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

I think PK is a good presenter ... but I think the material the last 2 shows was woeful ... it was Tubridy at his worst type stuff ... Luv Islanders, Dancing With The Stars, fake 'stars' like Joanne McNally ... if RTE cannot see that this is what is so wrong in this show and the station in general they haven't learned a thing from what has been going on the past 6 months ...

People like Joanne McNally and Doireann Garrihy ... both who are high profile presenters of drivel ... seriously annoy people and people either with no job or working hard are seriously annoyed by these and the money they make, the breaks they get, etc. for doing FA and for no special ability ...

As said before the Late Late Show does not have to be political or heavy to be good ... PrimeTime is doing that ... as said discussions on classic books like Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Clockwork Orange and impact on society today, 1950s/1960s rock 'n' roll, the impact of Irish music on US music, JFK's Irish visit, classic film directors like Hitchcock, Kubrick, Spielberg, etc. and their best films, the history behind Halloween/Christmas/Bridget's Day/Patrick's Day/etc. and countless more could be discussed as topics .... so much more could be done like this and it does not have to be a choice between discussing wars or interviewing dimwits ....

Just off the top of my head,I’m thinking about all those people who were able to move from Dublin to down the country because of WFH. Would be interesting to hear how they’re getting on.

Also volunteers working in dog shelters which are all bursting at the seams with unwanted dogs. How hard is it for them?

There are loads of people with interesting stories he could have on. These C listers are not interesting and the show will die if it continues down this vein.

Nationwide is what you're describing.

As for the other guy, JFKs visit & 50/60 rock, Jesus Christ

I think last week they were trying a comedy night. Most were a comedian of some form or other, expect for SO'Sullivan who was there really to promote Ireland's Fittest Family.

Is next week the last show before the New Year?

Whoops posted in the wrong thread!

It’s been a long day. 😁

Nope, RTE1 on December 22nd will have...

• Pat Shortt's Entertainment from D'Telly Christmas Special (repeat)
• Eastenders
• Neven's Christmas at Muckross Traditional Farms (repeat)
• News
• Bad Boys for Life (Will Smith movie)
• Dancing in the Moonlight - The RTÉ Concert Orchestra Plays the Music of Thin Lizzy (repeat)

My God. Where is all the money going?

Christmas special this week, probably one of his agreed pre-records. No show on 22nd.

What are they going to stream? Classic episodes of The Resturant?

TLLS on friday night had 297k adult viewers, and was beaten to the top spot by Nationwide with 322k !

but when will it be recorded?

My point is that RTÉ's and VMTV's streaming services are no better than their broadcasting services, you are right people are moving from broadcast TV to those brands due to content, RTÉ and VMTV have very little outside of News, Sport and Weather on any platform.

Why do you think Irish people had a high take up of Cable and watch via overspill, it wasn't just because TnaG and TV3 didn't exist, it was because content across these services is not something all that desirable.

Irish broadcasters have a real up hill battle, but they have no idea where to start. (TG4 has to punch above it weight due to Language).

Even if you look at their YouTube channels , RTÉ's most popular Video remains Horse Outside from 13 years ago with 22m view with a promo for KIN getting 879k 9 months as this years most watch item from their YouTube Channel. (I am not saying that RTÉ should be massively focused on YouTube but if these are the stats for you tube).

In the last 6days they have published just 14 videos, of which only Fair City reaches above 1k (along with a promo for a documentary), though soaps do well on the RTÉ player (as I said over in another thread Soap is Dead, TV is Dead! Long live TV Soap), you'd think they would have promos for their other bought in Soaps.

Even their News You Tube channel isn't getting many hits. Virgin Media isn't doing much better.

And that's saying something, cos I don't find Jack Whitehall funny at all.

Sterling also had a show called 'Celebability'.. it has an imdb score of 3/10, and honestly, it's generous at that.

I saw about 5 minutes of one episode, late at night. And it made Keith Lemon look like Professor Brian Cox in comparison.

Not just a waste of time and money, but it actively made me feel stupid just looking at it. I'll never get those brain cells back.

Got photographed doing doing on the back of his blackberry phone too.

He's been trying to market himself as an actor, as of late. Not very successfully.

The movies where he's the lead generally garner 'rotten' ratings.

Let’s do this!