Irish viewers watched the first episodes of the new seasons of Dancing With The Stars, Ireland's Fittest Family and Room to Improve in increased numbers over the weekend - with Sunday’s Six One News the most-watched programme overall.
As severe weather conditions took hold across the country, Sunday evening’s Six One News attracted 599,000* viewers and further updates on the Nine O'Clock News watched by an average of 582,000* viewers.
RTÉ’s new Saturday night line-up saw Ireland's Fittest Family watched by an average audience of 386,000 viewers on RTÉ One and RTÉ +1, with 33% of the available audience. The programme has also generated over 29,000 streams to date on the RTÉ Player.
The new season of The Young Offenders was watched by an average audience of 346,000 on RTÉ One and RTÉ One +1, with a 31% share, while 700,000 have watched series four on RTÉ Player to date.
The Tommy Tiernan Show also returned on Saturday night with guests Pete Doherty, Irvine Welsh and Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh and a special musical tribute to Eoin French, known as Talos, who passed away in August.
The show was watched by an average audience of 364,000 viewers on RTÉ One and RTÉ One +1 with 34% of the available audience watching on RTÉ One. The programme has generated over 25,000 streams to date on the RTÉ Player.
Dancing with the Stars was back on Sunday night for its eighth season and the opening episode was watched by an average of 580,000 viewers on RTÉ One and RTÉ One +1 with 40% share. It also generated a further 34,000 streams to date on RTÉ Player.
Sunday night's Fair City, which saw Kira Cassidy return to Carraigstown and find an unlikely new home with Orla, had an average of 377,000 viewers on RTÉ One and RTÉ One +1 with 27% audience share. To date, there have been 18,000 episode streams on RTÉ Player.
On Room to Improve, architect Dermot Bannon and quantity surveyor Claire Irwin were in Charlestown in Co. Mayo to meet local woman Karen Mulligan as she set about renovating her Dad’s butcher’s shop into a new home.
The episode had an average of 553,000 viewers and a 45% share on RTÉ One and RTÉ One +1 and the episode has generated over 20,000 streams to date on RTÉ Player.
*Average viewership across RTÉ One and RTÉ One +1 broadcasts, VOSDAL, all individuals.
