2017 in Irish television
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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2017.
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.[1]
- 2 February – The Irish Post acquires Irish TV,[2] 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.
- 10 May – It is confirmed that Derval O'Rourke will return to the coaching panel for the fifth season of Ireland's Fittest Family, the first time she has participated in the series since season two.
- 1 June – It is announced that rugby player Donncha O'Callaghan will join Ireland's Fittest Family as the fourth coach.
- 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.[3]
- 8 October – An Irish version of Blind Date, hosted by comedian Al Porter, is debuted on TV3.
- 22 November – In the final episode of Series 3 of Gogglebox Ireland, the cast of Daddy's Home 2 - Mel Gibson, John Lithgow, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg - appear as a guest 'family' on the show and review Ireland's Fittest Family, Fair City and Stetsons and Stilettos.[4]
- 1 December – The Late Late Toy Show airs on RTÉ One, and becomes the most-watched programme on Irish television in 2017, with an average audience of 1.3 million viewers.[5]
- 16 December – Footballer James McClean is voted the 2017 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year.[6]
- 17 December – The Beirne family from County Leitrim, coached by Donncha O'Callaghan, win the fifth season of Ireland's Fittest Family.[7] They become the first family who had previously competed in the competition to come back and win the show.
Debuts
RTÉ
- 1 January – Striking Out on RTÉ One
- 5 January – The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ One[8]
- 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
| Shows | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| Horrid Henry | RTÉ Two | TG4 |
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)