Tubridy Tonight had regular viewing figures of 450,000, however, the show also regularly fell victim to so-called "Saturday Night Syndrome", with "The Late Late Show", broadcast on Friday nights, frequently featuring supposedly better guests. In 2009 "Tubridy Tonight" came to an end when RTÉ announced that Tubridy would succeed Pat Kenny as host of "The Late Late Show" for the following series, with the presenter describing "Tubridy Tonight" as "quite the odyssey". Upon Gay Byrne's retirement from "The Late Late Show" in 1999, RTÉ announced that Pat Kenny, host of his own Saturday night chat show, would be Byrne's replacement. "Kenny Live"
Midweek (Irish TV series) she also presented the daily chat show "Midday" and co-presented the "TV3 News at 5.30". In 2010 Sarah Carey took over as presenter of "Midweek" while Fitzpatrick was on maternity leave. During a piece investigating cross-border shopping for groceries in 2011, there was controversy when Ciara Doherty offended viewers from Northern Ireland by implying that everyone in Northern Ireland identified themselves as British. "Midweek" was also accused of portraying Northerners as if they were from Germany or Outer Mongolia. Midweek (Irish TV series) Midweek was an Irish weekly television news magazine broadcast by TV3. Produced by TV3 News, the programme