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Lucy Kennedy: 'great'
Brendan O'Connor: hired
December 13, 2009
VOL 26 NO 50
The unlikely pairing of Lucy Kennedy and Brendan O'Connor has been chosen by RTé to jointly present a replacement show for Tubridy Tonight.
Due to begin in January for an eight-week run, the new programme will cost the station €90,000 per episode. It has been created to help RTé cope with the battering it has been receiving in the ratings from TV3.
RTé's decision to have two well-known faces fronting the show rather than one is said to have surprised many – including the presenters.
However, both Kennedy and O'Connor are said to have agreed to the proposals after a meeting in RTé last week. Lucy Kennedy (33) has pursued a Saturday night show for some time. Last September she told an interviewer: "I'd love to do the Saturday-night slot – who wouldn't? It would be great. I loved doing The Lucy Kennedy Show so it would be nice to do it again on a Saturday."
Friends say she also wants to get back to work after the birth of her first child, son Jack, earlier this month.
O'Connor – well known for his advertising voiceovers – has become a ratings winner for TV3 recently presenting the Apprentice spin-off show You're Fired.
In securing the Tubridy Tonight slot, Kennedy and O'Connor won out over stiff competition from the likes of Craig Doyle, Gerry Ryan and Irish Big Brother winner Brian Dowling, who were all reported to have been attached to rival proposals.
While exact details and format of the show are not yet known, "chat, music, comedy and satire" were key elements RTé asked for in proposals.
When Ryan Tubridy brought the curtain down on Tubridy Tonight, he was drawing an average audience of 517,000 viewers.
November 22, 2009
Comments
#2 Tom commented, on November 23, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.:
Brian, reread article.
It doesn't say in the article that Lucy Kennedy and Brendan O'Connor are doing a "chatshow"
#3 Karl commented, on November 23, 2009 at 10:33 p.m.:
Why does RTE continually refuse to acknowledge Craig Doyle as a witty, smart, intelligent and funny presenter...he should be doing the Late Late, at least be doing the Sat night show...but no, they will go with the usual dross instead!
#4 Brian commented, on November 25, 2009 at 6:26 p.m.:
As i said why would RTE want somebody to host a show on saturday night and have no chance to replace Tubridy on the late late in 30 years time! Just expand Winning Streak!
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What are RTE thinking in having another chat show on Saturday nights?! They already have Winning Streak on and is hosted by two presenters! Ryan Tubridy wont leave the Late Late in 10 years time! Shoudnt Lucy and Brendan be hosting a show on tv3 as they badly needed one!