The Late Late Show (season 49)

The 49th season of The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running ^{[1][2][3][4][5]} chat show, began on 2 September 2011. It airs on RTÉ One each Friday evening from 21:30. It is Ryan Tubridy's third series as host.

Sinéad O'Connor incident

Musician Sinéad O'Connor was invited onto The Late Late Show to discuss her hunt for a man.^[6] She pulled out of her appearance on the opening episode of the season.^[7] She later changed her mind and appeared on the episode after a personal chat with host Ryan Tubridy on the phone convinced her she would not be portrayed as a "crazy performing monkey".^[6]

Presidential debate

The second debate between the candidates contesting the 2011 presidential election was held on The Late Late Show on 30 September 2011; David Norris was not interviewed alone as the other six candidates were as he had been interviewed the previous week on the programme, but was included in the later panel debate.^[8]

The Late Late Toy Show

The season's edition of The Late Late Toy Show was broadcast on 2 December 2011.^{[9][10][11][12]} It was the most watched show in 17 years and of 2011, with A National Address By An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD in second place and the Eurovision Song Contest in third place.^[13] Tubridy later admitted that he had to apologise to a lady in the audience whom he had hit with a soiled nappy tossed carelessly aside during one of the toy demonstrations.^[14]

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