Who should present the Late Late Show?

punisher5112 · 30-01-2021 6:53am

Matt Damon

RobbingBandit · 30-01-2021 7:21am

How about good auld Emmo DUNPHY

Darc19 · 30-01-2021 7:27am

Strumms wrote: »

The only thing would Tiernan want to commit... would it be worth his while, financially? Tubridy before the pandemic from memory was on about 450,000 a year, nuts I know... if Tiernan only did TV, I’d say RtE might try bag him for about 130,000, that’s no radio... maybe 6 hours work a week vs 20 plus that Tubridy would be doing between both now.

You seriously think that between lls and radio it's about 20 hours a week?

topmanamillion · 30-01-2021 7:34am

DrSpongeBobz wrote: »

Miriam O'Callaghan

Possibly the one presenter in RTE more insufferable than Turbidy.

joe40 · 30-01-2021 7:50am

I don't watch the late late show, I don't like and and there are literally 100s of other options on TV.

I'm certainly not a Tubs fan, but if LLS is still popular with a lot of people why change it.

lawred2 · 30-01-2021 7:51am

AMKC wrote: »

Graham Norton. Of course then the poor old BBC would be left with a problem on who would do there Friday night show.
Tommy Tiernan is a good choice too.

It would be nice to see a Woman take the helm. About time a Woman got to do it. One of the Corrs maybe or Imelda May

Think Graham Norton gets paid about six times what Tubridy does. If not more.

punisher5112 · 30-01-2021 8:15am

Gerry Adams

generalgerry · 30-01-2021 8:50am

I think Tommy Tiernan deserves a shot based on his current performance. All the presenters in the US are funny men, none of them have Bookworm in charge of the show and expect him to be entertaining. So we should follow suit by giving it to Tommy or another comedian. And in saying comedian, that of course excludes Deirdre O'Kane and Jason Byrne.

But I think RTE's priority is not offending their sponsors, so Tubridy is perfect for that. Painfully politically correct, uncontroversial (well, since the media don't cover his personal life), and predictable - they can be sure of a) little controversy and b) little entertainment.

briany · 30-01-2021 11:05am

TT would not want to do the Late Late, anyway. He can't really tour as a standup if he has to be in Donnybrook every Friday.

Secondly, he'd probably want to claw his eyes out if he had to present the LLS format and talk to the kind of people RTE foisted upon him.

Thirdly, even if he got to do his own format, it would get stale. Probably exhausting for TT as well. I seem to remember him saying that the show was both exhilarating and stressful at the same time.

30-01-2021 11:11am

The Late Late Show has to move away from being a depressing current affairs-style show into an entertainment show - think of rival Friday night shows and you get the idea. True, the market is saturated - but who wants a weekly diet of Friday night depression each week?

The very thought of Claire Byrne or Seriously O'Callaghan taking the role means that it still becomes the Front Line of Friday night - Pat Kenny's in a skirt.

Instead, it has to be a comedian - and that should be someone like Tiernan or even O'Briain.

So either shut up shop or become an entertainment show.

Rodin · 30-01-2021 11:11am

Mena Mitty wrote: »

Gerry Kelly (NI) He's presented similar shows.

Perhaps he could travel by helicopter like in the early 80s?

MadYaker · 30-01-2021 7:18pm

You'd have to wonder who is still watching. I don't even have TV channels in my house anymore and that wouldn't be unusual these days. Nobody I know watches it as far as I'm aware. What are the viewer numbers like? It is an institution in this country and the fact that it still goes out live is cool and makes it pretty unique but maybe if it's not getting the viewers it's time to cancel it. The days of the traditional late night TV talk show as pioneered by the Americans is basically dead now.

Qwertyminger · 30-01-2021 7:21pm

Francis Higgins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcG3X4MqWpM

Both voices are himself as Francis and Shlug. A funny funny man.

