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RTE Autumn Schedule

  • 10-08-2011 2:50pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭


    RTE have announced some details of their new Season.

    Lots of the usual rubbish and same faces although there are a few interesting shows.

    Good to see Mike Murphy back, and the Francis Brennan travel show should be interesting. Craig Doyle gets his consolation prize for losing the Saturday Night slot, and The Panel. I'm glad The All Ireland Talent show is gone (replaced by 'The Voice of Ireland', wish they had scrapped Celebrity Bainisteoir too.


    http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0810/newseason.html

    http://www.rte.ie/tv/newseason/

    Along with the return of favourites such as The Late Late Show, Mrs Brown's Boys, The Saturday Night Show and Celebrity Bainisteoir, RTÉ Entertainment's schedule includes:

    The Voice of Ireland The newest international mega-hit brings its unique twist on talent shows to Irish screens.

    Meet the Gallaghers A new comedy series starring PJ Gallagher, set in a contemporary Dublin suburb.

    The Big Interview with Mike Murphy Over six programmes the legendary presenter will talk to a guest of his choice, each of whom has made a significant impact on Ireland today.

    Put 'Em Under Pressure Presented by Gráinne Seoige, this new sports quiz show will see well-known sports personalities battle against successful Irish sports stars.

    SuperBloopers Zig and Zag return with an hour of irreverent, fun-filled, outrageous, embarrassing and, above all, hilarious clips.
    Among the new RTÉ Factual shows are:
    Behind the Walls A new two-part television documentary series, written and directed by Mary Raftery, on the history of psychiatric hospitals in Ireland.

    Genealogy Roadshow Derek Mooney presents a series bringing The Roadshow's crack historical and genealogical team to help people find extraordinary stories in their family as well as giving free advice on how to track down a family history.

    Hostile Environment Actor Liam Cunningham goes behind the scenes in the secretive world of the international private security industry.
    Gráinne Seoige's Modern Life Gráinne Seoige presents this new series for RTÉ Two which looks at a range of different aspects of modern life with particular relevance to Irish women.

    Two for the Road The series follows six well-known public figures as they accompany six people with disabilities while they embark on a variety of highly challenging and exciting adventures across the globe.
    Four Live, The Daily Show, Operation Transformation and Kitchen Hero will return and will be joined in the RTÉ Lifestyle schedules by:
    Masterchef Ireland The first-ever series of MasterChef Ireland starts in September on RTÉ Two when some of the best amateur cooks in the country compete to impress judges Michelin-starred chef Dylan McGrath and top restaurateur Nick Munier.

    Francis Brennan's Grand TourHotelier extraordinaire Francis Brennan is becoming a tour guide as he takes a group of 16 holidaymakers on a 12-night escorted holiday by coach across Europe.

    Franc's DIY Brides Wedding planner extraordinaire Peter Kelly a.k.a. Franc takes on the role of mentor and teaches six bridal couples on very tight budgets how to "do it themselves".
    Along with the likes of Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and The Good Wife, RTÉ's Acquired Programming will include:
    Pan AM The Christina Ricci-starring drama series transports us to 1963 and the dawn of the Jet Age.

    Body of Proof Dana Delaney is the doctor who is forced to leave her surgery career behind after a car accident and become a medical examiner.

    Revenge Welcome to the Hamptons, a glittering world of incredible wealth and privilege, where smiles hide secrets - and nothing is colder than revenge.

    Missing Ashley Judd is the mother trying to find her son in Rome.
    Fair City will be joined by four returning favourites in the RTÉ Drama schedule:
    Love/Hate Following the huge success of the series last year, the Dublin-based gangland drama returns for an extended six-part series.

    RAW returns for its fourth season with a mix of familiar faces - Jojo (Charlene McKenna), Fiona (Aisling O'Sullivan), Geoff (Damon Gameau) and Shane (Keith McErlean), along with some new arrivals.

    Hardy Bucks Eddie is thinking about emigrating, Buzz wants wheels and a woman, and The Viper is branching out into the entertainment business.

    StoryLand The hugely popular online drama series competition returns for its fourth season this year.

    Among the other highlights will be the new chat show Tuesday Night Social with Craig Doyle (working title) and a thrice weekly entertainment show for young people as part of TwoTu


    And there's more, from Broadsheet.ie
    (Some of these are repeats from the RTE press release ^^)

    http://www.broadsheet.ie/2011/08/10/this-just-in-rte-the-new-season/


    ...
    Factual
    Behind the Walls a new two-part documentary from Mary Raftery on the history of Irish psychiatric hospitals.
    Fianna Fail a two-part analysis of Fianna Fáil’s time in power.

