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Saturday Live was a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 chat show which was broadcast in Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 on RTÉ One
RTÉ One

RT? One is Republic of Ireland's oldest and most popular television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telef?s ?ireann. RT? One is almost universally available on the Very high frequency and Ultra high frequency bands on the island of Ireland , and is available on the Sky Digital satellite service in both the Republic of Ire...
 in the late 1980s. "Saturday Live" was created to fill the vacant Saturday night slot after the departure of Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne

Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is an Republic of Ireland broadcaster. He was the presenter of the The Late Late Show, from 1962 to 1999 except for one year....
's "The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show

The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running Talk show and officially the flagship television programme of Republic of Ireland broadcasting company Radio Telef?s ?ireann....
" from Saturday to Friday nights.

The new show had a series of guest presenters, including the leader of Fine Gael
Fine Gael

Fine Gael ? The United Ireland Party, shortened to Fine Gael is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. It claims a membership of 30,000, and is the largest parliamentary opposition party in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament....
 Alan Dukes
Alan Dukes

Alan Dukes is a former Republic of Ireland politician who served as as leader of the Fine Gael political party and Teachta D?la for Kildare South ....
, Rhonda Paisley
Rhonda Paisley

Rhonda Paisley is an artist, author, and former politician from Northern Ireland. She is the daughter of Democratic Unionist Party leader and Northern Irelands First Minister Ian Paisley, is unmarried, and lives with her parents in the family home....
 (daughter of the Rev. Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley , styled The Rt Hon. The Revd Ian Paisley and also known as Dr Ian Paisley, is a veteran politician and church minister in Northern Ireland....
), soccer pundit Eamon Dunphy
Eamon Dunphy

Eamon Martin Dunphy is a controversial Republic of Ireland media personality and former professional Association football player. He is best known for performing complicated analytical techniques as part of Radio Telef?s ?ireann's coverage of the UEFA Champions League, for which he has gained widespread popularity among his peers....
, industrialist Tiede Herrema
Tiede Herrema

Dr Tiede Herrema is a Netherlands businessman.In the 1970s, Herrema ran a wire factory, Ferenka, in the city of Limerick, Ireland. At the time, he was the city's biggest employer, with approximately 1,400 workers....
 and current affairs broadcaster Pat Kenny
Pat Kenny

Patrick "Pat" Kenny is a veteran Presenter in Republic of Ireland. He is the current presenter of The Late Late Show on RT? One and Today with Pat Kenny on RT? Radio 1 on weekdays between 10:00 and 12:00 midday....
, whose own first attempt at a chat show, "The Pat Kenny Show
The Pat Kenny Show

The Pat Kenny Show was a television chat show which was broadcast in Republic of Ireland by Radio Telef?s ?ireann in the mid 1980s.The show was created to fill the vacant Saturday night slot after the departure of Gay Byrne's The Late Late Show from Saturday to Friday nights....
" had failed.






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Saturday Live was a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 chat show which was broadcast in Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 on RTÉ One
RTÉ One

RT? One is Republic of Ireland's oldest and most popular television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telef?s ?ireann. RT? One is almost universally available on the Very high frequency and Ultra high frequency bands on the island of Ireland , and is available on the Sky Digital satellite service in both the Republic of Ire...
 in the late 1980s. "Saturday Live" was created to fill the vacant Saturday night slot after the departure of Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne

Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is an Republic of Ireland broadcaster. He was the presenter of the The Late Late Show, from 1962 to 1999 except for one year....
's "The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show

The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running Talk show and officially the flagship television programme of Republic of Ireland broadcasting company Radio Telef?s ?ireann....
" from Saturday to Friday nights.

The new show had a series of guest presenters, including the leader of Fine Gael
Fine Gael

Fine Gael ? The United Ireland Party, shortened to Fine Gael is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. It claims a membership of 30,000, and is the largest parliamentary opposition party in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament....
 Alan Dukes
Alan Dukes

Alan Dukes is a former Republic of Ireland politician who served as as leader of the Fine Gael political party and Teachta D?la for Kildare South ....
, Rhonda Paisley
Rhonda Paisley

Rhonda Paisley is an artist, author, and former politician from Northern Ireland. She is the daughter of Democratic Unionist Party leader and Northern Irelands First Minister Ian Paisley, is unmarried, and lives with her parents in the family home....
 (daughter of the Rev. Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley , styled The Rt Hon. The Revd Ian Paisley and also known as Dr Ian Paisley, is a veteran politician and church minister in Northern Ireland....
), soccer pundit Eamon Dunphy
Eamon Dunphy

Eamon Martin Dunphy is a controversial Republic of Ireland media personality and former professional Association football player. He is best known for performing complicated analytical techniques as part of Radio Telef?s ?ireann's coverage of the UEFA Champions League, for which he has gained widespread popularity among his peers....
, industrialist Tiede Herrema
Tiede Herrema

Dr Tiede Herrema is a Netherlands businessman.In the 1970s, Herrema ran a wire factory, Ferenka, in the city of Limerick, Ireland. At the time, he was the city's biggest employer, with approximately 1,400 workers....
 and current affairs broadcaster Pat Kenny
Pat Kenny

Patrick "Pat" Kenny is a veteran Presenter in Republic of Ireland. He is the current presenter of The Late Late Show on RT? One and Today with Pat Kenny on RT? Radio 1 on weekdays between 10:00 and 12:00 midday....
, whose own first attempt at a chat show, "The Pat Kenny Show
The Pat Kenny Show

The Pat Kenny Show was a television chat show which was broadcast in Republic of Ireland by Radio Telef?s ?ireann in the mid 1980s.The show was created to fill the vacant Saturday night slot after the departure of Gay Byrne's The Late Late Show from Saturday to Friday nights....
" had failed. Kenny proved such a success in the Saturday Live show that he was given it under the name "Kenny Live
Kenny Live

Kenny Live was a very popular television chat show which was broadcast in Republic of Ireland on RT? One between 1988 and 1999. The show grew out of two other failed chat shows, Saturday Live and The Pat Kenny Show....
" and it offered The Late Late Show its first real homegrown challenge in popularity.

Following Pat Kenny
Pat Kenny

Patrick "Pat" Kenny is a veteran Presenter in Republic of Ireland. He is the current presenter of The Late Late Show on RT? One and Today with Pat Kenny on RT? Radio 1 on weekdays between 10:00 and 12:00 midday....
's take over of "The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show

The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running Talk show and officially the flagship television programme of Republic of Ireland broadcasting company Radio Telef?s ?ireann....
" in 1999 and the ending of "Kenny Live" the "Saturday Live" formula was resurrected to fill the vacant Saturday slot yet again. However, the show proved unpopular and was cancelled after only one series.