RTE Autumn/Winter Launch 2018.

freshpopcorn

It is due to take place on Thursday and Ryan Tubridy has very special news about The Late Late Show!

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0813/984822-ryan-tubridy-teases-very-special-late-late-news/

Fr Tod Umptious

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It is due to take place on Thursday and Ryan Tubridy has very special news about The Late Late Show!

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0813/984822-ryan-tubridy-teases-very-special-late-late-news/

I wonder what sort of a let down that will be ?

A new set ?

A 5 minute longer show ?

Three country music specials spread out over the season ?

WoollyRedHat

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

I wonder what sort of a let down that will be ?

A new set ?

A 5 minute longer show ?

Three country music specials spread out over the season ?

It's going to be rebranded as The Late Late Late Show.

freshpopcorn

First Late Late Show is back the 7th!

SPDUB

My guess is that they are running a postal competition given that An Post are delivering postcards with the Late Late address already .

honeybear

The photos of the launch always seem the same, year in, year out

Mr E

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0816/985458-rte-launches-first-rate-new-autumn-season/

CeilingFly

The new drama Taken Down is meant to be very strong with interest already from other countries.

pixelburp

"Vogue Williams is back with three new shows exploring the life of Instagrammers"

I wonder is there are chance both those elements could just wipe each other outs? That'd be nice.

The new dramas sound interesting to be fair, but surrounded by the usual RTÉ lowballing and rewarding of mediocrity.

brian_t

Amy Huberman verses Sharon Horgan in comedy.

I hope they are both good but I'd probably put my money on Horgan.

Duggie2012

the only good bit i took from that was podge and rodge are back

Bellerstring

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It is due to take place on Thursday and Ryan Tubridy has very special news about The Late Late Show!

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0813/984822-ryan-tubridy-teases-very-special-late-late-news/

So the very special news for the Late Late Show is that their doing a show from London...........
Be still my beating heart.

Duggie2012

Duggie2012 wrote: »

the only good bit i took from that was podge and rodge are back

With Doireann Garhiy (not sure spelling) another ‘instagram/Snapchat famous’ but totally unfunny

brian_t

brian_t wrote: »

Amy Huberman verses Sharon Horgan in comedy.

I hope they are both good but I'd probably put my money on Horgan.

Why do they keep giving Huberman work, every show she touches gets cancelled.....and shes painfully average for an "actress"

freshpopcorn

Tony Faint Roller-skate wrote: »

Why do they keep giving Huberman work, every show she touches gets cancelled.....and shes painfully average for an "actress"

It's like she gets the pull factor for the first few episodes and then things go belly up.
I'd say she'd be on a good bit of money.

George White

Tony Faint Roller-skate wrote: »

With Doireann Garhiy (not sure spelling) another ‘instagram/Snapchat famous’ but totally unfunny

She's someone who god bless her, there's something there, but "impressions" aren't it. She's like a female Joe Longthorne, but Joe Longthorne actually had some talent.
And could sing.
But same level of anti-comedy.
She said herself that she wasn't a good enough actress.
She also has the "Jon Culshaw" problem. In that all her voices sound the exact same.

vladmydad

Taken Down seems like it’s gonna be a Sjw fest. Some digs at direct provision and probably some preaching about racism and pro immigration......At least I hope not

George White

RTE don't take any risks.
Obviously, an SF/fantasy series could be expensive, but there are ways of doing the fantastic on the cheap.
But whenever RTE do something risky, it's usually awful.
Caught in a Free State - I'm looking at you.

NIMAN

Well that autumn launch was very underwhelming.

At least we have 3 more specials by our Vogue.

Riveting stuff.

freshpopcorn

NIMAN wrote: »

Well that autumn launch was very underwhelming.

At least we have 3 more specials by our Vogue.

Riveting stuff.

Most Years they was something a little interesting but this year there was nothing!

JP Liz V1

Killing Eve only new US show

NIMAN

Same circle of people....rarely changes.

padd b1975

CeilingFly wrote: »

The new drama Taken Down is meant to be very strong with interest already from other countries.

PR guff.

George White

padd b1975 wrote: »

PR guff.

They always say that. It reminds me of the Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner in the 80s, who'd boast about the series being popular in fifty countries, when in fact the big foreign markets the series had a consistent run were the US and Canada, Australia and New Zealand. And later on, Germany, but only in the late 80s. The rest were short runs of episodes that were usually not renewed.

Usually, foreign broadcasters do pick them up. But it'll be SBS in Australia, who'll buy any international telly to appeal to a minority demographic based Down Under, and some minor on-demand level.

