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Patrick Kielty and RTE suffer another major ratings blow as latest figures revealed ahead of Late Late Country special

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  • Published: 22:37, 2 Oct 2023
  • Updated: 22:37, 2 Oct 2023

VIEWING figures for Patrick Kielty’s Late Late Show fell for a second week in a row.

The funnyman, 52, took over hosting RTE’s flagship chat show earlier last month. 

Viewing figures for Patrick Kielty's third show fell for the third week in a row
Viewing figures for Patrick Kielty’s third show fell for the third week in a rowCredit: Copyright remains with handout provider

The entire set underwent a change with Kielty at the helm, with multiple guests taking to the stage at once for a chat with the Co Down man.

His highly anticipated debut was a huge success, with an average of 830,000 people tuning in — 62 per cent of all those watching telly.

And Kielty’s first episode was seen by 934,000 punters at its peak.

However, those numbers plummeted with an average of 548,000 people watching episode two — a mammoth drop of 34 per cent.

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And figures plummeted for The Late Late again last Friday with an average of 486,000 tuning in – just a 45 per cent share of the TV audience.

RTE bosses will be hoping for a recovery with this Friday’s show being Patrick’s very first Late Late Country Special.

The presenter will be joined by only the best of the Irish country scene to celebrate the music packing out dance halls across the nation.

However, despite RTE’s attempts to impress, viewers have said that a specific part of the late-night chat show “isn’t working” and is “becoming boring“.

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