Saturday Night with Miriam explained

Genre:Chat Show
Presenter:Miriam O'Callaghan
Country:Ireland
Language:English
Num Seasons:11
Executive Producer:Larry Masterson
Runtime:60 minutes
Channel:RTÉ One

Saturday Night with Miriam was an Irish talk show first broadcast on RTÉ One in the summer of 2005. The show runs for six weeks as a summer filler, and is overseen by Miriam O'Callaghan, a co-presenter of Prime Time.

Format

Saturday Night with Miriam, airs during summer months on RTÉ One when programmes such as The Late Late Show and the former Saturday night talk show Tubridy Tonight are off air. The show has a wide variety of guests, often including musicians, who usually perform on the show. The Duckworth Lewis Method made their television debut on Saturday Night with Miriam in 2009's season opener.[1]

History

The first two series were pre-recorded show was broadcast on Saturday nights after the main evening news, lasting approximately 60 minutes. In the 2007 series, the programme began to broadcast live.[2]

The show's first guests included Charlie McCreevy, Paul Brady, D. J. Carey and Ray D'Arcy.[3] The programme received thirty-six percent of the adult audience.[4]

The series was also run in summer 2006 and a third series ran in 2007.

The fourth series in 2008 was very popular and achieved a forty percent audience .[5] [6] People such as Mary Coughlan, Enda Kenny, Cherie Blair and Jade Goody appeared on the series.[7]

In 2009, the series returned for a fifth series,[8] with RTÉ making the announcement on 4 June 2009.[9] This happened after it was announced that she would not be the new host of The Late Late Show.[10] O'Callaghan also got her first radio programme, filling in for Eamon Dunphy on Miriam Meets....[11] Newly elected politician George Lee was one of the first guests of the fifth series.[12] The final episode of the fifth series received 422,000 viewers, a 35% audience share.[13]

O'Callaghan confirmed that the series would return in 2013.[14]

The show returned in the summer of 2014 for another series, running from 5 July until 23 August 2014 on RTÉ One.[15] [16] The 2014 season was pre-recorded on Fridays.[17]

The show returned in the summer of 2015 for another series commencing 20 June 2015 and ran until 8 August 2015 on RTÉ One.[15] [18] [19]

In 2018 Miriam announced that the show would take a break and would not return for a new series in 2018. This was down to the busy schedule Miriam had for the summer of 2018, with the then upcoming coverage on RTÉ of the referendum on abortion, coverage of Pope Francis visit to Ireland and Miriam's involvement in a documentary. However she did say in an interview with the RTÉ Guide that the show would return in the summer of 2019.[20]

In May 2019, it was confirmed that Saturday Night with Miriam would not be returning to the RTÉ One schedules that autumn, as Miriam would be filling in for Seán O'Rourke on his RTÉ Radio 1 mid-morning show during the summer.[21]

Guests

Series 3

Date Guests Link
16 June 2007 Andrea Corr, Bertie Ahern, Bernard Dunne, Kristina Grimes [22]
23 June 2007 [23]
30 June 2007 [24]
7 July 2007 [25]
14 July 2007 [26]
21 July 2007 [27]
28 July 2007 [28]
4 August 2007 [29]

Series 4

The 2008 series got an average viewing audience of 425,000.[30]

Date Guests Link
7 June 2008 [31]
14 June 2008 [32]
21 June 2008 [33]
28 June 2008 Peter Kelly, Phil Coulter & Geraldine Brannigan, Bill O'Herlihy, Liam Brady, Johnny Giles & Eamonn Dunphy, Robert O'Neill [34]
5 July 2008 [35]
12 July 2008 [36]
19 July 2008 [37]

Series 5

Date Guests Link
20 June 2009 [38]
27 June 2009 [39]
4 July 2009 [40]
11 July 2009 Hilda Fay, Clelia Murphy & Ciara O'Callaghan, La Troupe de Mademoiselle Clairette, John Spillane, Steve Collins & Paul Williams, Sophie Ellis-Bextor[41]
18 July 2009 Pat Shortt, Maxi, Patrick Collison, Wallis Bird, Pat Spillane, Fiona Looney & Marty Morrissey, Kevin Doyle [42]
25 July 2009 [43]

