The Late Late Toy Show has once again topped TAM Ireland's ratings as the most-watched television programme of the year, with an average of over 1.54 million tuning in on RT One for the heart-warming extravaganza last November.
Sport on RT 2 scored 20 places within the TAM Ireland Top 50, with the All Ireland Football Final Replay Dublin V Kerry the most-viewed sporting programme of the year, at 991,000.
RT continues to be the public's go-to broadcaster at times of national significance, with 666,000 watching the Late Late Show tribute to Gay Byrne.
The highest-rating Six One News at 530,000 was on 4 November, the day Gay Byrne passed away. The highest-rating Nine O'Clock News was watched by 572,000. RT Investigates Creches, Behind Closed Doors went undercover to look at standards of care in a chain of creches located in Dublin, the impact of which continues to make headlines. It had an audience of 484,000. The highest-rating Prime Time of the year featured the murder of Bobby Ryan (511,000).
Elsewhere, entertainment shows continued to dominate the top of the ratings. A celebration of Shane McGowan on the Late Late Show also features in the Top 20, with 612,000 viewers. An episode of Room to Improve from October made the Top 10, with a viewership of 688,000, demonstrating the public's enduring affection for the show, and its presenter. One episode in Dermot's other series, Incredible Homes, was watched by 555,000. On Christmas Day Mrs Brown's Boys was enjoyed by 633,000. And The Young Offenders was a big hit too 487,000 watched an episode which aired in November on RT 2. Family favourites Dancing with the Stars, Operation Transformation, Ireland's Fittest Family, and Raised by The Village also feature in the Top 50.
The TAM Ireland/Nielsen figures for 2019 demonstrate that television viewing continues to dominate our leisure time with the average Irish adult in a TV home watching for 2 hours 55 minutes every day.
85% of daily viewing is consumed live, (i.e. viewed as it is scheduled), with just 15% watched as catch up. 60% of all TV homes in Ireland now have PVR capability (the ability to pause, rewind and record live TV).
On RT Player, which has seen a growth of 20% in viewing in 2019, Ireland v Russia in the Rugby World cup was the most-streamed programme of 2019, closely followed by The Young Offenders at 240,000 streams and the Late Late Toy Show at 239,000 streams. Drama continues to be a big draw on the RT Player with Dublin Murders and Love/Hate featuring in the RT Player's Top 20 for 2019.
Source: TAM Ireland Ltd / Nielsen TAM . Note: This list uses best episode of a series. Adrian Lynch, Director of Channels, Marketing and Audiences said: Coming together to pay tribute and to celebrate is one of the things RT takes great pride in. The figures released today by TAM Ireland show that TV is very much a part of our daily lives and that, despite competition from other channels in Ireland, the UK and elsewhere, RT programming is most popular with Irish audiences.'
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The Late Late Toy Show has once again topped TAM Ireland's ratings as the most-watched television programme of the year, with an average of over 1.54 million tuning in on RT One for the heart-warming extravaganza last November.
