Saturday AM and Sunday AM on TV3

My Darling Clementine

Thoughts?

Anna Daly far more likable than that Desmond wan

Yer man Simon Delaney seems affable enough too

Go Harvey Go

The last big idea TV3 had for Ireland AM was extending it to 10:45 and reserving the first hour for news, like with GMTV and Daybreak.

But having failed to successfully emulate ITV, now they're trying to emulate the BBC - sort of - by having their breakfast show on seven days a week, albeit two hours later on Saturdays and Sundays. (The Best of Ireland AM is a compilation show, so doesn't count.)

The new title sequences are better than the one used previously, though - actual breakfast and morning-related live action, instead of just having the programme title fly around on an orangey-yellow background. And it's interesting that they're using a different theme tune for the weekends - probably not a bad idea, since the familiar saxophone-and-piano tune that they've been using since the show's humble beginnings in 1999 is perhaps a little too familiar at this stage.

Here's something not many people will know about this tune: it was used for the final series of the Jeremy Kyle Show's predecessor, The Time The Place, in 1998. (Skip to 8:36.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1rZfAZVzTE

Bellerstring

Saturday AM let themselves down badly this morning.
10 members of the travelling community died last night in a dreadful fire, and apart from mentioning it in a very brief to camera piece, in the news roundup at the top of each hour, there was not one word about this tragic loss of life.
They had a ready made live platform to broadcast updates from the scene( about 10 mins from TV3 hq).
Even if they had sent a reporter out there with a mobile phone to report back with running news.
But, nothing.
There was just silly childish pranks & japes by the presenters who were playing with nerf guns and rolling around laughing, completely and deliberately oblivious to this unfolding tradgedy.
One wonders if the balcony collapse at Berkeley happened last night would the program have afforded it blanket ignorance.
Methinks not.

callaway92

Watching Sunday AM properly for the first time this morning. It is pretty nice to have a show like this on Sundays (until Golf starts on Sky Sports!)

I've always found Ivan Yates to be pretty strong as a TV presenter. The guests for reviewing newspaper articles were good too.

Good stuff, will prob tune in more in the future.

Viewing figures above/below par for this?

iseegirls

callaway92 wrote: »

Viewing figures above/below par for this?

About 2 weeks ago, this was in the Daily Mail:
Saturday AM averaging 28,000 and highest was 34,000
Sunday AM averaged 41,000 and highest was 55,000

Really good figures for a show that lasts 3 hours and only started a few weeks ago.

brooke 2

My Darling Clementine wrote: »

Thoughts?

Anna Daly far more likable than that Desmond wan

Yer man Simon Delaney seems affable enough too

I have always liked Anna. Can't say the same about Ms. Desmond!

brooke 2

iseegirls wrote: »

About 2 weeks ago, this was in the Daily Mail:
Saturday AM averaging 28,000 and highest was 34,000
Sunday AM averaged 41,000 and highest was 55,000

Really good figures for a show that lasts 3 hours and only started a few weeks ago.

Was wondering how the numbers for the two days would compare with each other. I prefer SundayAM, mostly because of Ivan Yates. I enjoy listening to him on Newstalk during the week - I get the feeling he does not always keep to the script!!

callaway92

iseegirls wrote: »

About 2 weeks ago, this was in the Daily Mail:
Saturday AM averaging 28,000 and highest was 34,000
Sunday AM averaged 41,000 and highest was 55,000

Really good figures for a show that lasts 3 hours and only started a few weeks ago.

V. impressive.

Pretty wide target audience for them on a weekend, especially Sunday mornings I think - and they did cater to all from what I saw this morning.

No real competitors in that genre either on weekend mornings.

Good stuff.

bobbyss

Only saw this programme recently. Seems to be about 10 presenters at the same time. Simon Delaney by far the least competent. He hardly seems able to read out what the papers say and gives the impression he doesn't understand anything. Is he a cook or something? He becomes animated when they are cooking something. He comes across as a lazy presenter who isn't too bothered. Why so many presenters at the same time though? Couldn't they manage with two max? One even.

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bobbyss

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His body language. Slouching. Seems half asleep. Looks unkempt.

Personally I don't take to presenters, and mature presenters at that, who have shirts over their trousers. Doesn't strike me as professional. Doesn't sit well when it's his turn to read out a bit on Brexit for example, which is serious.

OldMrBrennan83

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bobbyss

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To me it doesn't matter if it's Newsnight or Primetime or breakfast time. I don't think he's professional in the way he presents himself.

Relikk

Aidan Cooney used to do that slouching thing on Ireland AM all the time until a few years back. He doesn't do it anymore. I'd say someone told him to cut it out. It does look a little unprofessional.

Icsics

The Ireland AM presenters are woeful, much prefer the weekend lot