on Virgin Media One. This trajectory tells two stories. The first is that rugby has become a bigger draw – a much-coveted schedule jewel. The second is that its popularity relative to everything else has also improved.Take the Eurovision Song Contest, which claimed second place in the 2011 list but didn’t make the 2021 one at all. There is an underlying explanation: Ireland did not qualify for the grand final last year, while 10 years earlier, Jedward came eighth with Lipstick.
Still, the last time Ireland was in the final , Eurovision was only the 11th most-watched programme and its audience was almost 500,000 lower than the 1.18 million who braved the twins’ first bid for Euro glory.That the Rose of Tralee, a Covid casualty in 2020 and 2021, also slid in our affections between 2011 and 2019 is another indicator that it’s tough at the top.
The two great anomalies on each list are the sole imported dramas that make both: Desperate Housewives in 2011 and Quiz in 2021 . The audience for drama has splintered so much across a panoply of apps, platforms and channels, it would not be a surprise if drama imports like these, with no Irish themes, soon disappear from the annual top 50 lists for good.
Everything has its day. Hard as it is to contemplate, there may even be a future with no Toy Show in it.
Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)
IrishTimesLaura top 50 list are unrealiable 10 years ago RTE2 had 8.5% of the audience in 2011 and in 2021 6.33% in 2020 a year without sport just 4.62% (adults 15+)
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