2017 in Irish television explained
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.
- 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.[4]
- 16 December – Footballer James McClean is voted the 2017 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year.[5]
- 17 December – The Beirne family from County Leitrim, coached by Donncha O'Callaghan, win the fifth season of Ireland's Fittest Family.[6] They become the first family who had previously competed in the competition to come back and win the show.
Debuts
RTÉ
TV3
Ongoing television programmes
1960s
- (1961–present)
- (1962–present)
- The Late Late Show (1962–present)
1970s
1980s
- Fair City (1989–present)
- (1989–present)
1990s
2000s
2010s
Ending this year
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Revealed: The most watched tv programmes of 2016. 12 January 2017. Irish Independent. 13 January 2017.
- Web site: The Irish Post acquires digital and intellectual property assets of diaspora broadcaster Irish TV. The Irish Post. Fiona. Audley. 2 February 2017. 16 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20210101100641/https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-post-acquires-digital-and-intellectual-property-assets-of-diaspora-broadcaster-irish-tv-112759. 1 January 2021. live.
- Web site: Five things we learned from Leo Varadkar's final appearance on 'Tonight with Vincent Browne'. 27 July 2017. Irish Independent. 11 October 2017.
- Web site: Late Late Toy Show was the most-watched Irish programme in 2017. 9 January 2018. Journal. 9 January 2018.
- McClean voted RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year . 16 December 2017 . 17 December 2023 . RTÉ News . RTÉ.
- News: The Beirnes from Leitrim are Ireland's Fittest Fmaily. 2018-06-02.
- Web site: Everyone fell in love with the new Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ last night. 6 January 2017. Daily Edge. 6 January 2017.
