Today with Maura and Daithi

Today is a lifestyle show featuring several topical segments including health, cooking, men's & women's fashion, makeovers, DIY and travel as well as dealing with popular issues of the day. It is presented by Daithi O Se alongside Sinead Kennedy (Monday to Tuesday) and Maura Derrane (Wednesday to Friday)

Today
Also known asToday with Maura and Dáithí
Presented byMaura Derrane
Dáithí Ó Sé
Sinead Kennedy
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series9 as of 2020-21
Production
Production locationsRTÉ Cork, Cork
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time140 minutes
Release
Original networkRTÉ One
Picture format(16:9)
Audio formatStereo
First shown inIreland
Original release5 November 2012 (2012-11-05) –
present
Chronology
Preceded byThe Daily Show/Four Live

The series returned for its ninth season on the 21st of September 2020.

Format

Live cookery demonstrations from some of Ireland's top television chefs now forms a daily part of the show with other segments featuring less frequently. Regular experts in each subject appear to discuss the topic at hand. Airing on the RTÉ One television channel in Ireland, "Today" debuted in November 2012,[1] and replaced previous RTÉ day-time lifestyle shows such as The Daily Show and Four Live.

Today was initially hosted each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by RTÉ presenters Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé being broadcast from RTÉ Studios in Cork. After the end of the first season RTÉ announced that Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh and Norah Casey's section of the show was being axed. "Today" returned for a second season in September 2013 & is now hosted solely by Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé from Monday — Friday from RTÉ Cork Studios. In September 2020, it was announced that Sinead Kennedy had joined the show to co-host with Daithi on Monday and Tuesdays in order for Maura to spend more time with her family[2]

The programme returned for a new series which commenced on Monday, 23 September 2019. The show now airs live every weekdays at 3.30pm on RTÉ One.[3]

As of 2018, the show is still on the air and very popular, so much so that the programme's hours were extended, and now airs from 3.30pm-5.40pm Mondays to Fridays. It incorporates an RTE News bulletin at 4.00pm. The show's season runs from early September until late May. During the summer months highlights of the show's season air under the banner of "Today Show Bites"

RTE also air a repeat of the previous days live edition in the early mornings on RTE One. This is usually scheduled for 8.00am, and it airs in direct competition to their rival live breakfast show Ireland AM on Virgin Media One, as well as morning shows on the BBC and ITV, which are widely available in Ireland. During the summer months, "Today Show Bites" also airs in the early morning slot.

Reception

Bernice Harrison, reviewer in The Irish Times, wondered in advance if it "might be a livelier alternative" to the "afternoon schedules [that] are clogged with antiques and property programmes".[4] The shows 8th season of the show was extended by two weeks due to a rise in viewers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

References
  1. Hogan, Louise (15 September 2012). "RTÉ brings back familiar faces for new live show". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. "Sinéad Kennedy joining Maura and Dáithí on Today". 12 September 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. https://www.facebook.com/rtetoday
  4. Harrison, Bernice (3 November 2012). "Hearts of darkness uncovered in the classroom and the Congo". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
Preceded by
The Daily Show/Four Live		 Afternoon programming
on Telefís Éireann
2014 - present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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