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Post-War FUN: The Late Late Toy Show-Friday 26th November

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  • #1002
    Suckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118259316#Comment_118259316

    I don't think it could survive on that budget at all. Which would (hopefully) force them to make the correct cuts. Make shows that could retrieve money.

    I have no problem with TG4. It doesn't seem to pay or demand stupid money, and has made some excellent shows in the past.

    Tubridy gets close to €500,000 a year (and whatever else), and brings nothing to the table. A public funded service done properly wouldn't be bad at all imho. It would allow us to pay what what we think is deserving the cash. Almost all of the other presenters or 'personalities' on RTE actually do something, or maybe have something. I genuinely cannot think of one single thing that Tubridy does or says that is deserving of that wage. I don't necessarily dislike the guy, but he has not got a personality deserving of that wage or the shows he presents. I have no doubt that there are naturally better talents that could bring out much more in people both in interviews or through the audience that would settle for a fifth of that wage (or less).

    One thing that really irks me about him is his insistence that it's 'begrudgery' if somebody calls him out. If I'm honest, a part of me wouldn't mind seeing how he would react if a system was brought in, and he suffered. Then again, it may force him to up his game and show if he actually has got any talent, which might leave many of us eating our words, but being happy to do so on a Friday night. It'll likely never happen unless they start by introducing more cuts..



  • #1003
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,608 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    I would rather we decide what sort of PBS we want and how we want to pay for it rather than have a round of cuts and sackings with no plan as to where we are going.

    Agree about TG4 they do some good work.

    I don't think individual preferences regarding RT or other presenters are central to the debate on the future of a PBS. The amount they are paid while large in personal terms is a small fraction of the budget.



  • #1004
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,564 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Saying abolish the TV licence is all very well but the last thing we need is another channel of VM-style dross. Not that much of RTE's output is all that much better...

    Scrap the cap!



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