late, late show? I'v been looking at it waiting for the love/hate interview and the crap they are showing is just unreal.. Guests that no one has ever heard of and music that you'd switch over if it was on the radio.

How the **** has the show been on TV so long :eek::eek:

Simples

Kippure

losthorizon wrote: »

Have you ever been abroad. It most certainly is not. And I hardly watch any RTE Programmes except the odd one.

Yes.

shruikan2553

The most exciting guests are the wives used to fill up space with the real guests who I have never heard of.

Dawn Rider

Kippure wrote: »

They are the most educated and skilled meteorologist,s around. The experience they have is legendary.

And one or two are HOT!!!!

Karina Buckley is very distracting when I'm trying to follow the weather report.:D

peewee_44

If the government get away with running the country into the ground of course RTE are going to get away with rubbish programming

peewee_44

If the government get away daily without the Public going on strike its not hard for RTE to get away with there rubbish programming

UCDVet

kneemos wrote: »

All in favour of it if it means the fee doesn't increase.
You're suggesting the spongers have brought it upon themselves by not paying the license?

As a sponger, I'm suggesting the government has no business forcing me to pay for your entertainment.

I don't own a TV, because of the b.s. license. But if I had one, I wouldn't watch RTE. I wouldn't watch broadcast television. I play video games, watch DVDs, stream Netflix, and watch US television shows on US websites where they stream them.

The TV license is a horrible value. Given the choice, lots of people would find better ways to spend their 160 euro per year.

Now they are fighting to change the law so that people like me, who have no TV and no desire to watch RTE and the likes will also be forced to pay the license. There is no justification for this, they just want more money. And your happy to go along with it, as long as it isn't your money?

Without a TV - the only way I can consume RTE content is because they are giving it away online. A better solution would be to restrict access to people who register. You know, like customers. EVERYONE in the world doesn't need to pay Netflix because they *COULD* watch Netflix online......instead, Netflix only lets people who pay access the content.