2017 in Irish television

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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2017. The Late Late Toy Show was the most-watched programme on Irish television in 2017, with an average audience of 1.3 million viewers.[1]

Events[]

  • 8 January – Dancing with the Stars makes its debut on RTÉ One.
  • 9 January – TV3 Group reveals a new on-air presentation featuring the number 3 superimposed on various natural and urban landscapes across Ireland. A new logo is also revealed along with new promos and on-screen graphics. Similarly, new identities are introduced to 3e and its rebrand of UTV Ireland to be3.
  • 12 January – Viewing figures indicate that The Late Late Toy Show was the most watched programme of 2016 in Ireland with a total of 1,571,600 viewers.[2]
  • 2 February – The Irish Post acquires Irish TV,[3] saving the channel from closure.
  • 8 March – Irish TV goes off the air. Its Sky slot is subsequently bought by Viacom International Media Networks Europe to launch Spike +1.
  • 26 March – Aidan O'Mahony and dance partner Valeria Milova win the first series of Dancing with the Stars.
  • 6 July – RTÉ One extends its on-air hours, the channel now starting at 6:00am rather than the later 6:20 am.
  • 27 July – Vincent Browne presents his last edition of Tonight with Vincent Browne, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as a guest.[4]
  • 8 October – An Irish version of Blind Date, hosted by comedian Al Porter, is debuted on TV3.

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Shows Moved from Moved to
Horrid Henry RTÉ Two TG4

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Ending this year[]

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See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Late Late Toy Show was the most-watched Irish programme in 2017". Journal. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Revealed: The most watched tv programmes of 2016". Irish Independent. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  3. ^ Audley, Fiona (2 February 2017). "The Irish Post acquires digital and intellectual property assets of diaspora broadcaster Irish TV". The Irish Post. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Five things we learned from Leo Varadkar's final appearance on 'Tonight with Vincent Browne'". Irish Independent. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Everyone fell in love with the new Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ last night". Daily Edge. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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