Friday, August 27, 2010

New TV3 ...




New season: 1. Kate O’Toole & Louis Walsh; 2. Andrea Hayes, Michael Hayes & Alan Cantwell; 3. Anne Boylan & Lisa Cannon. (Pix. Brian McEvoy)


TV3 pulled out all the stops on Thursday morning when it launched its autumn schedule of programming. The broadcaster was thrilled to announce that home produced programming will increase by 10% to 40% with highlights of the new additions to the schedule to include ‘Irish versions of Take Me Out, The Apprentice: At Home and Come Dine With Me.

Other programming highlights on TV3 this autumn include the return of X Factor, which comes back to Dublin for auditions, the Xtra Factor and The Apprentice: You’re Fired which will be presented by Anton Savage.

In attendance were news anchor Collette Fitzpatrick, Glenda Gilson, Bill Cullen and Jackie Lavin, Triona McCarthy and Louis Walsh. Also present were Andrea Hayes and Michael Hayes (who return with a new series of Animal A&E), Sinead Desmond and soap stars Sophie Powles of Emmerdale and Shobna Gulati from Corrie.