    Arrivals the follow-up to RTÉ’s Departure Day doc.

    Hostile Environment Actor Liam Cunningham goes behind the scenes of the international private security industry.
    Genealogy Roadshow Derek Mooney presents a four-part series which sees the show’s genealogical team help the public find “extraordinary stories” in their family history.

    Two for the Road the series follows six well-known public figures as they accompany six people with disabilities as they embark on a variety of highly challenging and exciting adventures across the globe.

    The Secret Millionaire three Irish millionaires go undercover in some of the most disadvantaged parts of Dublin, Cork and Dundalk

    The National Rehabilitation Hospital follows the daily life of this hospital

    Property Shock – Where To Now? Almost five years on from his documentary Futureshock: Property Crash, Richard Curran looks back.

    The Constant President follows Mary McAleese through the final year of her 14-year presidency..

    Reabhlóid is a new four-part historical documentary series which takes the viewer through Easter Week 1916 and paints a picture of the Rising from different standpoints.

    Pension Shock – The Future is Now George Lee looks at the nation’s pension crisis,

    Entertainment
    The Voice Of Ireland

    Meet The Gallaghers a new comedy series starring PJ Gallagher. Set in a contemporary Dublin suburb, PJ plays a host of characters.

    The Big Interview With Mike Murphy Over six programmes Mike Murphy will talk to a guest of his choice, each of whom has made a significant impact on Ireland

    Put ‘Em Under Pressure Sports quiz presented by Grainne Seoige.

    The Only Viking In The Village Comedian Neil Delamere go in search of his Viking ancestry.

    Who Knows Ireland Best? This is a new quiz show based on a specially-commissioned survey of the nation.

    SuperBloopers Zig and Zag present

    Drama
    LOVE/HATE
    RAW
    Hardy Bucks
    StoryLand

    A Town Fights Back, a six-part series in which Feargal Quinn and a team of experts work with the citizens and businesses of one Irish town.

    Lifestyle

    Francis Brennan’s Grand Tour! Francis Brennan takes 16 holidaymakers on a 12 night escorted holiday by coach across Europe.

    Franc’s DIY Brides with wedding planner Peter kelly Peter Kelly a.k.a. Franc takes on the role of mentor. With a host of ingenious ideas and ma

    Craft Master 15 passionate amateur apprentices will be competing for the chance to exhibit at Ireland’s Craft Fair.

    Room To Improve

    Young people’s
    Three new Irish animations, I’m A Monster, The Mad Cows and My Dad’s A Duck and a major animation co-production with Cbeebies and S4C called The Abadas.

    OMG – Jedward’s Dream Factory Whatever your dream is, Jed’ll fix it.

    SING! is a music game show tpresented by Brian ormond.

    The Importance Of Being Whatever an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest..

    Ultimate Street Challenge

    D8 (Working Title) D8 is a series of “interactive observational documentaries focussing on the lives of young teenagers living in the Dublin 8 area”

    RTÉ Two
    Masterchef Ireland with chef Dylan McGrath and restaurateur Nick Munier

    Tuesday Night Social With Craig Doyle (Working Title) is a new live chat show.

    Grainne Seoige’s Modern Life “looks at a range of different aspects of modern Irish society with particular relevance to Irish women”.

    Also…
    Brian And Pippa’s Big Fat Wedding which follows celebrity couple Brian Ormonde and Pippa O’Connor on the road to their big wedding day. Other
    documentaries Honestly Speaking…Baby Bodies which sees broadcaster Mairead Farrell investigate how Irish women really feel about their bodies after having a baby.

    Fade Street a new series to be broadcast first on the RTÉ Player followed by RTÉ Two.

    Plus new series from Republic Of Telly, The Savage Eye, Don’t Tell The Bride, ICA Bootcamp and Baz’s Extreme Worlds.


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Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    No Monkey Tennis? Youth Hosteling with Daithi O'Shea?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    SuperBloopers Zig and Zag return with an hour of irreverent, fun-filled, outrageous, embarrassing and, above all, hilarious clips.
    Among the new

    Just what we needed, another youtube clip show.

    Two for the Road The series follows six well-known public figures as they accompany six people with disabilities while they embark on a variety of highly challenging and exciting adventures across the globe.