External links

Notes and References

  1. The Duckworth Lewis Method make live debut. 2009-06-18. 2009-06-18. Hot Press.
  2. Web site: Webchat with Miriam O'Callaghan . 13 July 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070919004246/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/webchat.html . 19 September 2007 .
  3. News: The importance of being earnest on RTÉ. Mary Leland. 17 July 2005. Irish Independent. 2009-06-19.
  4. News: Weekend chat shows score well this summer . https://archive.today/20130217201627/http://www.independent.ie/business/news-in-brief-251586.html . dead . 17 February 2013 . 28 July 2005 . Irish Independent. 2009-06-19 .
  5. News: TV's Miriam is on top form . https://archive.today/20130217174801/http://www.herald.ie/opinion/tvs-miriam-is-on-top-form-1420237.html . dead . 17 February 2013 . 24 June 2008 . The Evening Herald . 2009-06-19 .
  6. News: Miriam's chat show secures a comeback . https://archive.today/20130217175414/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/miriams-chat-show-secures-a-comeback-1740157.html . dead . 17 February 2013 . Lorna Nolan . 15 May 2009 . The Evening Herald . 2009-06-19 .
  7. Web site: Miriam Archive . RTÉ . 2009-06-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090404040156/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/2007archive.html . 4 April 2009 .
  8. Web site: Miriam's Saturday night guests revealed. 19 June 2009. RTÉ. 2009-06-19.
  9. News: Miriam returns to Saturday night for fifth summer stint . https://archive.today/20130217204731/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/miriam-returns-to-saturday-night-for-fifth-summer-stint-1762781.html . dead . 2013-02-17 . 2009-06-05 . 2009-06-18 . .
  10. News: Miriam O'Callaghan: It's different for girls . https://archive.today/20130217192919/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/miriam-ocallaghan-its-different-for-girls-1773221.html . dead . 2013-02-17 . 2009-06-14 . 2009-06-18 . .
  11. News: Miriam to pull a double shift on RTÉ airwaves. Caroline O’Doherty. 10 June 2009. The Irish Examiner. 2009-06-19.
  12. News: Miriam convinces politics' hottest property George to make RTÉ comeback . https://archive.today/20130217230641/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/miriam-convinces-politics8217-hottest-property-george-to-make-rte-comeback-1778066.html . dead . 2013-02-17 . 2009-06-18 . 2009-06-18 . .
  13. News: Miriam's final show pulls in 422k viewers. 2009-07-29. 2009-08-13. Evening Herald.
  14. News: 'I'm not 50 just yet, but who cares anyway?' . https://archive.today/20120802052135/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/im-not-50-just-yet-but-who-cares-anyway-2056196.html . dead . 2 August 2012 . 10 February 2010 . . 15 February 2010 .
  15. Web site: Saturday Night with Miriam. RTÉ. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140703025046/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/. 3 July 2014.
  16. 485520128118116354. Remember to tune in at 9.40pm tonight for the first show of the season!. Saturday Miriam. SaturdayMiriam. 5 July 2014. 28 August 2021.
  17. News: Miriam O'Callaghan on husband Steve Carson: 'He's part of my DNA'. Irish Independent. Sarah. Caden. 24 June 2014.
  18. News: Miriam O'Callaghan says she was wrong to worry. 22 June 2015. RTÉ Entertainment.
  19. 607907014086393857. Saturday Night with Miriam is back every Saturday from the 20th June until the 8th August. For audience tickets email saturdaynight@rte.ie. Saturday Miriam. SaturdayMiriam. 8 June 2015. 28 August 2021.
  20. Saturday Night with Miriam won’t be returning to our screens this year. VIP. Michelle. Dardis. 21 March 2018.
  21. News: Miriam O'Callaghan filling in for Sean O'Rourke on radio - but telly chat show loses out to fun in sun. Irish Independent. Sorcha. O'Connor. 9 May 2019. 28 August 2021.
  22. Web site: June 16, 2007 . 16 June 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070919003422/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070616.html . 19 September 2007 .
  23. Web site: June 23, 2007 . 23 June 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911185148/http://rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070623.html . 11 September 2007 .
  24. Web site: June 30, 2007 . 30 June 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226000111/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070630.html . 26 February 2008 .
  25. Web site: July 7, 2007 . 7 July 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070919003755/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070707.html . 19 September 2007 .
  26. Web site: July 14, 2007 . 14 July 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070919002817/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070714.html . 19 September 2007 .
  27. Web site: July 21, 2007 . 21 July 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080506115902/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070721.html . 6 May 2008 .
  28. Web site: July 28, 2007. https://archive.today/20080216103241/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070728.html. dead. 16 February 2008. 28 July 2007. RTÉ. 2009-06-20.
  29. Web site: August 4, 2007 . 4 August 2007 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080504220924/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070804.html . 4 May 2008 .
  30. Web site: 500,000 viewers per night watch RTÉ. 23 July 2008. RTÉ. 2009-06-20.
  31. Web site: June 7, 2008 . 7 June 2008 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413230741/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080607.html . 13 April 2009 .
  32. Web site: June 14, 2008 . 14 June 2008 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090505054349/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080614.html . 5 May 2009 .
  33. Web site: June 21, 2008 . 21 June 2008 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091006105105/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080621.html . 6 October 2009 .
  34. Web site: June 28, 2008. RTÉ. 16 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20090108070811/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080628.html. 2009-01-08. 28 June 2008.
  35. Web site: July 5, 2008 . 5 July 2008 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090725035434/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080705.html . 25 July 2009 .
  36. Web site: July 17, 2008 . 17 July 2008 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413210718/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080712.html . 13 April 2009 .
  37. Web site: July 19, 2008 . 19 July 2008 . RTÉ . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090402055255/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080719.html . 2 April 2009 .
  38. Web site: 20 June 2009 . 20 June 2009 . RTÉ . 2009-06-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090708121126/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090620.html . 8 July 2009 .
  39. Web site: 27 June 2009 . 27 June 2009 . RTÉ . 2009-06-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090708121132/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090627.html . 8 July 2009 .
  40. Web site: July 4, 2009 . 4 July 2009 . RTÉ . 2009-07-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090708121137/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090704.html . 8 July 2009 .
  41. Web site: July 11, 2009 . 11 July 2009 . RTÉ . 2009-07-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090803075313/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090711.html . 3 August 2009 .
  42. Web site: July 18, 2009 . 18 July 2009 . RTÉ . 2009-07-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090801122940/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090718.html . 1 August 2009 .
  43. Web site: July 25, 2009 . 25 July 2009 . RTÉ . 2009-07-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090804125819/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090725.html . 4 August 2009 .

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