2017 In Irish Television

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.

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 February – The Irish Post acquires Irish TV, 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.
*8 October – An Irish version of ''Blind Date'', hosted by comedian Al Porter, is debuted on TV3.

Debuts

RTÉ

*1 January – ''Striking Out'' on RTÉ One
*5 January – ''The Tommy Tiernan Show'' on RTÉ One
*8 January – '' Dancing with the Stars'' on RTÉ One
*14 May – '' Kat & Alfie: Redwater'' on RTÉ One
*19 September – ''Mr. Mercedes'' on RTÉ One
*24 September – ''Acceptable Risk'' on RTÉ One
*2 October – ''Pablo'' on RTÉ Jr.
*9 November – '' Ireland's greatest sporting moment'' on RTÉ Two

TV3

*20 September – ''The Tonight Show'' (2017–present)

Changes of network affiliation

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)
* ''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)
* '' Championship Live'' (2008–present) – Now rebranded as GAA on 3
* '' 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)
* '' The GAA Show'' (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)

Ending this year

*6 January – ''Ireland Live'' (2015–2017)
*27 July – ''Tonight with Vincent Browne'' (2007–2017)

Deaths

See also

* 2017 in Ireland

References

{{Years in TV by country, 2017