Saturday Night with Miriam
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| Saturday Night with Miriam | |
 The promotional image for Saturday Night with Miriam. |
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| Format | Chat show, Talk show, variety show |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Patrick Cowap[1] |
| Presented by | Miriam O'Callaghan |
| Country of origin |  Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Larry Masterson[1] |
| Producer(s) | Margaret Bennett[1] |
| Location(s) | Donnybrook, Dublin |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | RTÉ One |
| Original run | 9 July 2005 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Late Late Show Tubridy Tonight |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Saturday Night with Miriam is a television chat show which was first broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One in the summer of 2005. The show runs for six weeks as a summer filler, and is presented by Miriam O'Callaghan, the co-host of Prime Time.
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[edit] Format
Saturday Night with Miriam, airs during summer months on RTÉ One when programmes such as The Late Late Show and the former Saturday night talk show Tubridy Tonight are off air. The show is well-known for its wide variety of guests, which often include musicians, who usually perform on the show. The Duckworth Lewis Method made their television debut on Saturday Night with Miriam in 2009's season opener.[2]
[edit] History
The first two series were pre-recorded show was broadcast on Saturday nights after the main evening news, lasting approximately 60 minutes. In the 2007 series, the programme began to broadcast live.[3]
The show's first guests included Charlie McCreevy, Paul Brady, D. J. Carey and Ray D'Arcy.[4] The programme received thirty-six percent of the adult audience.[5]
The series was also run in summer 2006 and a third series ran in 2007.
The fourth series in 2008 was very popular and achieved a forty percent audience .[6][7] People such as Mary Coughlan, Enda Kenny, Cherie Blair and Jade Goody appeared on the series.[8]
In 2009, the series returned for a fifth series,[9] with RTÉ making the announcement on 4 June 2009.[10] This happened after she was rejected as the new host of The Late Late Show.[11] O'Callaghan also got her first radio programme, filling in for Eamon Dunphy on Miriam Meets.[12] Newly elected politician George Lee was one of the first guests of the fifth series, with Miriam speaking of her sadness at his sudden disappearance.[13]
[edit] Guests
[edit] Series 3
| Date | Guests | Link |
| June 16, 2007 | Andrea Corr, Bertie Ahern, Bernard Dunne, Kristina Grimes | [14] |
| June 23, 2007 | Samantha Mumba, Jack O'Connor, Keith Barry, Louis Walsh | [15] |
| June 30, 2007 | Al Green, Gerry Conlon & Paddy Hill, Kellie Shirley, Jason Byrne & Pamela Flood, Brendan O'Carroll | [16] |
| July 7, 2007 | Blathnaid McKenna & Sarah Morrissey, Mario Rosenstock, Marguerite Bouniol, Marie-Marguerite Opalka & Ralph Riegel, Packie Bonner & Ray Houghton | [17] |
| July 14, 2007 | Amanda Brunker, Brendan O'Connor, Dáithí Ó Sé & Brian Ormonde, Nadine Coyle, Mary Robinson | [18] |
| July 21, 2007 | Shayne Ward, Boy George & Dinah O'Dowd, Ronnie Drew | [19] |
| July 28, 2007 | Linda Martin, Diarmuid Gavin, Paddy Power, Tracy Pigott, Gráinne Seoige & Barry Geraghty, Pádraig Harrington | [20] |
| August 4, 2007 | Craig Doyle, Kathryn Feeney, Luzveminda O'Sullivan & Sheila O'Hanrahan Lawlor, Sinéad O'Connor, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh & Jimmy Magee | [21] |
[edit] Series 4
The 2008 series got an average viewing audience of 425,000.[22]
| Date | Guests | Link |
| June 7, 2008 | Mary Coughlan, Kevin Hiller, Alan Gray, Brian McDermott & Ben Cunningham, Jessie Buckley, Louis Walsh & Brendan O'Connor, Red Hurley | [23] |
| June 14, 2008 | Jack Charlton & John Aldridge, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, Victoria Smurfit, George Lee, Eddie Hobbs & David McWilliams | [24] |
| June 21, 2008 | Boyzone, Jade Goody, Terry O'Quinn, Gerald Kean, Bazil Ashmawy & Ivan Yates | [25] |
| June 28, 2008 | Peter Kelly, Phil Coulter & Geraldine Branagan, Bill O'Herlihy, Liam Brady, John Giles & Eamonn Dunphy, Robert O'Neill | [26] |
| July 5, 2008 | Enda Kenny, Sonia O'Sullivan, Darren Sutherland & Eileen O'Keeffe, Cherie Blair | [27] |
| July 12, 2008 | Bibi Baskin, Jennifer Maguire & Evelyn Cusack, Johnny Murtagh & Orla Murtagh, Larry Gogan, Lawrence McKeown, Mary Doyle & Raymond McCartney | [28] |
| July 19, 2008 | Anne Doyle, Curtis Stigers, Walter Swift, John Waters, Moya Brennan | [29] |
[edit] Series 5
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| Date | Guests | Link |
| June 20, 2009 | George Lee, Marti Pellow, Amanda Brunker, Claudia Carroll & Marisa Mackle, The Duckworth Lewis Method, Tim O'Rourke, & Michael O'Brien | [30] |
| June 27, 2009 | Monica Leech, Keith Duffy & Rasher, Michelle Heaton, The Gandhis, Michael and Bernadette Jacobs, Valerie Cox | [31] |
| July 4, 2009 | Amy Huberman, Duke Special, Ardal O'Hanlon, Honor Blackman, Brian Crowley | [32] |
| July 11, 2009 | Steve Collins & Paul Williams, Hilda Fay, Clelia Murphy & Ciara O'Callaghan, John Spillane, Sophie Ellis Bextor, La Troupe de Mademoiselle Clairette | [33] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "The Team". RTÉ. Accessed 19 June 2009.
