TV programmes that have run their course

I'm sure he wouldn't, so it's a draw 😉

Tubridy is soooo defensive about his shows and RTE in general. I think because deep down he knows the product is dross.

People do write in and complain these days - email - a lot easier and quicker than the old days. Free, too...

Middle Aged Offenders by this point.

You can watch Bullseye pretty much every day on Challenge. I love it - the lack of political correctness, the sometimes shite prizes and the hilarious early 80’s hair and fashions.

This is all factually incorrect.

The Angelus is consider a TV programme therefore it does not eat into RTÉ's advertising revenue, between 6pm and 7pm each night RTÉ can show a max of 9 minutes of advertising this excludes their own promotions for their programming. If RTÉ dropped the Angelus they could not increase their advertising by 1minute during the hour they could only replace it with either promos for RTÉ or a minute extra of news or another type of programme.

As for Toy Show The Musical there is a question over this as I am sure that the RTÉ Guide must take out adverters on RTÉ and I suppect that TSTM comes under this same rule... thus it is not consider an RTÉ promo... however I believe RTÉ are saying they did not cut advertising and that TSTM ads are promos.

Commercial TV can show a max of 12mins of ads per hour.

Public service TV and radio can show a max of 9mins but can only have an average of 6mins per hour over the day. (This excludes RTÉjr, RTÉ Digtial Radio stations and RTÉ news all of which are ad free, but RTÉ could ask the minister to change this rule, I don't think this is a hard rule for RTÉ RnaG but it also does not carry ads).

Commercial Radio can show a max of 12mins of ads per hour but can only air an average of 9mins per hour over the course of a day.

Minister controls advert mins on Public broadcasters, BAI controls ad mins on Commerical TV, while the Dail and Seanad control ad revenue on commercial radio.

8 out of 10 cats does countdown, Seans gone you can't replace him so why bother? They're already dredging the quagmire with fill in's such as that twat with the big teeth, he's as funny as an anal prolapse.

Tubridy is a radio guy, I’m not a fan either way but his delivery, ‘personality’ and style suits radio.

he just looks and sounds so awkward, forced devoid of personality and unnatural on live TV… he really gets found out during the more current affairs segments / interviews and also with ‘some’ of the more comedy guests where instead of being a foil like Gay or Pat for the humour he just tries to act all stupid which…. I saw him with Peter Kay a while back… not good… he gave Peter nothing but nervous laughter and obvious questions… Peter was trying to fill the gaps. Not sure he has the culture credentials… he’s too ‘light entertainment’

its a tough gig though, but it’s prime time TV, Friday night, don’t know who’d replace him…

what would be essential though I’d imagine would be that they’d go for a female presenter, actually googling now I see that Ryan predictably is pushing for that… but Jennifer Zamperelli no less : "I don't think you can say 'the next presenter of The Late Late Show should be a woman'. "I think the next presenter for The Late Late Show should be the best person for the job.

If there's evert an article about Tubridy saying he's recieved negative reviews or troll/criticism posted on social media the comments underneath are generally from older ladies saying stuff.

"We love you Ryan".

"Thanks for keeping us safe during the pandemic".

Then you look at there profiles and they live in Tuam County Galway and have posts saying shared in Tuam and it's about a missing dog in Auckland New Zeland. Generally the dog went missing in 2012.

@Gusser09 I think some people considers any slightly negative comment or cristism as trolling and bullying. It's a very bad way to be in my opinion and it takes away from those who do suffer abuse.

TV in general has run it's course.

I wish it were about that but it is not really, Tubs had been presenting TLLS in the same manner prior to that incident. Tubs is afraid that they might say something about him personally, because he forgets he's asking the questions and it isn't all about him.

I'd disagree I think we had a gold age of US network TV in the 90s, followed in the 2000s by the golden age of US cable TV, followed by a short period in the 2010s of quality streamer produced programming, but currently I think TV drama serials have become less and less about character and story and much more about pushing a "political view", e.g. IMO I'd consider "The Good Wife" the best network TV show from 2010s (not a hard thing to do TBH) but its spin off series "The Good Fight" (a streaming programme) fails to be able to tell a story, while at the same time playing politics, but perhaps its has run its course. Can't say I am watching anything at the moment, but open to some suggestions.