Dublinmuppet · 30-01-2021 7:22pm

Am surprised Vicky Phelan hasn’t got the gig. She’s on it often enough

RandomViewer · 30-01-2021 7:35pm

MadYaker wrote: »

You'd have to wonder who is still watching. I don't even have TV channels in my house anymore and that wouldn't be unusual these days. Nobody I know watches it as far as I'm aware. What are the viewer numbers like? It is an institution in this country and the fact that it still goes out live is cool and makes it pretty unique but maybe if it's not getting the viewers it's time to cancel it. The days of the traditional late night TV talk show as pioneered by the Americans is basically dead now.

I gave in a few weeks ago and watched, first time in about 2 years, the constant search for misery in every guest was just too much,

freshpopcorn · 30-01-2021 7:40pm

I wouldn't rule out RTÉ getting somebody such as Eoghan McDermort ready for the gig in the next few years!

RandomViewer · 30-01-2021 7:41pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I wouldn't rule out RTÉ getting somebody such as Eoghan McDermort ready for the gig in the next few years!

I'm sure that would be a human rights violation

topmanamillion · 30-01-2021 7:48pm

The real hay day of the Late Late was interesting guests with stories to tell. It didn`t really matter if they were famous or just ordinary people. That`s possibly why the Tommy Tiernan show works so well.
The gimmicks the fact Tiernan can`t prepare for the interviews but the real pulling power is interesting imaginative guests which are picked so Tiernan doesn't know much about them and sometimes doesn't even know them at all.
That thankfully takes the RTE canteen regulars out of the equation.

If the Late Late could go back to that and mix it with topical and thought provoking segments it would appeal a lot more.
Then again it does draw in 500,000 people every Friday night so what do I know.

Comhrá · 30-01-2021 10:18pm

Francis Brennan. He has enough energy and a fairly affable disposition. I think he'd bring some much needed levity to a presently tired show.

Pelvis Parsley · 30-01-2021 10:22pm

Historically, some of the best hosts came out of comedy-Graham Norton/Johnny Carson, even Letterman.

As such Tommy Tiernan is worth a go, he's proven himself.

But he won't be able to even approach his potential with the toxic production team they have there-they are as complicit as Tubridy, just as Fungus Mac is as guilty as Duffy for what they did to liveline.

Therefore, they need to either ditch the show, or come at it with an entirely new team. Preferably a group that doesn't froth at the crotch at the merest hint of misery, or who haven't the guts to stand up to it.

Illium · 30-01-2021 10:26pm

Comhra wrote: »

Francis Brennan. He has enough energy and a fairly affable disposition. I think he'd bring some much needed levity to a presently tired show.

I rewatched the late late show episodes with Gay Byrne( it was aired sometime last year) it was a six part series.

Really enjoyed it.

Different era now, I'll accept, but it was just refreshing to watch him let the guests speak.

Suckit · 31-01-2021 1:49am

Illium wrote: »

I rewatched the late late show episodes with Gay Byrne( it was aired sometime last year) it was a six part series.

Really enjoyed it.

Different era now, I'll accept, but it was just refreshing to watch him let the guests speak.

...Or let them entertain.
I can honestly say I have never seen a Tubridy guest entertain (unless they came on specifically to perform). Boring and Depressing are the only two words that come to mind, even if he did manage to convince a Hollywood star to appear.
As I was about to ask a question, I decided to search a bit first.
From January 2016:

* There are 676,000 homes in Ireland that have Saorview, 43% of all TV homes. Source: Nielsen Establishment Survey, January 2016.

I am guessing that number is higher now.
Why are Virgin Media not actively competing with a show of their own.
Not worth it? Or no need as Tubridy is doing their work for them?
Surely they could get somebody for a lot less than Tubs and provide entertainment? Mightn't be as cheap as a 70's, 80's or 90's movie, but it might be a future draw.
This is a genuine question by the way. I know nothing of how TV works, but am curious as to why somebody competing against the same audience don't appear to be really trying.

Macdarack · 31-01-2021 1:57am

Comhra wrote: »

Francis Brennan. He has enough energy and a fairly affable disposition. I think he'd bring some much needed levity to a presently tired show.

