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As Friday night progresses, a little socially distant jokes could help break the monotony.
With the temperatures dropping, there is no better night to sit on the couch and watch some quality chat shows.
Here’s our latest rundown of talk show content for the week and what’s airing tonight. There should be a lot here to keep anyone busy.
- The Late Late Show, RTÉ One, 9.35pm
After a four-month hiatus, Graham norton He’s making up for lost time and flooding the airwaves tonight His first TV spot will join Ryan in chatting about his new book, West Cork summer break, and the return of the infamous red chair.
Conor ferguson, husband of the late RTÉ News host Keelin Shanley, will be in the studio to discuss her posthumous memoir, A Light That Never Goes Out. The book traces Shanley’s journalistic career and details her long battle with cancer, leading up to becoming a co-host of Six One News while undergoing cancer treatment.
Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin and author of Never Mind the B # ll * cks, Here the Science, Luke o’neill will join Ryan in processing the latest Covid-19 figures and doing a live demonstration on how the masks work.
The creator of the Catastrophe and Divorce series, Sharon horgan, she will talk about her new movie Herself and her upbringing on a turkey farm in Co Meath, something that no doubt helped her avoid turkey productions.
Former State Pathologist Marie Cassidy He will go on to discuss why his was one of the most difficult jobs imaginable, and the central role he played in spotting some of the most heinous crimes in recent Irish history during his 20-year career.
The musical relief is courtesy of the singer. Gavin james who will be in the studio to perform his single, Boxes.
Source: The Late Late Show / YouTube
- The Graham Norton Show, BBC One, 10:45 PM
In addition to his appearance on Late Late, Graham is back in his own studio tonight. But he’s not doing double duty, his show is prerecorded. And what a show it is.
Dolly Parton and Riz Ahmed will chat via video link, we assume from separate locations, while guests in the studio include Rupert Everett, Lolly Adefope, Sara Pascoe, and Róisín Murphy from Ireland.
Source: The Graham Norton Show / YouTube
Across the pond
In the US, late-night presenters are hard pressed to keep up with the news whirlwind, with Jimmy Kimmel trying to fit as many stories and lines into his opening monologue as the 15 minutes will allow.
Kimmel covered Trump last night by declaring the debate victory, a bizarre tweet from Rudy Giuliani, Covid-19’s number one broadcaster (spoiler: it’s Trump), Trump blocking an order from the Center for Disease Control to keep cruise ships docked, and a virtual couple round or not? – among other things.
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Meanwhile, the other Jimmy (Fallon) chatted with Sting, who got excited about Phil Lynott and how he inspired him to become a singing bassist.
Meanwhile, Sarah Paulson, star of Netflix’s Ratched, the origin story of Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, told Seth Meyers that she almost didn’t get the role despite being a longtime contributor to the creator of the show Ryan Murphy. She has also never seen herself as Marcia Clarke on The People Vs OJ Simpson, making her one of the few people who has not seen that show.
In Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, he focused on the future of the United States Supreme Court following the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett by Trump to fill the post of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Oliver discusses why the United States government does not always represent the political will of the electorate and how those issues will affect the next generation of Americans.
Trevor Noah weighed in on the recent Irish Supreme Court ruling that Subway’s bread is too sugary to be considered bread. It says the ruling shows that Ireland and the United States are grappling with very different issues at the moment, accompanied by a questionable Irish accent.
Source: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah / YouTube
From the Archives
Donald Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis has many political experts speculating on what will happen if he becomes medically incapacitated, with some dating back to the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan as the last known time that a US president was You face a life-threatening condition while at the office.
Reagan told Larry King about the attempt on his life, but that he never thought it would be the end for him.
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