The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2000.

Events

• 1 January - RT presents Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000, coverage of the turn of the millennium from 31 December 1999 into 1 January 2000. The programme is part of the international strand 2000 Today to celebrate the occasion.
• 1 June - A new RT Authority is appointed.^[1]
• 11 September - The UK broadcaster Granada Media plc agrees to acquire 45% of TV3 from the channel's original consortium as part of a deal giving TV3 the right to simulcast programming with ITV.^[2]
• Undated - RT undergoes a programme of re-structuring.^[1]
• Undated - RT establishes a Programme Development Fund to invest 25 million in indigenous programming over the next five years.^[1]
• Undated - By the end of 2000 RT has a deficit of 11.23 million. Public funding for the broadcaster has been increased only once in the previous fifteen years.^[1]
• Undated - TV You is rebranded as UTV2.

Debuts

RT

• 13 March - Nationwide on RT One (2000 Present)
• 27 September - Off the Rails on RT One (2000 Present)
• 11 October - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on RT One (2000 2002)
• 1 November - Paths to Freedom on Network 2 (2000)
• Undated - Seven Ages (2000)

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

• RT News: Nine O'Clock (1961 Present)
• RT News: Six One (1962 Present)
• The Late Late Show (1962 Present)

1970s

• The Late Late Toy Show (1975 Present)
• RT News on Two (1978 Present)
• The Sunday Game (1979 Present)

1980s

• Glenroe (1983 2001)
• Dempsey's Den (1986 2010)
• Questions and Answers (1986 2009)
• Fair City (1989 Present)
• RT News: One O'Clock (1989 Present)

1990s

• Winning Streak (1990 Present)
• Challenging Times (1991 2001)
• Prime Time (1992 Present)
• The Movie Show (1993 2001)
• No Disco (1993 2003)
• Nuacht RT (1995 Present)
• Fame and Fortune (1996 2006)
• Nuacht TG4 (1996 Present)
• Ros na R n (1996 Present)
• Don't Feed the Gondolas (1997 2001)
• A Scare at Bedtime (1997 2006)
• The Premiership/Premier Soccer Saturday (1998 Present)
• Sports Tonight (1998 2009)
• TV3 News (1998 Present)
• Bull Island (1999 2001)
• First Edition (1999 2001)
• Open House (1999 2004)
• Agenda (1999 2004)
• The View (1999 2011)
• Ireland AM (1999 Present)
• Telly Bingo (1999 Present)

Ending this year

• May - Later On 2 (1997 2000)
• 1 December - Paths to Freedom (2000)
• 29 December - TV3 News @ 7 (1999 2000)
• Undated - 2Phat (1998 2000)

References