| Midweek | |
|---|---|
| Format | Newsmagazine |
| Created by | TV3 News |
| Presented by | Colette Fitzpatrick (2009-present) Sarah Carey (2010-2011) |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Patrick Kinsella |
| Location(s) | TV3, Westgate Business Park, Dublin 24, Ireland |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Distributor | TV3 Ireland |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TV3 |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | 9 September 2009 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Midday Tonight with Vincent Browne |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Midweek is an Irish weekly television news magazine broadcast by TV3. Produced by TV3 News, the programme focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects. It airs Wednesday at 10 p.m.[1]
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Midweek was broadcast for the first time on 9 September 2009. It was introduced at a time when TV3 was expanding its home-produced programmes.[2] The new show was scheduled for Wednesday nights to avoid a clash with Prime Time which is broadcast at a similar time on RTÉ One on Tuesday and Thursday nights. In contrast to the Prime Time programme, Midweek focuses on more human interest stories rather than hard current affairs stories. It features studio debate, reports, pre-recorded video links and interviews. The first series of Midweek was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. All subsequent series have been broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. The programme is followed by a news summary and Tonight with Vincent Browne, giving TV3 two hours of current affairs programming.
Colette Fitzpatrick, TV3's lead female news presenter, has presented Midweek since the programme started in 2009. At the time she also presented the daily chat show Midday and co-presented the TV3 News at 5.30. In 2010 Sarah Carey took over as presenter of Midweek while Fitzpatrick was on maternity leave.[3]
During a piece investigating cross-border shopping for groceries in 2011, there was controversy when Ciara Doherty offended viewers from Northern Ireland by implying that everyone in Northern Ireland identified themselves as British. Midweek was also accused of portraying Notherners as if they were from Germany or Outer Mongolia.[4]