    "I Alan Partridge Circum-navigate the globe, travelling in countries only where they drive on the left. We'll do it an old fashioned bull nose Morris.............We'll call it, "Around the world With Alan Partridge in an old Bull nose.... on the left"


    Francis Brennan's Grand TourHotelier extraordinaire Francis Brennan is becoming a tour guide as he takes a group of 16 holidaymakers on a 12-night escorted holiday by coach across Europe
    .

    So basically it's channel 4's coachtrip
    RTÉ's Acquired Programming will include:
    Pan AM The Christina Ricci-starring drama series transports us to 1963 and the dawn of the Jet Age.

    Body of Proof Dana Delaney is the doctor who is forced to leave her surgery career behind after a car accident and become a medical examiner.

    Revenge Welcome to the Hamptons, a glittering world of incredible wealth and privilege, where smiles hide secrets - and nothing is colder than revenge.

    Missing Ashley Judd is the mother trying to find her son in Rome.

    Set the video for 1 o'clock in the morning folks.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    **** this noise and the played out bitching about RTE.

    Fade Street has been recommissioned.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭telekon


    So Fade Street, not only a steaming pile of sh*t...but a FAILED show going by the viewing figures, and its hilarious rescheduling every week to eventually anchoring the graveyard shift, is being renewed...


    ...is RTE trying to prove its ineptness. Sweet suffering Jebus. :rolleyes:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    telekon wrote: »
    So Fade Street, not only a steaming pile of sh*t...but a FAILED show going by the viewing figures, and its hilarious rescheduling every week to eventually anchoring the graveyard shift, is being renewed...


    ...is RTE trying to prove its ineptness. Sweet suffering Jebus. :rolleyes:

    So the Wire was a **** show because it didnt do well in the ratings?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Colmo52


    rovert wrote: »
    So the Wire was a **** show because it didnt do well in the ratings?

    Are you comparing Fade Street to The Wire??


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Colmo52 wrote: »
    Are you comparing Fade Street to The Wire??

    Paul was a better character than Omar Little


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,605 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Masterchef Ireland hopefully will be good


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Masterchef Ireland hopefully will be good

    Dylan McGrath seems to be the head guy on it.. Probably the most arrogant and conceited of the Irish celebrity chefs, and that's saying something.. why didnt they get somebody with a bit of personality like Francis Brennan (I know he's not strictly a chef, but he knows about catering) or Nevin Maguire..

    I saw them talking about the new schedule on the Six One News.. I thought it was funny how the RTE General Manager was talking about being aware of how we are in difficult times.... And in the background you see all the RTE Top brass being photographed in their Sunday best with a band playing in the background and a woman walking round serving them food.. They were only short of bringing round a tray of Ferrero Rocher.. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Poly


    RTE General Manager was talking about being aware of how we are in difficult times.... And in the background you see all the RTE Top brass being photographed in their Sunday best with a band playing in the background and a woman walking round serving them food.. They were only short of bringing round a tray of Ferrero Rocher.. :)

    In the good auld days she was going around with a tray of coke (cola);)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    And we can now follow the late late on twitter too LOL


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    why didnt they get somebody with a bit of personality like Francis Brennan (I know he's not strictly a chef, but he knows about catering)


    To be fair, he's already doing Coach Trip 'Francis Brennan's Grand Tour'.

    And he is also on 'Stars go Racing'. And 'At your Service'.
    And he's been a contestant on 'The Restaurant'. And his house was on an RTE home improvement show called 'Designs for Life' a few years ago.

    So he has had a good run at the RTE reality shows. I like Francis, he is very entertaining, but you would wonder where he gets time to run his Hotel :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭telekon


    rovert wrote: »
    So the Wire was a **** show because it didnt do well in the ratings?

    When was the Wire ever premiered in a prime time slot on RTE? You were lucky to catch it before midnight. More RTE stupidity.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Havermeyer


    That schedule would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic - dreadful line up.

    Just when you think it couldn't get much worse...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭LaVail


    Guys am I the only one who thinks that RTE should just shut up shop altogether? I mean nothing but worthless boring stuff being thrown out year after year by them. Then there's the movies, can't wait to see die hard for the 53rd time surely it'll be on a Wednesday night after the news just in case anybody was living on the moon for the past 10 years and missed it. Then there's the god awful amount of these 10 year old romantic comedy's that they put out there for our viewing pleasure.

