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2017 in Irish television

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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2017.

Events

  • 8 January – Dancing with the Stars makes its debut on RTÉ One.
  • 9 January – TV3 Group reveals a new on-air presentation, featuring the number 3 superimposed on various natural and urban landscapes across Ireland. A new logo is also revealed along with new promos and on-screen graphics. Similarly, new identities are introduced to 3e and its rebrand of UTV Ireland to be3.
  • 12 January – Viewing figures indicate that The Late Late Toy Show was the most watched programme of 2016 in Ireland with a total of 1,571,600 viewers.{{cite web|url= http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/revealed-the-most-watched-tv-programmes-of-2016-35362777.html|title=Revealed: The most watched tv programmes of 2016|date=12 January 2017|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=13 January 2017}}
  • 2 February – The Irish Post acquires Irish TV,{{cite web|url=http://irishpost.co.uk/irish-post-acquires-digital-and-intellectual-property-assets-of-diaspora-broadcaster-irish-tv/|title=The Irish Post acquires digital and intellectual property assets of diaspora broadcaster Irish TV|website=The Irish Post|first=Fiona|last=Audley|date=2 February 2017|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101100641/https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-post-acquires-digital-and-intellectual-property-assets-of-diaspora-broadcaster-irish-tv-112759|archive-date=1 January 2021|url-status=live}} saving the channel from closure.
  • 8 March – Irish TV goes off the air. Its Sky slot is subsequently bought by Viacom International Media Networks Europe to launch Spike +1.
  • 26 March – Aidan O'Mahony and dance partner Valeria Milova win the first series of Dancing with the Stars.
  • 10 May – It is confirmed that Derval O'Rourke will return to the coaching panel for the fifth season of Ireland's Fittest Family, the first time she has participated in the series since season two.
  • 1 June – It is announced that rugby player Donncha O'Callaghan will join Ireland's Fittest Family as the fourth coach.
  • 6 July – RTÉ One extends its on-air hours, the channel now starting at 6:00am rather than the later 6:20 am.
  • 27 July – Vincent Browne presents his last edition of Tonight with Vincent Browne, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as a guest.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/five-things-we-learned-from-leo-varadkars-final-appearance-on-tonight-with-vincent-browne-35972552.html|title= Five things we learned from Leo Varadkar's final appearance on 'Tonight with Vincent Browne'|date=27 July 2017|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=11 October 2017}}
  • 8 October – An Irish version of Blind Date, hosted by comedian Al Porter, is debuted on TV3.
  • 1 December – The Late Late Toy Show airs on RTÉ One, and becomes the most-watched programme on Irish television in 2017, with an average audience of 1.3 million viewers.{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/most-viewed-tv-ireland-2017-3788377-Jan2018/ |title= Late Late Toy Show was the most-watched Irish programme in 2017|date=9 January 2018|work=Journal|accessdate=9 January 2018}}
  • 16 December – Footballer James McClean is voted the 2017 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2017/1216/927882-mcclean-voted-rte-sport-sportsperson-of-the-year/ |title=McClean voted RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year |date=16 December 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2023 |work=RTÉ News |publisher=RTÉ}}
  • 17 December – The Beirne family from County Leitrim, coached by Donncha O'Callaghan, win the fifth season of Ireland's Fittest Family.{{Cite news|url=https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/287568/the-beirnes-from-leitrim-are-ireland-s-fittest-fmaily.html|title=The Beirnes from Leitrim are Ireland's Fittest Fmaily|access-date=2018-06-02}} They become the first family who had previously competed in the competition to come back and win the show.

Debuts

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Ongoing television programmes

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Deaths

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See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2017-01-01,2017-12-31&countries=ie&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2017 Irish television series] at IMDb

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