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

Not Cark?

Well this pic demonstrates what my cat thought of it. Even Patrick seemed disinterested in some of the guests, especially the cook lady. He's defo lost the enthusiasm he had in the beginning, and I'll be surprised if he's back in September, but who knows - maybe they'll announce before next week's last show that he's renewing his contract.

not a patch on colm not nearly as rounded a voice., strength , delivery etc.

Whats the odds on Kielty announcing he's leaving the gig next week? If so will they "rest" the Late Late?

You dont have to win Oscars to be considered a successful actor.

He's been working regularly for twenty years, mostly tv, and having a laugh all along the way while the millions roll in.

I must say I prefer the light stuff for a Friday night. We have enough misery and suffering all week as well as whatever strife we have in our own lives, to deserve a bit of respite and some levity at the weekends

Apparently when Ryan Tubridy left the Late Late he didn't announce until the days between the penultimate show and the finale. CoPilot AI says at the moment it's looking like 60/40 in favour of Patrick Kielty leaving, from all publicly available information. So we'll see this week I suppose, or on Friday.

Wasn't there supposed to be a Moya Brennan tribute this weekend or is it next weekend?

Yes, same. The only other person I can think of that I would like to see doing it, if Patrick did leave, is Miriam O'Callaghan, but she already refused it in 2023 I believe. I can't think of anyone else. After Patrick saying how much it meant to him when he first took over, I would have thought he'd be in it for the long haul, but I suppose RTE developments (allegedly deciding to outsource production of the show in the future) and personal life events must have overtaken him if indeed he is leaving. We'll see this week anyway.

No, this came up a long time ago. RTE are terrified that TV3 or Virgin ir what ever it is called will launch their own show called The Late Late Show.

No resting the format. They are scared another Irish broadcaster will use the title.

But the format is dead. They just cannot get the guests.

It is terrible to think the only presenter is already over the age of retirement. You think that RTÉ would have in someway invested time into the consideration that if PK is to leave to provide current or new presenters with opertunities to present other shows in the meantime.

It is part of their New Direction to outsource some of their programming both Fair City and TLLS were suggested as neither News or Sports programming will be outsourced. Though if RTÉ staff choose to take industrial action that might change RTÉ's mind on that. Meanwhile RTÉ have already outsourced some inhouse documentaries and religious programming.

It will be interesting to see if we know if he will be back, by leaving it to his last episode it gives the show a boost either way.

TBH it doesn't really help anyone, its pretty much RTÉ moving FC and TLLS to meet their commissioning requirements.

By moving them out of RTÉ RTÉ are meeting their statutory requirements due to public funding increases, and due to pressure from Government since the scandal and the details of the bailout.

Current Independent productions come to ~40m, by giving FC and TLLS to an independent producer they increase this by at least 20m per year, pushing that to ~60m, but really from an audience point of view nothing has changed.

RTÉ is still producing what it produces and at the same time increases their funding of independent productions.

On the other hand if they don't move them out RTÉ would have to increase independent productions by 20m without the aid of either production, while having to retain them. As pointed out RTÉ aren't going to cancel either show.

It would be a bit of a waste of infrastructure if RTÉ moved either TLLS and FC out of Montrose, according to RTÉ at the Oirechatas committee it would be a hybrid-co-pro between RTÉ and an indo producer and this would be due to the use of "RTÉ Studios", RTÉ have also suggested that FC might need to move due to building noise from the land the sold, when building gets going, but I don't this is a real concern TBH. FC would be a bigger move.

There is a whole issue surrounding RTÉ maintance of their land, I have walked around and it needs at the very least a good clean.