    Im sick of paying a TV licence for crap that I cant stomach to watch. I know you cant please everyone RTE but ill be surprised if anyone finds your channels "entertaining"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,617 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    RTE seems to be the only station left that does these autumn schedule PR shi*e.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    LaVail wrote: »
    Guys am I the only one who thinks that RTE should just shut up shop altogether? I mean nothing but worthless boring stuff being thrown out year after year by them. Then there's the movies, can't wait to see die hard for the 53rd time surely it'll be on a Wednesday night after the news just in case anybody was living on the moon for the past 10 years and missed it. Then there's the god awful amount of these 10 year old romantic comedy's that they put out there for our viewing pleasure.

    Im sick of paying a TV licence for crap that I cant stomach to watch. I know you cant please everyone RTE but ill be surprised if anyone finds your channels "entertaining"

    All these shows scores well with Boardsie demographic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭LaVail


    rovert wrote: »
    All these shows scores well with Boardsie demographic.

    More of these RTE x factor rip off shows, sports shows like celebrity bainisteoir and putting people like Jedward on there is just cringe worthy.

    God that "All Ireland Talent Show" just took the biscuit. People who know nothing about singing (bar Dana I suppose?) deciding who's a good singer and who isn't is just laughable. Thats just my view on RTE, maybe they should copy TV3 and put out an extra channel like 3e with similar content and leave the "Irish celebrity" stuff on the main channel.

    IMO the Only good stuff RTE put out there is Prime Time Investigates which I hope returns.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭LaVail


    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭wayfarers


    A fair few bastardized versions of UK programmes in the line up. Also lots of celebrity related crapola.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    A Town Fights Back, a six-part series in which Feargal Quinn and a team of experts work with the citizens and businesses of one Irish town.
    Sounds remarkably similar to 'Dirty Old Towns' with Diarmuid Gavin, which RTE broadcast this year.

    Although Feargal Quinn is a far better person to present it - much better than Diarmuid Gavin, who came across as a Whinger and Egocentric.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭iMax


    Nobody's mentioned the worst of it:
    Brian & Pippa's Big Fat Wedding was announced today as part of RTÉ's new autumn schedule.

    Brian said: "I think it'll be great looking back because it's the whole 5/6 month build-up to the wedding so there'll be lots of things we'll have forgotten, even seeing the little teasers on the promo it was like 'woah remember that' so I'm looking forward to seeing it because we haven't seen any of it yet."

    Pippa said: "It'll be like one big long wedding video that the whole country gets to watch."

    So far the pair are adjusting easily to married life. Pippa said: "It feels nice to be able to call each other husband and wife, that's the only difference."

    Brian added: "I'm still laughing at it when people say 'your wife', I'm like 'Your wife?! Oh yeah. . .'"

    Seriously ? Two wannabe C listers (in that they're so far down, they aspire to make the C List) have their wedding taped for them as well as all the other faff ? Is this 2005 again when people were fascinated by this sort of ****e ?

    Complaining to RTE isn't going to make any difference though is it ?

    RTE


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    LaVail wrote: »
    More of these RTE x factor rip off shows, sports shows like celebrity bainisteoir and putting people like Jedward on there is just cringe worthy.

    God that "All Ireland Talent Show" just took the biscuit. People who know nothing about singing (bar Dana I suppose?) deciding who's a good singer and who isn't is just laughable. Thats just my view on RTE, maybe they should copy TV3 and put out an extra channel like 3e with similar content and leave the "Irish celebrity" stuff on the main channel.

    IMO the Only good stuff RTE put out there is Prime Time Investigates which I hope returns.

    There is fair amount of people on here who watch and/or listen to RTE all day, every day so they cant be doing that bad (despite "hating" all of it to be kewl).
    wayfarers wrote: »
    A fair few bastardized versions of UK programmes in the line up. Also lots of celebrity related crapola.

    You would be complaining if they spent more money to create original programming.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    iMax wrote: »
    Nobody's mentioned the worst of it:
    Brian & Pippa's Big Fat Wedding was announced today as part of RTÉ's new autumn schedule.

    Brian said: "I think it'll be great looking back because it's the whole 5/6 month build-up to the wedding so there'll be lots of things we'll have forgotten, even seeing the little teasers on the promo it was like 'woah remember that' so I'm looking forward to seeing it because we haven't seen any of it yet."

