2018 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2018.

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The Late Late Toy Show was the most watched programmes on Irish television in 2018.[1]

Events

• 8 January – Micko airs on RTÉ One.[2]
• 23 January – Saorview announces the launch of Free TV, a channel designed to promote the launch of its premium service Saorview Connect.[3]
• 3 February – Ireland's Got Talent makes its debut on TV3.
• 24 March – RDC win the first series of Ireland's Got Talent.
• 26 March – Jake Carter and dance partner Karen Byrne win the second series of Dancing with the Stars.
• 7 May – RTÉ announce plans for a timeshift channel for RTÉ2.[4]
• 6 June – Ireland's Got Talent will make its UK television debut on 5Star.[5]
• 30 August – TV3 is rebranded as Virgin Media One, while its sister channels 3e and be3 become Virgin Media Two and Three respectively. A fourth pay TV sports channel, Virgin Media Sport, launches on the Virgin Media platform.[6]
• 1 September – To coincide with the rebranding of TV3 to Virgin Media One, the Saturday AM and Sunday AM breakfast programmes are renamed as "Weekend AM".[7]
• 18 September – Launch of Virgin Media Sport.[8][9][10][11]
• 28 September – Players of the Faithful airs on RTÉ One.[12]
• 12 October – The Late Late Show is broadcast live from Central Hall Westminster in London, the first time the programme has broadcast from the United Kingdom since 1980.[13][14]

Debuts

• 3 February – Ireland's Got Talent on TV3
• 8 February – The Young Offenders on RTÉ2
• 27 August - Killing Eve on RTÉ2
• 10 October – Finding Joy on RTÉ1
• 26 November – Death and Nightingales on RTÉ1

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)
• RTÉ News on Two (1978–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)
• 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)
• 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)
• First Dates (2016–present)
• Dancing with the Stars (2017–present)
• The Tommy Tiernan Show (2017–present)
• Striking Out (2017–present)

Ending this year

Dolores O'Riordan 8th January

See also

• 2018 in Ireland

References

1. "Grand Slam decider the most-watched sporting event on Irish TV in 2018". The 42. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
2. "Micko".
3. "Saorview – News – Saorview launches the world's first free shopping channel – Free TV. And it's free-ly good". www.saorview.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
4. Slattery, Laura (7 May 2018). "RTÉ plans plus-one channel for RTÉ2". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
5. Elms, John (6 June 2018). "5Star to show Ireland's Got Talent". C21 Media. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
6. "TV3 is officially changing its name – to Virgin Media One". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
7. TV3 reels in the years as it becomes Virgin Media One, Irish Times, 23 August 2018
8. Staff, Fora. "Virgin Media to launch brand new Irish sports channel as part of TV3 rebrand".
9. "Virgin Media Sport Takes On Rival RTE With Exclusive Match Deals". 2 July 2018.
10. "TV3 aims to score with new ad model on sports channel – Independent.ie".
11. "Broadband, TV & Phone Bundles in Ireland – Virgin Media Ireland". www.virginmedia.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
12. "Players of the Faithful".
13. "Tubridy excited and nervous ahead of London Late Late". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
14. "London Late Late Shows". RTÉ Archives. RTÉ. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.