PK@rte.ie (again). The All New (Patrick Kielty) Late Late Show Thread

mickdw · 22-09-2024 10:06AM

The show no longer has a misery slot so for me, for friday night tv, thats guaranteed better than Tubridy.

To be fair, he had a Hollywood star, a uk TV personality and an Irish Rugby star. That's along way ahead of Tubridy era where you might have a retired rte staffer pushing a book followed a promo piece for a new rte show with the 'stars' being introduced followed by another random guess who too often was so random, they could only have been filling in for a no show guest.

lumphammer2 · 22-09-2024 11:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122641677#Comment_122641677

The show has gone too far the other direction imv ….. at least the 'misery slot' was something contrasting with the constant silliness this show has turned into in recent years ….. reality TV 'stars' and idolatry of the mediocre has become a way of life for this show ….. not talking about Saoirse Ronan here to get it straight …. she is good at what she does …. but talking about another guest on it that typifies what this show has turned into ……

The show needs to address the silliness and balance itself with proper serious discussion, cultural issues and so on …. it cannot be all 'laughs' and 'jokes' ….. most people who remember Gay's era talk about the discussions and the genuine cultural entertainment sections sadly lacking today …..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122641827#Comment_122641827

I think it is worse than Tubridy ….. that UK TV personality was in no way interesting ….. they are the same as Tubridy had only maybe from another country !!! …. when will RTE get it that these types are not at all interesting and have nothing to offer ….. plus it is ok to have sports stars on sometimes but 3 out of the 4 slots of the past 2 shows were sports people …. some people are not interested and it needs to be more balanced ….. Rory McElroy and/or the Olympians should have been on different shows not the same one …..

I did not care for Tubridy much or Pat Kenny ….. but they had a better mix than Kielty ….. as all Kielty is doing is interviews of 'stars' and it is 100% lightweight ….. he cannot move past this type of show it seems which makes him less versatile than Kenny or Tubridy ….. Claire Byrne should have got it and move it in another direction ….. as all Kielty is is Tubridy taken to the extreme sans the good parts ……

iffandonlyif · 22-09-2024 01:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122639371#Comment_122639371

Yes, I agree about the excess of Northern guests. It’s a widespread feeling among Northern nationalists that they have been forgotten about in the Republic, and it felt to me like a concerted effort to rectify that. I think it should have been done more gradually.

To me, most of what you’ve listed are topics for Prime Time. The Late Late Show is at its best when hosting a ‘national conversation’, giving a platform to issues that have transcended politics and become conversations around the dinner table.

techman1 · 22-09-2024 03:09PM

Bring back the mediums and psychics …… and bring on the Burkes and Derek Blighe, Philip Dwyer, etc ….. and roast them ….. that would be entertainment ….. would love to see the Burkes fly off the handle when confronted …

you don't need to "roast" them, that was also the mistake Tubridy made he went all hot and heavy with controversial guests he and RTE considered undesirable and it looked very biased, Gay Byrne never did that you could see his master class in action in the famous Pauric flynn interview where flynn gave all the controversial details of his "lavish" lifestyle by 1999 standards . Patrick Kielty in fairness does not have all the RTE and irish media land hang ups either and comes across as neutral in those topical interviews

techman1 · 22-09-2024 03:24PM

Yes, I agree about the excess of Northern guests. It’s a widespread feeling among Northern nationalists that they have been forgotten about in the Republic, and it felt to me like a concerted effort to rectify that. I think it should have been done more gradually

obviously patrick kielty being from the north was going to give the show a northern flavour, the fact that it was so obvious to many people merely reflected the fact that they have been way under represented for years on RTE. I think it was actually very healthy as it shows the different cultural influences on this small island even among nationalists north and south. It breaks up the insularity and self absorbtion that we see on RTE and was especially evident with Tubridy , he was like a fish out of water when talking to a genuine A list guest, Kielty has none of those hang ups

iffandonlyif · 22-09-2024 05:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122642571#Comment_122642571

Simply his presence would have given it a Northern flavour. It was quite another thing to remake the guest-list in his own image in his very first season. It’s ridiculous to over-represent a region and then blame under-representation when people notice.

As for Tubridy being a fish out of water, while I agree, I don’t think Kielty was far off in some of his interviews, especially the one with Conan O’Brien.

Welsh Megaman · 26-09-2024 05:38PM

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