    Pippa said: "It'll be like one big long wedding video that the whole country gets to watch."

    So far the pair are adjusting easily to married life. Pippa said: "It feels nice to be able to call each other husband and wife, that's the only difference."

    Brian added: "I'm still laughing at it when people say 'your wife', I'm like 'Your wife?! Oh yeah. . .'"

    Seriously ? Two wannabe C listers (in that they're so far down, they aspire to make the C List) have their wedding taped for them as well as all the other faff ? Is this 2005 again when people were fascinated by this sort of ****e ?

    Complaining to RTE isn't going to make any difference though is it ?

    RTE

    Never knew weddings were a fad....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭wayfarers


    rovert wrote: »
    There is fair amount of people on here who watch and/or listen to RTE all day, every day so they cant be doing that bad (despite "hating" all of it to be kewl).

    But I'm assuming if those people had a choice and access to other stations and networks they'd be dropping RTE like a ****ty stick from their lives.


  • Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭MoneyMilo


    Dylan McGrath seems to be the head guy on it.. Probably the most arrogant and conceited of the Irish celebrity chefs, and that's saying something.. why didnt they get somebody with a bit of personality like Francis Brennan (I know he's not strictly a chef, but he knows about catering) or Nevin Maguire..

    I saw them talking about the new schedule on the Six One News.. I thought it was funny how the RTE General Manager was talking about being aware of how we are in difficult times.... And in the background you see all the RTE Top brass being photographed in their Sunday best with a band playing in the background and a woman walking round serving them food.. They were only short of bringing round a tray of Ferrero Rocher.. :)

    Yeah, looking forward to Masterchef. These cooking competition shows seem to require the surly chef judge, so mcgrath fits the bill. He knows what he's talking about too, no doubting that. I'm hopeful. Nick Munier will provide the personality aspect I'd say.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    wayfarers wrote: »
    rovert wrote: »
    There is fair amount of people on here who watch and/or listen to RTE all day, every day so they cant be doing that bad (despite "hating" all of it to be kewl).

    But I'm assuming if those people had a choice and access to other stations and networks they'd be dropping RTE like a ****ty stick from their lives.

    They obviously have a PC or laptop to give their witticisms about "here comes another C-list celebrity" on a chat show. So I think they also have access to other media and forms of entertainment too. Just a guess like.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭LaVail


    rovert wrote: »
    You would be complaining if they spent more money to create original programming.

    Well if they stopped paying wages of 400-500k per year to certain presenters then maybe they would have enough to throw a half decent show together :)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    LaVail wrote: »
    Well if they stopped paying wages of 400-500k per year to certain presenters then maybe they would have enough to throw a half decent show together :)

    Look at some of the longest threads on this forum and the radio section they are about those presenters.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,733 ✭✭✭squonk


    Seriously, who is Pippa O'Connor? Who is Brian Ormonde? I saw Brian Ormonde on The Big Money Game (I was made watch it), and thought he was Brian Dowling (Big Brother guy). I thought, God, he can actually not be camp when he wants to be. Brian & Pippa's Big Fat Wedding would mean the same to me if it was 'Tom & Mary's Big Fat Wedding' assuming Tom & Mary are a random couple picked out of obscurity. It's ridiculous oul' tat! I bet Brian & Pippa were able to defray the cost of the wedding based on what Montrose paid for this ****e!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Meet the Gallaghers - A new comedy series starring PJ Gallagher, set in a contemporary Dublin suburb.

    I'm laughing already.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    rovert wrote: »
    Look at some of the longest threads on this forum and the radio section they are about those presenters.

    Now read them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Grainne Seoige will certainly be busy.

    What a god awful lineup, although I don't know why anyone's surprised.


  • Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭starfish12


    Have they lost mad men to sky atlantic?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,605 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    starfish12 wrote: »
    Have they lost mad men to sky atlantic?

    It will probably be back in 2012 at around 1am


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    starfish12 wrote: »
    Have they lost mad men to sky atlantic?

    Tubridy ate it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    RTE seems to be the only station left that does these autumn schedule PR shi*e.

    oh no, TV3 are doing their "PR shi*e" next Thursday where there will be more Emmerdale/Corrie stars than Irish people at it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭cats.life


    time to hibernate for the autmn and winter people. ****e tv again. what did ye exspect from rte.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Livin' With Lucy has been axed :-(
    cats.life wrote: »
    time to hibernate for the autmn and winter people. ****e tv again. what did ye exspect from rte.

