The Late Late Show (season 48) The Late Late Show (season 48) The 48th season of "The Late Late Show", an Irish television chat show, began on 4 September 2009 and concluded on 28 May 2010. It aired on RTÉ One each Friday evening from 21:30. It was the first series to be hosted by Ryan Tubridy, the show's fourth permanent host following the resignation of Pat Kenny live on air the previous season. Tubridy's first episode as host achieved a 62 per cent audience share, the highest audience for a regular season episode since 1999. Local guests this season included Taoiseach Brian Cowen, his predecessor
The Tubridy Show concerts that had taken place that weekend in Croke Park. The programme was a two-hour show for the summer months before becoming a one-hour show from the start of September. In 2006, the show's entire crew of producers and researchers were moved elsewhere. In August 2009, Tubridy expressed shock on the show when "Big Brother" housemate Noirin Kelly declared before an interview that she had never heard of Tommy Tiernan. In 2010, "The Tubridy Show" helped launch "Ireland's Greatest", though Tubridy was displeased at some of the contents—"There are some really silly names in there. It's contentious to say the