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2020 Irish Election Thread

(January 2020)

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TV
TVLand
Virgin Media Television have published the viewing figures for last nights debate
Quote:
670,000 viewers tuned in to watch the first Head-to Head Debate between Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin on Virgin Media One last night, with a further 40,000 live streams.

Hosted by Pat Kenny, the 80-minute debate had an average audience of 325,400, which marked the first major debate of Election 2020.

On Thursday, January 30th , Virgin Media Television will host a multi-party Leaders’ Debate moderated by Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates, where the leaders of the seven main political parties have been invited to VMTV to take part in a wide-ranging debate.
BK
bkman1990
Nationwide will not be showing their episode on Air Travel at Shannon Airport tomorrow night. It will be shown on Monday.

Bryan Dobson will have a leaders interview with Leo Varadkar on RTÉ One tomorrow night at 7pm.

As the Claire Byrne Live leaders debate at NUI Galway is on Monday; Crimecall for this January will be on Tuesday night at 10:15pm.

RTÉ have some trailers for Election 2020 in where some of their presenters have a static shot background of Studio 3 behind them.

I have seen two of them so far featuring Claire Byrne & Bryan Dobson.
JK
JKDerry
bkman1990 posted:
Nationwide will not be showing their episode on Air Travel at Shannon Airport tomorrow night. It will be shown on Monday.

Bryan Dobson will have a leaders interview with Leo Varadkar on RTÉ One tomorrow night at 7pm.

As the Claire Byrne Live leaders debate at NUI Galway is on Monday; Crimecall for this January will be on Tuesday night at 10:15pm.

RTÉ have some trailers for Election 2020 in where some of their presenters have a static shot background of Studio 3 behind them.

I have seen two of them so far featuring Claire Byrne & Bryan Dobson.

I get the feeling Studio 3 will be used much more for this election than ever before. They really gave it an overhaul last year and want to get their moneys worth - maybe this will be the first election in which Studio 4 will not be used? I think the first election Studio 4 was used by RTE was 1997 right?
TV
TVLand
David McCullagh is to host a 35 minute election discussion show called “PT Extra” premiering Next Thursday the 30th of January at 11:15pm on RTÉ One.
BK
bkman1990
TVLand posted:
David McCullagh is to host a 35 minute election discussion show called “PT Extra” premiering Next Thursday the 30th of January at 11:15pm on RTÉ One.


It's actually on now with Richard Downes.
JK
JKDerry
Who will be the main anchor for the RTE election results? We have Huw Edwards for the BBC and Tom Bradby for ITV here - who have RTE got? Will Pat Kenny be the big host for VM coverage?
LX
lxflyer
Bryan Dobson will still be the main presenter I would imagine, with Miriam O’Callaghan and David McCullagh alongside him.
BK
bkman1990
The Leader's Interviews with Bryan Dobson is a live broadcast from Studio 5. The setup they have for it look's great with the Election 2020 graphics used as the backdrop. They are using a huge video wall for the programme.
JK
JKDerry
bkman1990 posted:
The Leader's Interviews with Bryan Dobson is a live broadcast from Studio 5. The setup they have for it look's great with the Election 2020 graphics used as the backdrop. They are using a huge video wall for the programme.

Studio 5 would be a good choice for RTE if they wished to downsize their election presentation, just like the BBC moved into a smaller studio for the 2019 general election night.
TV
TVLand
RTÉ’s coverage for the Local and Euro Elections last year was done in Studio 3, and it looked really nice.

I wouldn’t be too shocked if they opted to use Studio 3 for this years election.
BK
bkman1990
The setting for tonight's CBL leaders debate in Galway.

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https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/2020/0127/1111282-claire-byrne-live-leaders-debate/
BK
bkman1990
Catriona Perry is hosting The Spin Room in Studio 3 tonight. It is using the Election 2020 logo as well which still looks nice.

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