14-10-2023, 07:13 PM
(14-10-2023, 07:04 PM)Rdd Wrote: It never has in Ireland, for some reason. Sci-fi doesn’t generally and RTE and TV3 had no real interest in it. Unless you count The X-Files (which probably had as many episodes with no sci-fi elements whatsoever as ones that did), the last sci-fi show to air in prime time and be really “water cooler TV” on an Irish channel was Star Trek TNG and that’s thirty years ago.
Yes, I have seen on Classic RTE Guides on Facebook that Star Trek, The Next Generation used to occupy an early prime time Saturday slot on RTE 1, with episodes airing a year or two after US transmission - used as a lead in to their big hitters back then of Winning Streak Lotto game show and the chat show Kenny Live.