2017 in Irish television

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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2017.

## Events

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* 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

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### RTÉ

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* 1 January – Striking Out on RTÉ One
* 5 January – The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ One[7]
* 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

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* 20 September – The Tonight Show (2017–present)

## Changes of network affiliation

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Horrid Henry | RTÉ Two | TG4

## Ongoing television programmes

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### 1960s

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* RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
* RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
* The Late Late Show (1962–present)

### 1970s

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* The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
* The Sunday Game (1979–present)

### 1980s

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* Fair City (1989–present)
* RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present)

### 1990s

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 6 January – Ireland Live (2015–2017)
* 27 July – Tonight with Vincent Browne (2007–2017)

## Deaths

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## See also

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* 2017 in Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "Revealed: The most watched tv programmes of 2016". Irish Independent. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
2. ^ Audley, Fiona (2 February 2017). "The Irish Post acquires digital and intellectual property assets of diaspora broadcaster Irish TV". The Irish Post. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
3. ^ "Five things we learned from Leo Varadkar's final appearance on 'Tonight with Vincent Browne'". Irish Independent. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
4. ^ "Late Late Toy Show was the most-watched Irish programme in 2017". Journal. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
5. ^ "McClean voted RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
6. ^ "The Beirnes from Leitrim are Ireland's Fittest Fmaily". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
7. ^ "Everyone fell in love with the new Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ last night". Daily Edge. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

## External links

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* List of 2017 Irish television series at IMDb

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