RTE1′S FLAGSHIP CHAT show dropped almost 200,000 viewers between the end of its last season and the first show last Friday night.

An RTE spokesperson told Ken Sweeney in the Irish Independent that the station is satisfied with the ratings – 650,000 people tuned in last Friday to see host Ryan Tubridy interview Sinead O’Connor and an excitable Cuba Gooding Jr. The viewing figure for the last show of last season was 832,000.

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