The Dunphy Show

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The Dunphy Show
Genre Light entertainment
Directed byMaurice Linnane
Presented by Eamon Dunphy
Opening theme"I Fought the Law"
Composer The Clash
Country of origin Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes15
Production
Executive producer Jane Gogan
ProducerCillian Fennell
Production location The Helix
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time120 minutes
Production companiesDC Productions
Double Z Enterprises
Original release
Network TV3
Release5 September (2003-09-05) –
12 December 2003 (2003-12-12)
Related
The Late Late Show

The Dunphy Showis an Irish chat show hosted by Eamon Dunphy that aired for one series on TV3 in 2003. [1] The programme featured guest interviews, audience participation and live music from guest music groups. The Dunphy Show aired every Friday night in direct competition with The Late Late Show on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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History

Challenging The Late Late Show

Since 1962, RTÉ's The Late Late Show had enjoyed total dominance of the Irish chat show market on a Saturday night and subsequently on Friday nights. In 2002, TV3 set about devising their own chat show which would go "head-to-head" and challenge RTÉ's monopoly. By the start of 2003, planning was at an advanced stage after six months of preparatory work; however, little details were revealed about the precise nature of the show or who would host. Ironically, the team behind the programme included Cillian Fennell, an ex-RTÉ producer who had worked on The Late Late Show during Gay Byrne's final season.

In May 2003, TV3 announced that former soccer player and journalist Eamon Dunphy had signed a contract to present the new show. [2] Following the announcement the media immediately declared a "clash of the chat shows" and a clash of personalities between Dunphy and Pat Kenny. In an interview with the RTÉ Guide , Kenny described broadcasting as a "hobby for Dunphy" and that "if it goes pear-shaped for Eamon he'll write another book about Gazza or something". Former chat show host Gay Byrne said that "there wasn't enough room for two talk shows" and that TV3 would be "scalded by the experience". [3]

Debut

The Dunphy Show made its debut at 9:00 p.m. on 5 September 2003 for an initial run of thirty programmes. The opening set of guests included former footballer Páidí Ó Sé, author Candace Bushnell, journalist Robert Fisk, jockey Kieren Fallon and Huey Morgan from the Fun Loving Criminals, while the musical guests were Joe Dolan and his band, and singer-songwriter Paul Brady. [4] The opening programme received relatively good reviews, with Shane Hegarty of The Irish Times stating that "while there was little of the controversial Dunphy on show, there remained a real edge about the TV3 host. Ding, ding. End of round one. Kenny should be worried, Dunphy should be happy."

Cancellation

The first edition of The Dunphy Show attracted a total audience of 342,000. The first three shows attracted an average total audience of 260,000 compared to 615,000 for The Late Late Show, however, the numbers tuning in for the third edition of Dunphy's chat show fell to 157,000. [5] In November it was announced that the show would be going off-air for a six-week break at Christmas due to commercial reasons and for contractual reasons with Dunphy. [6] This was viewed in some media circles as an indication that the show was failing and it came in for some harsher criticism after a promising start. [7] On 5 December 2003, exactly three months to the day since the show began, TV3 announced that it was cancelling The Dunphy Show. [8]

Production

The Dunphy Show was broadcast from The Helix at Dublin City University (DCU) in front of an audience of 450, All bar one of the shows were broadcast live.

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References

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  2. ↑ "TV3 hires Dunphy for chat show". The Irish Times . 10 May 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Who will you be watching?". The Irish Times . 30 August 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Good, not great, first nights kick off season". The Irish Times . 6 September 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Dunphy's ship flounders as Kenny's 'Late Late' sails on merrily". The Irish Times . 26 September 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Dunphy show to take six-week Christmas break from TV3". The Irish Times . 22 November 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "A funny way to fight a war". The Irish Times . 5 December 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "End of the road for 'Dunphy Show' as 'Late Late' prevails". The Irish Times . 6 December 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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