Non è l’host no

They yearn for the Tubs

Tubrity was way better than this lad. I can’t stand him.

They need better guests, eg Rory’s Stories, Mario Rosenstock, Kyle Hayes etc etc

It should have died when gaybo left

Anyone famous in this neck of the woods goes to Graham Norton instead. Only the desperate for exposure appear on the late late.

Rte taking out Doireann as they hire her back to 2FM after she was caught with hands in the pie

Then came out with some half assed “oh i was bullied” to try and get the sympathy vote was terrible and pre planned

They need to stop flogging their terrible useless “stars” on the late late to try resurrected their careers

Do they announce who is going to be on it in advance in case there’s anyone good?

People would freak out if RTE spent money on overseas A-listers. What are the demographics for The Late Late anyway? Surely it skews old or rural these days

People seem to forget the Late Late Show prior to Kietly and Tubridy wasn’t too dissimilar. Repetitive guests, regular Joe Soaps as guests for some local news reason etc.

Ultimately when it comes to big name international guests, RTE are at the mercy of who’s in town that weekend promoting something

Graham Norton’s show does have a larger following and clips go viral internationally because the show is light and often funny.

The flip side is Kielty isn’t a great interviewer. Remember when Conan O’Brien was on the Late Late? Total wasted opportunity. They had him doing the bullshit “pronounce these Irish names” crap which Conan clearly pandered to for the show’s sake. The guy is in Ireland enough and has Irish parents, he knows how to pronounce these names. While that may not have been Kielty’s idea he should have pushed back.

You wouldn’t see that bullshit on the Tommy Tiernan show.

This is what happens when you inflate something artifically. They always boast it as one of the longest running (possibly the longest) late night shows in the world. But that’s not out of talent or skill. It’s because taxpayer money keeps it ticking through absolute bin fire events and guest lists.

Should’ve died years ago and made way for something done independently and right.

I remember when they had guests who were prominent in their field / art, so they were genuinely interesting.

It needs a host who is genuinely interested in all the varieties of people & lives out there.

It is the only television record Ireland has – “The Longest Running Chat Show in the World” – which is apt for such a nation of talkers.

It would be a shame to lose it, though degrading it year after year isn’t respecting the record either.

Maybe a rotating host is the answer for a while, someone new every 3 months?

The show is boring as hell. Should have been long scrapped – but then, so should RTE.