Tubridy Tonight

Tubridy Tonight
Logo used by Tubridy Tonight towards the end of its run
Genre	Light entertainment
Created by	Kathy Fox
Directed by	Niamh White
Presented by	Ryan Tubridy
Starring	Clint Velour and the Camembert Quartet
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	156
Production
Executive producer	John O'Regan
Producer	James Cotter
Production locations	Studio 4, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland
Running time	65–80 mins
Original release
Network	RTÉ One
Release	16 October 2004 (2004-10-16) – 30 May 2009 (2009-05-30)
Related
Saturday Live (1999) The Saturday Night Show (2010–2015) The Late Late Show (1962–present)
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Tubridy Tonight is a talk show hosted by Ryan Tubridy that aired on RTÉ One for five seasons between 2004 and 2009. The programme featured guest interviews (usually three per show), audience participation and live music from both a guest music group and the house band. Tubridy Tonight aired every Saturday night, except during the summer months, directly after the main evening news. The show's house musical act was Clint Velour and the Camembert Quartet.

Tubridy Tonight was the first successful Saturday night chat show to be broadcast by RTÉ since the ending of Kenny Live in 1999. The programme had regular viewing figures of 450,000,^[1] however, the show also regularly fell victim to so-called "Saturday Night Syndrome", with The Late Late Show, broadcast on Friday nights, frequently featuring supposedly better guests.^[1] In 2009 Tubridy Tonight came to an end when RTÉ announced that Tubridy would succeed Pat Kenny as host of The Late Late Show for the following series, with the presenter describing Tubridy Tonight as "quite the odyssey".^[2]