Ryan Tubridy called "All Kinds of Everything". He presented the RTÉ People in Need Telethon in 2004 and 2007. In October 2004, "Tubridy Tonight" began. This was his own live Saturday night talk show, seen as a successor to "Kenny Live" (formerly "Saturday Night Live"). Tubridy initially announced his intention to take over the hosting of "The Late Late Show" from Kenny but he later stated that he would remain as host of "Tubridy Tonight", describing it as his ""Jim'll Fix It" job" and "little fun-size legacy". It was announced on 11 May 2009 that Tubridy would indeed succeed Pat Kenny as
The Gerry Ryan Show new show in that slot "the biggest prize right now in radio". The now cross-media event "Operation Transformation" originated on "The Gerry Ryan Show". In 2010, Ryan launched "Undercurrents", a Friday slot airing unsigned unplaylisted Irish acts who then had their details published on his website. The "Irish Independent"s John Meagher disagreed that this was typical of RTÉ 2fm and Gerry Ryan. A spin-off show of the demoed songs premiered on RTÉ 2XM on 5 March 2010, presented by "GRS" researcher John Bela Reilly. Following Ryan's untimely death on 30 April 2010, Meagher hoped "Undercurrents" would be continued by his