The Late Late Show (Irish talk show) The Late Late Show (Irish talk show) The Late Late Show, with its title often shortened to The Late Late, is an Irish chat show. It is the world's second longest-running late-night talk show, after the American "The Tonight Show". Perceived as the official flagship television programme of Ireland's public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), it is regarded as an Irish television institution (even abroad) and is broadcast live across two hours plus in front of a studio audience on Friday nights between September and May at 21.30. Having maintained the same name and format continuously, "The Late Late
The Tubridy Show week. The Tubridy Show The Tubridy Show was an Irish talk-based entertainment radio programme presented by Ryan Tubridy. It was broadcast on Mondays to Fridays at 09:00 on RTÉ Radio 1. Known for its influential book club, the programme attracted 333,000 listeners each morning as of May 2009. In Tubridy's absence, the programme was presented by Dave Fanning or Kathryn Thomas. The programme's first edition was broadcast on 27 June 2005, replacing Marian Finucane's "The Marian Finucane Show", in a slot which she had occupied since 1999. The first guest that morning was Gavin Friday who reported in on the