With 2017 just around the corner, TV3 has taken a look back at the year and reveals its top ten rating programmes of 2016.
Top of the list was an episode of Coronation Street from December 19 which saw an average of 489,000 viewers tune in, followed by a number of Euro 2016 matches including England v Russia which pulled in an average of 467,000 viewers and Poland v Portugal which attracted 436,000 viewers.
Vote 2016 – The Leaders Debate presented by Colette Fitzpatrick and Pat Kenny, and the first General Election 2016 debate to air on TV, was a huge ratings winner with over 427,000 people tuning in to see the main political party leaders go head-to-head.
Entertainment juggernauts The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent also featured in TV3’s top ten, averaging 362,000 and 339,000 viewers consecutively.
Home Production was front and centre of TV3’s schedule this autumn with Living With Lucy and Gogglebox Ireland two of the stand out performers.
Across the entire TV3 Group, the Living With Lucy series reached over 1.5million viewers with the Kerry Katona episode proving the most popular, attracting on average 201,000 viewers and recording a 15% share of the available viewing audience on TV3.
Gogglebox Ireland favourites the Tully twins, the Cabra girls and all of the other households received a warm welcome from Irish viewers. The twelve week series reached a total of 2.4million viewers with its most popular episode airing on September 29 pulling in on average 197,000 viewers and delivering a 15% share.