Brendan O’Connor is set to host his own show again on RTÉ, and our national broadcaster is set to spend €1.12 million on the show.
The RTÉ star, who lost his Saturday Night Show to the Ray D’Arcy Show slot last year, is set to front a new panel show on RTÉ1 that will “take a provocative and entertaining look at the week’s events”.
RTÉ have a generous budget of €70k per hour-long episode, not including Brendan’s salary, and are currently looking for a “suitably experienced” production company to work on the show.
Exciting times: Brendan is set to have his own show again | VIPIRELAND.COM
As the show’s host, Brendan will be joined by two or three guests every week from a panel of eight regular contributors, and the show will also feature one studio guest and a competition every week.
In a brief by RTÉ, they said they want to make a change from the typical “presenter-behind-a-desk format” and potentially use “the green room and backstage areas to create a relaxed, off-the-cuff, café/pub vibe.”
As well as that they want to create a “fun, playful space where the rules are different, surprises happen and the audience is guaranteed something different” and want to promote the show heavily on social media.
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As well as show promotion on social media sites, RTÉ wants the show to keep up “audience interaction through Facebook, Twitter and Periscope.”
According to the Herald, Brendan’s new show will run for 16 weeks from May at 9.30pm on Wednesday nights and will change-up RTÉ’s summer schedule.
