From 2001 to 2003, Kielty hosted 14 episodes of the comedy game show "Stupid Punts". He also presented a series of "After The Break". He did an impersonation of Martin McGuinness (who bore some superficial visual resemblance to Art Garfunkel) singing the Simon and Garfunkel song, "Bridge over Troubled Water". Kielty continued to appear on national television, mostly light-entertainment shows such as the BBC's "Fame Academy", "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy" and "Love Island" for ITV in both 2005 and 2006. On 21 June 2003 Kielty hosted the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics in Croke Park, Dublin, to a reported global audience of 800 million viewers. Other participants included Nelson Mandela, Mohammed Ali, and U2. In 2006, he hosted a segment on ITV's coverage of "The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday LIVE" alongside Kate Thornton. He hosted the original pilot series of the American version of "Deal or No Deal" for ABC in early 2004. However, ABC decided against airing the series, which ended up on NBC, with Canadian comedian Howie Mandel as host.