2018 in Irish television
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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2018.
The Late Late Toy Show was the most watched programmes on Irish television in 2018.[1]
Events
- 8 January – Micko airs on RTÉ One.[2]
- 23 January – Saorview announces the launch of Free TV, a channel designed to promote the launch of its premium service Saorview Connect.[3]
- 3 February – Ireland's Got Talent makes its debut on TV3.
- 24 March – RDC win the first series of Ireland's Got Talent.
- 26 March – Jake Carter and dance partner Karen Byrne win the second series of Dancing with the Stars.
- 7 May – RTÉ announce plans for a timeshift channel for RTÉ2.[4]
- 6 June – Ireland's Got Talent will make its UK television debut on 5Star.[5]
- 30 August – TV3 is rebranded as Virgin Media One, while its sister channels 3e and be3 become Virgin Media Two and Three respectively. A fourth pay TV sports channel, Virgin Media Sport, launches on the Virgin Media platform.[6]
- 1 September – To coincide with the rebranding of TV3 to Virgin Media One, the Saturday AM and Sunday AM breakfast programmes are renamed as "Weekend AM".[7]
- 18 September – Launch of Virgin Media Sport.[8][9][10][11]
- 28 September – Players of the Faithful airs on RTÉ One.[12]
- 12 October – The Late Late Show is broadcast live from Central Hall Westminster in London, the first time the programme has broadcast from the United Kingdom since 1980.[13][14]
Debuts
- 3 February – Ireland's Got Talent on TV3
- 8 February – The Young Offenders on RTÉ2
- 27 August - Killing Eve on RTÉ2
- 10 October – Finding Joy on RTÉ1
- 26 November – Death and Nightingales on RTÉ1
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)
- Xposé (2007–2019)
- 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)
- Irish Pictorial Weekly (2012–present)
- Today (2012–present)
- The Works (2012–present)
- Deception (2013–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)
- Ploughing Live (2015–present)
- First Dates (2016–present)
- Dancing with the Stars (2017–present)
- The Tommy Tiernan Show (2017–present)
- Striking Out (2017–present)
Ending this year
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See also
References
- ^ "Grand Slam decider the most-watched sporting event on Irish TV in 2018". The 42. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Micko".
- ^ "Saorview – News – Saorview launches the world's first free shopping channel – Free TV. And it's free-ly good". www.saorview.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Slattery, Laura (7 May 2018). "RTÉ plans plus-one channel for RTÉ2". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Elms, John (6 June 2018). "5Star to show Ireland's Got Talent". C21 Media. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "TV3 is officially changing its name – to Virgin Media One". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ TV3 reels in the years as it becomes Virgin Media One, Irish Times, 23 August 2018
- ^ Staff, Fora. "Virgin Media to launch brand new Irish sports channel as part of TV3 rebrand".
- ^ "Virgin Media Sport Takes On Rival RTE With Exclusive Match Deals". 2 July 2018.
- ^ "TV3 aims to score with new ad model on sports channel – Independent.ie".
- ^ "Broadband, TV & Phone Bundles in Ireland – Virgin Media Ireland". www.virginmedia.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Players of the Faithful".
- ^ "Tubridy excited and nervous ahead of London Late Late". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "London Late Late Shows". RTÉ Archives. RTÉ. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.