TV programmes that have run their course

Made in Chelsea.. must be season 100 now!!

This. Amazing how thick people are. Unable to “reflect” without state tv playing bell noise.

12,600 euros in add revenue a day is lost by RTE television because of the Angelus.

just under 4.6 million a year if my quick maths are correct ?!

Don’t even know about the radio…

Do you think the news would start at a minute past six if there was no Angelus....

Could finish a minute earlier and enable more advertising revenue that way.

Actually Tubridy's greatest asset is who he's related to 😁

American Horror Story turned pure stupid after the Roanoke season. So from season 7 onwards it was just awful.

Have to agree I'm afraid, in the end they were overusing the Jim character way too much - only tolerable (and impactful) in small doses. Also once the two lads settled down they seemed quite... smug and their hearts weren't really in the sibling rivalry any more. Growing up and becoming sensible isn't funny I'm afraid.

They were getting way too old to do the Inbetweeners!

Maybe have them come back as 40-somethings would work. Maybe not.

Well it’s not going anywhere near my telly, that’s for sure.

The Late Late show is just an atrocious spectacle at this stage. Before you even get to the presenter or the guestlist, it's now more than ever, a vehicle to hoover up advertising and sponsorship revenue. It's vibe is very much that that is it's primary remit, not the actual content.

RTE make full use of the large ratings by simply hammering viewers over the head with lots of long commercial breaks, while before each and every break Tubridy reads off the spiel about the text-In competition. If you flick in and out of the Late Late Show, it's almost a certainty you'll be met with an ad break or the presenter repeating the competition question for the 5th time.

The other incredible thing about it is that the programme has gone completely backwards from it's original purpose. Gone are the interesting panel debates about the hot button issue of the day. The only time you see collection of famous Irish commentators on stage now is for a tribute show or for a memorial. Tubridy and has team have completely removed the thing that made the show in Byrne and Pat Kenny's time, interesting. And It's not like there has been little going on over the last few years. He has replaced these items with endless misery for misery's sake slots, country music shows, a procession of interviews with the most vapid and tiresome micro celebrities this little island has to offer, oh and if he's not doing a Eurovision special or the Toy Show, he is talking about an upcoming Eurovision special or the Toy Show. The whole show is now tailored to the presenter's comfort zone, which is nothing but safe, tedious, parochial dross, mainly.

If RTE ever does like the Gards and outsources the top job to a TV executive from outside the country, who might have an interest in making actual compelling tv, I'd hope this dead horse of a show would finally be buried.

At 9.35 unless you are going out for a drink not much you’ll be doing.

lots of people are fairly tired after work, college or whatever on a Friday night.. that it is sometimes nice to veg with the TV, light entertainment if done well is a good format but done like the current Late Late is bonkers, it’s crap.

what I liked about Gay’s day was there was pretty much something for everyone, you could tune in to a current affairs type segment, serious enough stuff, next a prominent musician, then someone like Billy Connolly or another established comedian being genuinely hilarious…more music and by music, proper established artists….proper established guests who had achieved in their field or else were relevant from a political / current affairs angle.

An absolute must-watch until they started pandering to the obscure sports like handball, Paralympics and whatever, while also having two female sports starts per episode, from, you guessed it, obscure sports. Home and away and picture rounds are virtually impossible nowadays.