    See ya in the threads


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    Really disappointed with RTE the past few years. At least at the turn of the century we had interesting shows like Treasure Island and the panel, thats how you do reality tv shows and comedy. Its equivalent these days seem to be the same tired muck in celebrity banisteoir and/or popstar garbage or unfunny comedians like Pj Gallagher.

    I can't think of a single RTE show I've enjoyed in the past 5 years, really desperate. RTE has some really good sports, news and current affairs programming, no doubt but their entertainment lineups..my god they're beyond woeful. I think the rise of the internet and online downloading/streaming has badly exposed RTE as they can no longer rely on american imports.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    Gráinne Seoige's Modern Life Gráinne Seoige presents this new series for RTÉ Two which looks at a range of different aspects of modern life with particular relevance to Irish women.

    This show stinks of 'We haven't got much for Grainne to do, make up a vague show something about Women's lifestyle, anything at all'

    The Schedule revolves around making vehicles for their 'stars' rather than making original programming.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Skid wrote: »
    This show stinks of 'We haven't got much for Grainne to do, make up a vague show something about Women's lifestyle, anything at all'

    The Schedule revolves around making vehicles for their 'stars' rather than making original programming.


    It boggles the mind that woman is not only employed by a TV station but given 3 different TV shows. Its doesn't take rocket science to see that someone having 8 shows axed on them in 5 years pretty much proves the public don't want to watch her on TV :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    One wonders how the typical commissioning editor in RTE manages to stop themselves from settling down with bottle of whiskey and a loaded revolver.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Gekko


    the Liam Cunningham programme sounds like a genuinely original idea. The rest is shíté


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    Saw an ad earlier highlighting RTÉ's American imports this coming season, surprised to see The Big Bang Theory highlighted. Not because I think it's a bad show, I like it, but because RTÉ previously gave this show minimal attention. (Season 1 was Fridays @ 9, then they stopped for a while, before relegating it to a midweek graveyard slot). As far as I know they haven't even shown seasons 3 or 4. I switched to E4 long ago. Any reasons why they might have had this sudden attitude change?


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,877 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    The highlights and lowlights from what I can see:

    * The Big Interview with Mike Murphy (New): daft title, but a welcome return to the screen for Murphy after many years off air.

    * The Voice of Ireland (New). Reformat of the All-Ireland Talent Show. Anything they can do to imporve it welcome.

    * Put Em Under Pressure (New): why didn't they just ressurect Know Your Sport? Could be worth a look though.

    * Meet the Gallaghers (New): Its an RTÉ sitcom. I can't remember any that have been semi-sucessful since Upwardly Mobile. Not filled with confidence.

    * Mrs Brown's Boys (Season 2). No. Kill it. Why have the BBC given this a network commission?

    * Who Knows Ireland Best? (New). Daft title, but seems like an interesting premise.

    * Zig and Zag's Superbloopers (New). And I thought those two had been consigned to the scrapheap. Could be a laugh.

    * Tuesday Night Social with Craig Doyle (New). Essentially seems like a reformat of The Panel. I could be wrong...

    * Republic of Telly (Season 5). I seem to be the only person that likes this. Obviously I'm not, or RTÉ wouldn't have renewed it again. (Either that or it is incredibly cheap TV, seeing as it either consists of clips or segments filmed on RTÉ property).

    * Raw (Season 4). As long as the excellent Charlene McKenna continues to do this (and the writers keep giving her the good lines) they can keep make this IMHO.

    * The Hardy Bucks (Season 2). I didn't watch this. I refuse to watch a programme where the characters are named Boo, Buzz, and the Viper.

    * Untitled Two Tube entertainment show: the latest reincarnation of Jo Maxi?

    * OMG Jedward's Dream Factory! (New). Or John and Edward Will Fix It. I don't want them to.

    * Fianna Fail (One-Off): Could be interesting documentary.

    * Crimecall (Season 8) (Reformat). There are only so many ways you can do Crimewatch UK, so don't expect it to be too much of a reformat, but Grainne Seoige has been given Anne Cassin's seat.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭James__10


    When will the LLS start again?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    why don't the announce the radio at the same time, could claim to have more arts on that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    ehhh emmm ... A Partridge amongst the pigeons?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    There was a Glimpse of a program called Reabhloid in the ad for the Autum line up, could be interesting in fairness, any word on it?


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