RTE have tried and failed for years. There've been the odd coproduction, but there's a reason people don't remember Roses from Dublin or Year of the French or Caught in a Free State.

Strumpet City is a fluke. The production is haphazard, and made by a clearly inexperienced crew. The cast and script by the hugely experienced Hugh Leonard lift it. And even that was turned down by PBS who flinched at such a working class series, and it ended up on a failed CBS cable platform.

And after that, well the Irish RM got Masterpiece Theatre and the Price got PBS, but those were mainly C4 series with RTE backing up, a la Mrs. Brown's Boys or the Mahabharat.

RTE are always seemingly making the same dramas over and over again. There's no real ambition, I don't think.

Niles Crane

Tony Faint Roller-skate wrote: »

Why do they keep giving Huberman work, every show she touches gets cancelled.....and shes painfully average for an "actress"

Because of who her husband is.

If she married anyone else she'd have disappeared into complete obscurity.

freshpopcorn

Amy Is also a feminist and RTE loves them.

George White

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Amy Is also a feminist and RTE loves them.

She's decent in small parts (Cold Feet, Moone Boy), but as a lead, she can't hold.

freshpopcorn

George White wrote: »

She's decent in small parts (Cold Feet, Moone Boy), but as a lead, she can't hold.

I actually don't hate her to be honest.
As a teenage lad I loved watching The Clinic!

NIMAN

Niles Crane wrote: »

Because of who her husband is.

If she married anyone else she'd have disappeared into complete obscurity.

Cos they are our Posh n Becks.

Spon Farmer

I thought Bradley, Murphy and Greene were in the follow up to Rebellion. I was sure I read something when they started filming.

jmcc

Spon Farmer wrote: »

I thought Bradley, Murphy and Greene were in the follow up to Rebellion. I was sure I read something when they started filming.

Apparently the followup is called "Resistance". Probably the usual RTE SJW fest about a bunch of Hillary Clinton supporters who go back in time to stop Donald Trump becoming president. It may or may not include references to the Irish War of Independence.

Regards...jmcc

Spon Farmer

jmcc wrote: »

Apparently the followup is called "Resistance". Probably the usual RTE SJW fest about a bunch of Hillary Clinton supporters who go back in time to stop Donald Trump becoming president. It may or may not include references to the Irish War of Independence.

Regards...jmcc

I'm confused as to why you felt the need to to use my post there.

jmcc

Spon Farmer wrote: »

I'm confused as to why you felt the need to to use my post there.

Continuity.

Regards...jmcc

Spon Farmer

jmcc wrote: »

Continuity.

Regards...jmcc

What "continuity"? You're comments had nothing to do with my post.

Anyway, no matter I suppose. Ramble on.

pixelburp

George White wrote: »

RTE don't take any risks.
Obviously, an SF/fantasy series could be expensive, but there are ways of doing the fantastic on the cheap.
But whenever RTE do something risky, it's usually awful.
Caught in a Free State - I'm looking at you.

It's an odd one all right but it does betray a stunning lack of ambition on the part of RTÉ that infects its drama department. It's not even a question of taking risks over something 'niche' like SciFi (though as said, not impossible to do on the cheap), but to look at something such as An Klondike, I couldn't imagine RTÉ having the confidence or nous to produce an Irish Western of all things.

While TG4 (apparently?) goes off to Mayo to build a frontier town, RTÉ slums around Dublin 'cos they're too lazy to greenlight anything vaguely beyond the pale - both literally and figuratively. Even from a technical point of view some of their output looks like it was recorded on a GoPro or camera-phone, it's that shoddy and half-arsed.

jmcc

Spon Farmer wrote: »

What "continuity"? You're comments had nothing to do with my post.

The series you were talking about is called "Resistance" and is on the RTE Autumn/Winter schedule. Alternatively, you can look on the bright side that someone thought enough of your post to quote you.

Regards...jmcc

pleas advice

Any word on when Mr. Mercedes is being shown? airing on wednesday in the US, was the day after here last year

Loughc

pleas advice wrote: »

Any word on when Mr. Mercedes is being shown? airing on wednesday in the US, was the day after here last year

Interested in this too. Season one was epic.

Spon Farmer

jmcc wrote: »

The series you were talking about is called "Resistance" and is on the RTE Autumn/Winter schedule. Alternatively, you can look on the bright side that someone thought enough of your post to quote you.

Regards...jmcc

Well, I don't get a tingle in my trousers at the thoughts of being quoted on a message board, but you can't have thought "enough of it" since you clearly can't tell your comment has nothing to do with my post.