- ^ "The Duckworth Lewis Method make live debut". Hot Press. 2009-06-18. http://www.hotpress.com/news/5543805.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Webchat with Miriam O'Callaghan" (in English). RTÉ. 13 July 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/webchat.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "The importance of being earnest on RTE" (in English). The Irish Independent. July 17 2005. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-importance-of-being-earnest-on-rte-470185.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Weekend chat shows score well this summer" (in English). The Irish Independent. July 28 2005. http://www.independent.ie/business/news-in-brief-251586.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "TV's Miriam is on top form" (in English). The Evening Herald. June 24 2008. http://www.herald.ie/opinion/tvs-miriam-is-on-top-form-1420237.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Miriam's chat show secures a comeback" (in English). The Evening Hearald. May 15 2009. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/miriams-chat-show-secures-a-comeback-1740157.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Miriam Archive" (in English). RTÉ. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/2007archive.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Miriam's Saturday night guests revealed" (in English). RTÉ. 19 June 2009. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0619/saturdaynightwithmiriam.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Miriam returns to Saturday night for fifth summer stint". Irish Independent. 2009-06-05. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/miriam-returns-to-saturday-night-for-fifth-summer-stint-1762781.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Miriam O'Callaghan: It's different for girls". Irish Independent. 2009-06-14. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/miriam-ocallaghan-its-different-for-girls-1773221.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Miriam to pull a double shift on RTÉ airwaves" (in English). The Irish Examiner. June 10, 2009. http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/snmhqlqlid/rss2/. Retrieved on 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Miriam convinces politics’ hottest property George to make RTE comeback". Irish Independent. 2009-06-18. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/miriam-convinces-politics8217-hottest-property-george-to-make-rte-comeback-1778066.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-18.
- ^ "June 16, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. June 16, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070616.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "June 23, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. June 23, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070623.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "June 30, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. June 30, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070630.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "July 7, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. July 7, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070707.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "July 14, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. July 14, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070714.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "July 21, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. July 21, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070721.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "July 28, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. July 28, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070728.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "August 4, 2007" (in English). RTÉ. August 4, 2007. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20070804.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "500,000 viewers per night watch RTÉ" (in English). RTÉ. 23 July 2008. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0723/rtetelevision.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "June 7, 2008" (in English). RTÉ. June 7, 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080607.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "June 14, 2008" (in English). RTÉ. June 14, 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080614.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "June 21, 2008" (in English). RTÉ. June 21, 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080621.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "June 28, 2008" (in English). RTÉ. June 28, 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080628.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "July 5, 2008" (in English). RTÉ. July 5, 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080705.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "July 17, 2008" (in English). RTÉ. July 17, 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080712.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "July 19, 2008" (in English). RTÉ. July 19, 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20080719.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "20 June 2009" (in English). RTÉ. 20 June 2009. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090620.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-28.
- ^ "27 June 2009" (in English). RTÉ. 27 June 2009. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090627.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
- ^ "July 4, 2009" (in English). RTÉ. July 4, 2009. http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090704.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-06.
- ^ "July 11, 2009" (in English). RTÉ. July 11, 2009. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0710/saturdaynightwithmiriam.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-10.
