Ryan Tubridy to step down from Late Late role when season ends

squonk · 05-05-2023 10:17pm

True. The funny thing is Joe Biden happened to gift them the perfect formula a few weeks ago after his dog & pony show ate into the schedule. Tubbs had maybe an hour or an hour and 20 with a strong lineup and a bit of audience banter but no misery, no canteen fillers and social media ‘famous’ guests looking for their next breath of publicity oxygen courtesy of TLLS. Oh, she it was actually TLLS. Started around 10:45 or something but got guillotined at the witching hour which was probably wide really. Do that. Keep it late, sharp and focused and concentrate on 2-3 quality guests and get the best out of them.

freshpopcorn · 05-05-2023 11:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120560360#Comment_120560360

Personally I think hard questions belong on Prime Time and not The Late Late Show.

Also, there's only certain things they can ask.

JP Liz V1 · 05-05-2023 11:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120560957#Comment_120560957

But will the top dog politicians go on Prime Time though, they will go on TLLS

Welsh Megaman · 05-05-2023 11:20pm

Germany's costume for this year's Eurovision!

freshpopcorn · 05-05-2023 11:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120560978#Comment_120560978

Well it's where they belong.

I don't believe they belong on The Late Late Show. It's a big problem with the show in my opinion.

There's plenty of other places for them.

It should be a light entertainment, be shorter, etc.

Strumms · 05-05-2023 11:55pm

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That’s precisely what RTÉ and the show needs. Parachute someone in who has no baggage with RTÉ, is generally liked, has a sense of humour….can communicate and will be able to manipulate the direction of the interview.

that’s something that’s Ryan is poor at… too often you see him spending copious amounts of time during interviews just smiling and nodding while asking questions that seem to be of the main purpose to enable the interviewee to plug books, films, tours etc… and always seems delighted to be doing it, rarely does he probe, engage with the viewer as the priority…. The guest is priority….I’ve never liked that about him.

MOR316 · 06-05-2023 12:09am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120561112#Comment_120561112

I agree...

But, for reasons I stated, he won't get it. I doubt he's interested anyway. He has all the freedom in the world to do any project he so wishes, is married to Cat Deeley (lucky git) and can do a stand up tour whenever he likes, joking about anything.

With all the baggage and restrictions that comes with the Late Late, why would he do it? When have RTE ever taken a risk?

Gadgetman496 · 06-05-2023 1:12am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120561141#Comment_120561141

Give him the job and he can get the wife (Cat Deeley) to do the toy show

MOR316 · 06-05-2023 1:59am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120561265#Comment_120561265

Dreams don't come true... :(

ahnowbrowncow · 06-05-2023 2:01am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120561320#Comment_120561320

You need better dreams

MOR316 · 06-05-2023 2:31am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120561324#Comment_120561324

You need to sense the tone of the conversation

phelixoflaherty · 06-05-2023 5:49am

Keep it in the family, give it to David mc Savage😉

Jonnyc135 · 06-05-2023 10:32am

Baz could really be a contender here

Man Vs ManUre · 06-05-2023 11:59am

Al Porter or Eoghan McDermott to get the job.

Feisar · 06-05-2023 12:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120561809#Comment_120561809

Not actually a bad shout. He is a bit of craic and comes across very empathetic as well.

techman1 · 06-05-2023 1:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120559824#Comment_120559824

Has Emer O Neill ruled herself out yet?

Interesting though that it's all the female candidates ruling themselves out, the narrative that it had to be a woman is turning into a complete farce now at this stage

Gadgetman496 · 06-05-2023 1:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120562397#Comment_120562397

was it actually stated by RTE that the new presenter would be a female, or was it just implied?

KevRossi · 06-05-2023 2:49pm

STATEMENT

I'd like to take this opportunity to rule myself out of the running for the job of host of the Late Late Show.

This is due to family, business and personal reasons. I have always put my family first, except for when I needed a few quiet jars down the pub. If they say otherwise they are liars.

This is my decision alone and has nothing to do with RTE telling me to stop contacting their main switchboard to discuss the job and subsequent legal cease and desist letter that they may, or may not, have sent me.

I will choose now to follow a greater calling and will head abroad where my services are in great demand.

Yours

KevRossi

P.S. As always I am available for birthdays, weddings, 21st's, Bar Mitzvahs and some funerals.

Bass Reeves · 06-05-2023 3:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120562412#Comment_120562412

RTE could not have made such a statement as it would have been discrimination. However it was implied and touted all over the place.

I like to rule myself out if the running for the gig as well. Family commitments and all that as well

pjcb · 06-05-2023 3:16pm

what regular gig does Cat Deeley do these days still you think you can dance US?

micks_address · 06-05-2023 3:35pm

My early shout would have been Anna Daly.. reckon her odds must have come down.. after all the withdrawals this week..

06-05-2023 3:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120560616#Comment_120560616

That interview really stuck out in my mind as groundbreaking, setting him as a “human” character, probably paved a tiny bit of the way for the eventual peace process.

06-05-2023 3:54pm

At this stage I’m going to run through my virtual tarot cards…

Question: Who is going to be the next Late Late host?

3 card spread -

Past: Ace of Cups reversed: Wasted emotions, blocked creativity, emptiness (Ryan Tubridy)

Present: Knight of Swords reversed: No direction, disregard for consequence, unpredictability (RTE decision making process)

Future: The World: Fulfillment, harmony, completion (a new host will be found but we’re still clueless as to whom)

Man Vs ManUre · 06-05-2023 4:25pm

There is only 1 man for the job, …… Davy Fitzgerald.

techman1 · 06-05-2023 4:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120562714#Comment_120562714

Yes I remember it we only ever saw the characture of paisley before that hating everything about the south except it wasn't true he actually liked some things . They had Brendan grace on the same night as one of their guests and paisley was falling off the seat with laughter.it was genuinely an uplifting thing against all the carnage that was going on in the north then

An Claidheamh · 06-05-2023 5:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120562714#Comment_120562714

I wouldn’t really give RTÉ and the establishment media as much credit for the peace process as much as they give themselves

The revisionist in me suspects the PIRA, Canary Wharf, etc had more to do with it

The unpalatable part of that appearance was it was most likely engineered by Eoghan Harris and Co, at a time when RTÉ were censoring Sinn Féin and any views critical of the British and unionists in the North

squonk · 06-05-2023 5:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120562714#Comment_120562714

Yes. Exactly how it appeared to me as well. Up until then he’d only been seen on the news shouting down everything with NO! but it was great to see the man behind the image. It definitely helped in a small way to show that those on the unionist side were humans too.

jimjangles · 06-05-2023 5:28pm

This thread made me realise that RTE has no talent.

Well actually correction, I knew that already but it just confirms it really.

Jonnyc135 · 06-05-2023 7:53pm

Brutal they can't find someone for this 'Huge' show, honestly the only one in RTE that seems like they could do a job of it and most importantly for the main event the Toy Show, not be a stiff arse that can interact with kids is Baz.

I would honestly say all the other candidates out there are too serious and stiff arsed ie. Claire Byrne etc. I think RTE seem to want to go down the line of a light hearted chat show which doesn't ask the hard questions so would not require good journalists like Brendan Oconnor who can challenge and oppose the general mainstream naratives.

So all in all I think Baz fits that bill and to be fair may do a good job of a Late Late show host if RTE goes down the following the Graham Norton show.

Bass Reeves · 06-05-2023 10:11pm

I heard that when RTE knew they were in trouble with CB they thinking of giving it to Una Healy but they knew they would be in real TROUPLE then

Ryan Tubridy to step down from Late Late role when season ends

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