History
Following the departure of The Late Late Show to Friday nights in 1985, RTÉ were left with a gap in their Saturday night schedule. In 1986 a new chat show called Saturday Live was devised to fill the void. The new show, which featured a different guest presenter every week, ran for two series from 1986 to 1988, however, it proved unpopular. For their autumn schedule in 1988 RTÉ devised a new chat show with a permanent host. Mike Murphy was rumoured to be the host, however, in the end the job went to Pat Kenny. Since the late 1970s Kenny had been more associated with current affairs broadcasting, having presented Today Tonight, however, he also showed that he could handle light entertainment when he co-hosted the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Kenny had also hosted an edition of Saturday Live which proved successful.
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