As I said above, ramble on though. It is fine with me.

George White

pixelburp wrote: »

It's an odd one all right but it does betray a stunning lack of ambition on the part of RTÉ that infects its drama department. It's not even a question of taking risks over something 'niche' like SciFi (though as said, not impossible to do on the cheap), but to look at something such as An Klondike, I couldn't imagine RTÉ having the confidence or nous to produce an Irish Western of all things.

While TG4 (apparently?) goes off to Mayo to build a frontier town, RTÉ slums around Dublin 'cos they're too lazy to greenlight anything vaguely beyond the pale - both literally and figuratively. Even from a technical point of view some of their output looks like it was recorded on a GoPro or camera-phone, it's that shoddy and half-arsed.

The thing with TG4 is the reason they have such skills and facilities is because of the studios and experience that Roger Corman created in Galway. When Corman is your mentor, you know that more bang for the buck is always a priority.

dublinman1990

I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned in the RTÉ Autumn/Winter launch but Winning Streak is getting a new look this year. I had seen a new poster at the lotto desk and new scratch cards being sold at Dunnes Stores in Roscommon Town during the week. It said it was getting new games in the first part of the show (where Fantastic Five is played), a new set in Studio 1 and an increased prize fund for the players.



The new games for Winning Streak are called Car Keys, Roll your Riches, Play or Pay & Winfall.

Patience, High Low Share & The Wheel Reveal will remain as normal.

Players this year will now get two chances to win a maximum of €50k from playing either Roll your Riches or Patience.

The first show from the new series will return on RTÉ One from Saturday the 22nd of September.

https://www.lottery.ie/scratch-cards/winning-streak

https://www.lottery.ie/static/c/assets/ctplotteryiecms/games/scratchcards/rules-game-207-winning-streak_5853eb9e11ebef143ef16829122ba9b7.pdf

freshpopcorn

I know a lot of older folk who've being very annoyed with Winning Streak with the last few years. I wonder will this make them happy.

Elmo

George White wrote: »

They always say that. It reminds me of the Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner in the 80s, who'd boast about the series being popular in fifty countries, when in fact the big foreign markets the series had a consistent run were the US and Canada, Australia and New Zealand. And later on, Germany, but only in the late 80s. The rest were short runs of episodes that were usually not renewed.

Usually, foreign broadcasters do pick them up. But it'll be SBS in Australia, who'll buy any international telly to appeal to a minority demographic based Down Under, and some minor on-demand level.

RTE have tried and failed for years. There've been the odd coproduction, but there's a reason people don't remember Roses from Dublin or Year of the French or Caught in a Free State.

Strumpet City is a fluke. The production is haphazard, and made by a clearly inexperienced crew. The cast and script by the hugely experienced Hugh Leonard lift it. And even that was turned down by PBS who flinched at such a working class series, and it ended up on a failed CBS cable platform.

And after that, well the Irish RM got Masterpiece Theatre and the Price got PBS, but those were mainly C4 series with RTE backing up, a la Mrs. Brown's Boys or the Mahabharat.

RTE are always seemingly making the same dramas over and over again. There's no real ambition, I don't think.

Drama's from about 2000 to 2007 on RTÉ2 where outside the usual. None for international consumption, but a lot of the current stuff is aim directly at an international market particularly Amy Huberman stuff, this is largely down to their deal with acorn.

Also another reason for not remembering any RTÉ drama is due to lack of repeats or availability, and this in turn causes problems in terms of writing and acting for the screen.

Also Strumpet City sits to my mind quite nice up against similar period dramas of that era.

Deviso

I still find it said love hate never came back. They said it was taking a year break, but nothing came of it.

NIMAN

Deviso wrote: »

I still find it said love hate never came back. They said it was taking a year break, but nothing came of it.

It came to a natural end, and for me that was the way to leave it.

Dragging it out for another couple of seasons would ruin it. Best left as is.

stephend2000

Is RTE not doing electric picnic coverage this year? I'm looking at the EPG now and see a distinct lack of coverage and I have heard nothing about it as of yet.

CeilingFly

CeilingFly wrote: »

The new drama Taken Down is meant to be very strong with interest already from other countries.

AKA Downtown Abbey street :P

freshpopcorn

Late Late Show is in a London on the 12th Octoeber.

pleas advice

pleas advice wrote: »

Any word on when Mr. Mercedes is being shown? airing on wednesday in the US, was the day after here last year

Loughc wrote: »

Interested in this too. Season one was epic.

just saw this advertised, 22nd October, 10pm i think