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smilerf · 31-01-2021 2:26am

Let's make it even more miserable and have Paul Mcgrath doing it
Great player but a misery

banoffe2 · 31-01-2021 11:29am

I'd be ok with Brendan O Connor

UrbanFret · 31-01-2021 11:34am

Illium wrote: »

I rewatched the late late show episodes with Gay Byrne( it was aired sometime last year) it was a six part series.

Really enjoyed it.

Different era now, I'll accept, but it was just refreshing to watch him let the guests speak.

Except if they were from Sinn Fein then he interrupted them constantly. He should have been finished after what he said about granard child Anne lovett all those years ago.

Hyperbollix · 31-01-2021 2:15pm

As much as I detest the endless misery that Tubridy revels in, the guest list is largely irrelevant to the quality of the show. The odd time that a big name guest wanders through Dublin and makes an appearance, Tubridy takes what should be a opportunity for an interesting conversation and turns it into awkward, unwatchable and boring old bollox.

As many others have said, there are interviewers and chatshow hosts who get the gig on merit and in RTE there are people who get the gig based on connections, time served and persistence.

the purple tin · 31-01-2021 2:18pm

Hyperbollix wrote: »

As much as I detest the endless misery that Tubridy revels in, the guest list is largely irrelevant to the quality of the show. The odd time that a big name guest wanders through Dublin and makes an appearance, Tubridy takes what should be a opportunity for an interesting conversation and turns it into awkward, unwatchable and boring old bollox.

As many others have said, there are interviewers and chatshow hosts who get the gig on merit and in RTE there are people who get the gig based on connections, time served and persistence.

Gaybo used to get a lot of big names returning to the show again and again.
After experiencing the Tubs treatment I'd say a lot of guests leave the studio saying 'never again'.

RandomViewer · 31-01-2021 2:32pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Gaybo used to get a lot of big names returning to the show again and again.
After experiencing the Tubs treatment I'd say a lot of guests leave the studio saying 'never again'.

Did he bring on Brendan Grace's ashes at some stage?

the purple tin · 31-01-2021 2:39pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

Did he bring on Brendan Grace's ashes at some stage?

I try not to watch him but that would have been worthy of Alan Partridge, especially if he knocked the urn over and spilled him

RandomViewer · 31-01-2021 3:24pm

the purple tin wrote: »

I try not to watch him but that would have been worthy of Alan Partridge, especially if he knocked the urn over and spilled him

I didn't see it but according to the Boards thread for a December 2019 episode Tubridy asked for Grace's ashes to be brought from the Green room

whisky_galore · 31-01-2021 3:35pm

UrbanFret wrote: »

Except if they were from Sinn Fein then he interrupted them constantly. He should have been finished after what he said about granard child Anne lovett all those years ago.

Only I dare say most of the population back then would have backed Gay's opinions and attitudes to the hilt. He was far too valuable to RTE to sack.

For all his faults he was worth 20 Tubridys.

sonofenoch · 31-01-2021 5:44pm

Tiernan can hold an interview conversation that can be amusing, intelligent, informative while showing a genuine interest in his guest without needing to look at 'notes' every 60 secs

Everything that Tubburdy can't do, a total fraud vacuous personality stealing a living

ShagNastii · 31-01-2021 7:34pm

I think the shouts for Tommy Tiernan have serious legs.

Let Tubs swan off to the BBC. Seemly they’ve been trying to poach him for years. No lost.

The Late Late under Tubridy has lost so much appeal. There’s no bite or substance to it anymore. The only really engaging interview I remember in the last decade is the one with Catherine Corless and I think that’s maybe more to do with Catherine herself as opposed to any thing Ryan did.

Tiernan has proven himself to be a top class interviewer.

My four year all nephew could be trained to interview like Tubs.

Miserable topic = sad tone try show how empathetic you are.

Irish Celeb = “What’s it like being away from Ireland?” X 1,000,000

Any other Celeb = 8 thousand questions about how Irish they are. Nothing else. I wish I was being hyperbolic.

