The Late Late Show (season 54) The Late Late Show (season 54) The 54th season of the Irish television programme, The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show, began on 4 September 2015 and concluded on 27 May 2016. Ryan Tubridy's seventh season as host, it aired on RTÉ One each Friday evening from 21:30. A number of incidents involving lambs occurred during this season. A 22 January innovation slot involved new-born lambs, accompanied by their mother. But it proved to be one of the most controversial incidents of recent times, with Dynamo the lamb being pinned onto a 'carousel' for the pleasure of the
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