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A lot of the time, sadly, yes, RTE does use it as a promotional vehicle for its other shows and a lot of guests on the show are on-screen talent at RTE. By no means exclusively, mind you, but you get the impression that they go to the internal well quite often to fill the shows air time (and the show quite often goes off air not long after 11pm these days instead of staying on till nearly midnight as used to be the case).