Don’t even get me started on the gimmicky country shows, Valentines show that the LL have resorted to.

freshpopcorn · 31-01-2021 7:45pm

I don't mean to sound mean but I think a problem with Tubs is he's out of his depth.
He was sort of the geeky kid that wiggled his way into RTE and ended up in the position he's in now.
He has no real interest in celebrities or entrainment and he's more suited to other types of interviews, nature literature, etc.

ShagNastii · 31-01-2021 7:58pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I don't mean to sound mean but I think a problem with Tubs is he's out of his depth.
He was sort of the geeky kid that wiggled his way into RTE and ended up in the position he's in now.
He has no real interest in celebrities or entrainment and he's more suited to other types of interviews, nature literature, etc.

I remember thinking when it all kicked off with Linda Martin and Billy from Aslan on the LL. The panic Tubridy showed.

I have no doubt he was the kid that ran to the teachers to tell them there was a fight in the yard.

r93kaey5p2izun · 31-01-2021 8:07pm

I can't stand the LLS due to the misery, but I'm not sure Tubridy is the main problem. I don't mind Tubridy from what I see of him as a person, I honestly think he's decent enough, and I don't remember him being that bad when he had the Saturday night programme. But on the Late Late he is boring, his interviews are shallow or just depressing. I would hate to see Tommy Tiernan taking over, as I think it would just drag him down. I don't think he would be suited to driving a new path for the show, as brilliant as he is at interviewing.

I feel only despair when I think of the future of the show. I think Miriam, or Claire Byrne or even Deirdre O'Kane all just spell more doom and gloom.

The only person who springs to mind as having the capability to push for a refreshed format and maybe lighten things up is Patrick Kielty. But maybe the millstone of the LLS drudgery is just too much for anyone to salvage.

funkey_monkey · 31-01-2021 8:13pm

I think that whoever gets it next will be female.
Not sure who it will be though - maybe Bibi Baskin :pac:

freshpopcorn · 31-01-2021 8:15pm

funkey_monkey wrote: »

I think that whoever gets it next will be female.
Not sure who it will be though - maybe Bibi Baskin :pac:

I'd throw Cynthia Ní Mhurchú into the running,

31-01-2021 8:17pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I don't mean to sound mean but I think a problem with Tubs is he's out of his depth.
He was sort of the geeky kid that wiggled his way into RTE and ended up in the position he's in now.
He has no real interest in celebrities or entrainment and he's more suited to other types of interviews, nature literature, etc.

He was ok on the Radio, when I first listened to him. He managed to talk fairly naturally to his co presenters too. I remember the sports guy Shane O'Donoghue and he used to have pretty normal chats. He is good on the toy show.

Tommy Tiernan was ok when I watched him recently. Needs to lose a bit of the kinda of outsider edge.

Say Your Number · 31-01-2021 8:19pm

I've seen Tiernan say he finds doing the show stressful, if he feels like that doing 8 pre-recorded 1 hour shows a year, how would he feel if he had to do 40 live 2 hour shows a year.

Dempo1 · 31-01-2021 8:21pm

No one, Please just end it, Please...

pottokblue · 31-01-2021 8:23pm

Tom Dunne off the radio and into the Latelateshow studio...

freshpopcorn · 31-01-2021 8:25pm

Say Your Number wrote: »

I've seen Tiernan say he finds doing the show stressful, if he feels like that doing 8 pre-recorded 1 hour shows a year, how would he feel if he had to do 40 live 2 hour shows a year.

That's a good point.
I always think the show should be shortened.
Also, Could we have one presenter from September to December and the another from January to May?

31-01-2021 8:37pm

Theres no need for it to be live. No American late night chat shows are live anymore, if they ever were. If they need to go live for some segment then patch that into the show at the end or start.

pottokblue · 31-01-2021 8:40pm

Wishing for a season with Noel the supervet as presenter and A-Z list celebreties with their pets as guests...

Who should present the Late Late Show?

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