TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week, beginning tonight
December 1st-6th: including The Late Late Toy Show, Renaissance - The Blood and the Beauty, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
The Late Late Show
Róisín Ingle on Kathleen Watkins: She loved life, poetry and Gaybo. Conversation flowed from her like music
Kathleen Watkins was one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met
Late Late Toy Show: ticket lottery opens for December 6th programme
Broadcaster warns demand far exceeds number of seats available and that tickets will be allocated by random selection
Dublin marathon effort by Colin Farrell and friend with skin disorder raises €500,000
Emma Fogarty is Ireland’s longest-surviving person with epidermolysis buliosa, and will join actor in final kilometres
The Late Late Show review: Patrick Kielty’s second season kicks off with serviceable monologue and just one flub
Television: The host of the RTÉ chatshow seems to be enjoying himself – which is not something that could be said of some earlier presenters
No change to Kielty’s salary as Late Late Show host prepares for second year
Rory McIlroy and John Bishop among guests on first episode of autumn season
Patrick Kielty: ‘It’s tricky to get through Heathrow, called Paddy, with a balaclava in your bag’
The presenter of RTÉ's The Late Late Show on his relationship with Ireland
In My Own Words review: Billy Connolly retains his twinkle in affecting and celebratory documentary
Television: Scottish comedian is both emotional and phlegmatic as he looks back on his life and career
RTÉ spends €135,000 in Late Late Show guest appearance money
Average payment was €800 per person on flagship TV show, while average payment for guests on Today with Claire Byrne was €54
Irish Life has paid €1.73bn in dividends to overseas parent since it was bought from the State a decade ago
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Fair City and The Late Late Show destined to be twin scenes of bitter battle at RTÉ
Kevin Bakhurst says it won’t do anything to jeopardise either programme amid plans to move them away from Montrose. But that hasn’t eased fears among sceptical, frustrated staff
Direct and licence fee funding still options for RTÉ, Minister insists
Catherine Martin says Government will decide before end of month on future financial model for RTE
RTÉ knows nostalgia will not save it, but the Government must also acknowledge this
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
RTÉ knows nostalgia will not save it, but the Government must also acknowledge this
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
UK buyer of famous Leeson Street grinds school begins to reap rewards of €135m acquisition
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
‘It’s very easy to move’: Independent production companies consider Late Late’s future
With flagship shows headed out of Montrose, Kielty and RTÉ are expected to retain important say
Larry Masterson obituary: RTÉ producer and social justice campaigner
At Montrose he worked on The Live Mike and guided The Late Late Show through its difficult transition out of the Gay Byrne era
Conan O’Brien on Ros na Rún review: Comedian finds his niche as a disappointed Irish-American balloon-seller
Television: TG4 has delivered a nice cameo moment in an otherwise wild show
Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar raises concerns about racism in Late Late Show interview
Varadkar, who resigned last month, declined to be drawn on whether he would run in the next general election
Friends, colleagues and family bid farewell to the late, great Larry Masterson
‘The expression he used always say to me was, “Unto yourself be true” and it’s always been, and always will be, my mantra’
Veteran RTÉ producer Larry Masterson dies aged 73
Masterson was in television for over 40 years, working on flagship programmes including The Late Late Show
‘Ireland is crying’: Saoírse Ruane’s funeral takes place in Co Galway
Girl (12), who captured hearts during Late Late Toy Show appearance, was ‘far too special for this life’, mother says
Saoírse Ruane, who inspired Late Late Toy Show appeal, dies aged 12
Galway girl appeared on RTÉ after having leg amputated due to rare form of bone cancer
Mike Murphy’s D4 pad, Eamon Ryan’s TV crew and keeping Barry Keoghan’s clothes on
Plus Michael Lynn and the missing penthouse, is James Dyson moving to Waterford, and the value of Artist Hughie O’Donoghue’s Original Sin paintings
Do your Eurovision duty and get behind Bambie Thug. Irish democracy depends on it
Hugh Linehan: The desperate far right thinks a witchy nonbinary performer might offer them an opportunity
Late Late Show’s Eurosong special review: Bambie Thug wins as Patrick Kielty avoids any cringe moments
Television: This year’s Eurovision line-up was mould-breaking, daring and a bit scary as winner Bambie Thug's sugar-and-spice mix of pop and industrial metal will undoubtedly land with a splash in Sweden
Late Late Eurosong contenders aim to shake up Ireland’s Eurovision entry with black talons and exploding toilets
From Celtic metal to rap to a Louis Walsh boyband, the Late Late audience will have a wide range of options on Friday night
The Late Late Show’s Eurosong special: Everything you need to know
The Late Late Show is hosting its annual Eurosong special this Friday where Ireland’s Eurovision act will be chosen
No whooping audience, no stupid competitions: What RTÉ could learn from The Tommy Tiernan Show
Hugh Linehan: With the scourging of the broadcaster well under way, one of its recent successes could help it reinvent itself
Late Late Show New Year’s special review: Patrick Kielty is tigerishly buoyant as a TV anticlimax unfolds
Television: RTÉ’s rehashed Hootenanny is at least full of New Year vim – and Kielty’s Buddy the Elf enthusiasm shows no sign of diminishing
What were the most-read articles on irishtimes.com in 2023?
Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year
‘Fever dream’ Late Late Toy Show sees leggings-clad Patrick Kielty sustain ratings magic for RTÉ
Laura Slattery: relief all round at Montrose as Toy Show remains an audience phenomenon in post-Tubridy era
Patrick Kielty’s first Late Late Toy Show watched by 1.7m, taking top TV ratings spot for 2023
Presenter’s debut eclipsed audience for Ireland’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final
Late Late Toy Show review: Kielty can’t match Tubridy’s eyes-on-stalks jolliness and doesn’t try
Patrick Kielty offers a quieter start to Christmas as he slowly, yet steadily, puts his own stamp on the programme
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