2020 in Irish television
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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2020.
The The Late Late Toy Show broadcast on 27 November was the most watched programme on Irish television in 2020.[1][2]
Events
- 2 January – The death is announced of broadcaster Marian Finucane, who presented Crimecall in the 1990s.[3][4][5][6][7]
- 7 January – The death is announced of broadcaster Larry Gogan, best known as a 2fm disc-jockey, who provided the RTÉ television commentary at the 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982 Eurovision Song Contest.[8][9][10][11][12]
- 24 January – ITV Box Office, a pay-per-view television service from ITV, and the only ITV service available in Ireland via Sky, ceases broadcasting.
- 17 March – Taoiseach Leo Varadkar makes a special broadcast to the nation in which he says the COVID-19 emergency could go on for months into the summer.[13]
- 16 May – RTE One airs Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light to mark the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. The programme, broadcast by all countries participating in the competition, showcases the forty one acts that would have appeared in Eurovision 2020.[14][15]
- 26 June – RTÉ Does Comic Relief is held.The event was broadcast live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player for over 4 hours with over 5 million raised for charities.[16]
Debuts
- 7 January - The Style Counsellors
- 31 March – Miss Scarlet and The Duke
- 18 May – Dead Still
Ongoing television programmes
1960s
- RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
- RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
- The Late Late Show (1962–present)
1970s
- The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
- RTÉ News on Two (1978–present)
- The Sunday Game (1979–present)
1980s
- Fair City (1989–present)
- RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present)
1990s
- Would You Believe (1990s–present)
- Winning Streak (1990–present)
- Prime Time (1992–present)
- Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present)
- Nuacht TG4 (1996–present)
- Ros na Rún (1996–present)
- TV3 News (1998–present)
- Ireland AM (1999–present)
- Telly Bingo (1999–present)
2000s
- Nationwide (2000–present)
- TV3 News at 5.30 (2001–present) – now known as the 5.30
- Against the Head (2003–present)
- news2day (2003–present)
- Other Voices (2003–present)
- Saturday Night with Miriam (2005–present)
- The Week in Politics (2006–present)
- At Your Service (2008–present)
- Operation Transformation (2008–present)
- 3e News (2009–present)
- Dragons' Den (2009–present)
- Two Tube (2009–present)
2010s
- Jack Taylor (2010–present)
- Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011–present)
- MasterChef Ireland (2011–present)
- Today (2012–present)
- The Works (2012–present)
- Celebrity MasterChef Ireland (2013–present)
- Second Captains Live (2013–present)
- Claire Byrne Live (2015–present)
- The Restaurant (2015–present)
- Red Rock (2015–present)
- TV3 News at 8 (2015–present)
- First Dates (2016–present)
- Dancing with the Stars (2017–present)
- The Tommy Tiernan Show (2017–present)
- Striking Out (2017–present)
Deaths
- 2 January – Marian Finucane, radio and tv presenter, who presented Crimecall in the 1990s.[3][4][5][6]
- 7 January – Larry Gogan, disc jockey and TV compere, best known as a 2fm disc-jockey, who provided the RTÉ television commentary at the 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982 Eurovision Song Contest.[8][9][10][11][12]
See also
References
- ^ "Late Late Toy Show was top of the box in 2020". RTE. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Toy Show and Varadkar's Patrick's Day address most-watched RTÉ broadcasts last year". Journal. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ a b Hennessy, Michelle (2 January 2020). "Broadcaster Marian Finucane has died at the age of 69". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b Hilliard, Mark (2 January 2020). "RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane dies aged 69". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b Conneely, Ailbhe (2 January 2020). "Death announced of RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane". RTÉ News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b Murray, Sean (3 January 2020). "Here are some of Marian Finucane's most memorable moments in broadcasting". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Ní Aodha, Gráinne (7 January 2020). "Marian Finucane had decided in early December that she would retire". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ a b Crowley, Sinéad (7 January 2020). "Veteran RTÉ broadcaster Larry Gogan dies". RTÉ News.
- ^ a b Duffy, Rónán (7 January 2020). "Larry Gogan (1934–2020): Radio icon who provided the soundtrack to Irish life". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ a b Burns, Sarah (8 January 2020). "Larry Gogan funeral to take place in Dublin on Friday". IrishTimes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b McGrath, Graham (8 January 2020). "Funeral details announced for RTE legend Larry Gogan who died aged 81". Extra.ie. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b Ryan, Órla (10 January 2020). "Radio stations to pay tribute to Larry Gogan as his funeral takes place in Dublin". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Covid-19 emergency to continue beyond March – Varadkar". RTÉ News. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Douze points! Europe unites for Eurovision special". RTE. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Rock 'n' Roll Kids tops Irish Eurovision winners poll". RTE. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "RTÉ Does Comic Relief raises plenty of craic and cash". RTE News. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.