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THE LATE LATE Toy Show, Dublin’s victory over Kerry in the All Ireland Football Final and an episode of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! were among the most-watched television shows last year.
Audience figures for 2019 reveal how The Late Late Toy Show topped the list once again, pulling in an audience of over 1.5 million people on 29 November.
This year’s Toy Show was widely praised for delving into emotional and socially relevant issues for children, including Sophia who talked about being bullied, and Sophie who spoke about her little brother who has leukemia.
Sport dominated the rest of the top of the list, with the All Ireland Football Final replay the second most-watched show, with 990,000 people tuning in to RTÉ 2 to watch the Dubs historic five-in-a-row victory over the Kingdom on 14 September.
Meanwhile, the Irish Rugby Team’s defeat to England at the Aviva Stadium on 2 February during the Six Nations, the All Ireland Hurling Final between Kilkenny and Tipperary and Ireland’s victory over the French rugby team on 10 March all featured in the top ten.
The remaining top ten slots were filled by Ireland’s defeat at the hands of the All Blacks during last year’s Rugby World Cup on 19 October, an episode of Virgin Media One’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! on 17 November, which attracted an audience of nearly 725,000 people as well as the All Ireland Football Semi-Final between Dublin and Mayo and an episode of Room To Improve on 6 October.
RTÉ shows dominated the top 50, with 42 of Ireland’s most-watched shows last year broadcast on RTÉ One or RTÉ2, with shows broadcast on Virgin Media One making up the other 8 slots.
Adrian Lynch, Director of Audiences Channels and Marketing for RTÉ said the list demonstrated that “TV is very much a part of our daily lives and that, despite competition from other channels in Ireland, the UK and elsewhere, RTÉ programming is most popular with Irish audiences.”
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Never happen hear. Have to be pried out with a crow bar.
@Dáithí Ó Raghallaigh: here.
@Stephen Harding: Besides the spelling do you agree with him or not?
I’d agree with him BTW a politician taking responsibility for their actions is unheard of in this country……
@Dáithí Ó Raghallaigh: More likely 20 gold bars.
And yet he still did not say sorry ….. perceived is not sorry. Disgusting this happened and I hope there is a criminal investigation to see how these people were killed. From the company making the product to everyone who thought money and not people were more important to be saved.
It might be an idea to replace this chap by someone with a single surname.
@Mick Tobin: and not a gailge one…
@Mick Tobin: Yes, you can imagine how his double barrelled surname, plummy voice and that infuriating “cut-off from reality” aloofness must really antagonise people. His thinly disguised contempt for the survivors is nauseating.
“Perceived” failures.
Says it all.
@Brendan McLaughlin: glad it wasn’t just me that picked that up. I lived in Kensington as I’ve said in other posts and there was always an arrogance in the ‘Vicar of Dibley’ council there. Yes he resigned (eventually) but only after last night’s farcical ‘public meeting’ where he tried to exclude the public and media from the public’s council meeting. That was overturned by a High Court Order but by then yet another dreadful act of disregard for the deceased, injured and lifelong suffering ahead for so many.
Here in Urekabd of course, the Government would profess endless confidence in the same circumstances a-la Garda Commissioner & nobody would even think of resigning. God no.
@Gerry Carroll: You Sir are talking nothing but, the greatest load of sense.
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