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VIRGIN MEDIA TELEVISION has confirmed its showbiz programme Xposé is being axed.
The show, currently presented by Cassie Stokes, Glenda Gilson and Karen Koster, is being cancelled after 12 years on air.
The television station made the announcement today as it confirmed changes to its daytime and evening time schedules.
The last episode of Xposé will broadcast on 4 October with a one hour special.
In addition, ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women will end their run on Virgin Media Television on the same day.
Speaking about today’s announcement, Virgin’s managing director Pat Kiely said: “I would like to pay tribute to the Xposé team and all who worked on the show over the last 12 years.
“Xposé set the standard for entertainment reporting in an era before the proliferation of social media and leaves behind a genuine legacy in Irish entertainment journalism.”
It was also confirmed today that Virgin Media One will now broadcast live studio content from 7am until 1pm every weekday.
The new schedule is due to go live on 7 October.
It will see Ireland AM extending its programme by 30 minutes, and will broadcast from 7am to 11am.
The Elaine programme will move to a new mid-morning slot of 11am to 12pm.
Live at 12, a new one hour news programme, will bring the latest breaking news and sport to viewers.
Finally, the Six O’Clock Show will now air five days a week.
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@Shane Faulkner: What will be put in its place more bloody quiz shows
@Shane Faulkner: Shane thinks he was the target audience, bless
@Alan Scott: The best of xpose I believe will be in its place. Possibly all 12 years in a half hour show?
@Shane Faulkner: don’t think so. I got to watch a lot of sport on the back of this show. Take 2.
@Shane Faulkner:
Cassie Stokes
What a waste. Hubba bubba
How did it last so long? It was, basically, people commenting on zooming in-and-out pics lifted from Hello! or fashion magazines, followed by a makeup slot from one of the presenters mates. ( And I watched because of a girlfriend hogging the remote- no other reason)
@George Salter: sounds like you’re a big fan!
@Mark Linehan: Burned onto my retinas, more like. I became fascinated with its similarities to car crashes- hard to not look
@George Salter: George youre a victim of hogging. Very deep indeed
If it means not having to listen to those mid atlantic accents anymore and those insufferable yummy mummy types then that can only be a good thing. Now can RTE get rid of that Donal Skehan guy? Another assault on the ear drums. Like listening to guests on the Keith Barry show and a Varadakar speech all rolled into one.
@GrumpyAulFella: the Keith Barry show is about 9.9 on the Richter scale for cringeworthiness
@GrumpyAulFella: They’ve sent him to Sweden. He’s only gone and learnt Swedish and now he has a cooking slot on telly over here.
@Donncha: any hope of him learning how to cook?
About time
brilliant
About 12 years too late.
Best it’s finished poor presenters with poor presentation of bla bla topics
If only rte would axe a few things
Was a good show in its time, clearly someone was watching for 12 years and as the article states Social Media has consumed most of that industry.
Won’t someone think of the eyebrows…
oh no I’m devastated.
Well that’s what you do with trash. You can it.
@Liam Byrne: YEAH!!
Oh No…
So how do I watch This Morning on Virgin TV now
@Deirdre Davis: devestated I love this morning how stupid to get rid of that on virgin media
Does anyone watch Xpose anymore??
Glendalough > Glenda locked
Go deas le feiceáil Níos mó de chláir Éireannacha. Ach, tá fadhb agam, conas a leanóidh mé ar aghaidh gan Loose Women?
@Séan Ó Nuanáin: inthink that’s on TG4
The beginning of the end for virgin tv in Ireland.
so how do I watch This Morning on Virgin Media now????
@Deirdre Davis: Get a satellite dish and watch it for free.
@Deirdre Davis: Record it and watch it three times
Way past it’s sell by date .
Best news I’ve heard all day, even better than the Boris/Trump debacle. with presenters so completely self absorbed, mindnumbing, fickle, and plastic.
As long as Tipping Point, and The Chase remain on Virgin Media 2/3. We need our educational shows
So how do I watch This Morning on Virgin TV now
@Deirdre Davis: Deirdres gone mad lads
@Brian Mulligan: I’m sure there must be a helpline she can ring, to deal with such devastating news
@Deirdre Davis: Deirdre you’re commenting as many times as these shows repeated!
@Deirdre Davis: same as the rest of us,with the sound down.
Thank you so much
What kind of God would allow this to happen?
Grumpy old men in here seem to know quite a lot about this show ;-)
I will miss Cassis stokes
There is a God
Good, no loss whatsoever. It was a pile of inane tripe in any case!
Good it’s shite
Can they axe Elaine too. Horrendous shiite
Good, never exposed a thing in all those years
I think they axed the wrong one, I watched Ireland am during the week those presenters looked like were bored of the show themselves, zero personality..following a script. Terrible
Good stuff, dumbed down TV for a dumbed down generation, stations like the national geographic channel and the likes are far more interesting
Please cancel the Tonight Show next, pure useless spin/pr nonsense since VinB left..
Or at least get rid of the 2 Blueshirts hosts and get some objectivivity and reality onto the show
Ah bollix….
J
poor cassie..what a babe
About time. Such pretentious rubbish.
I never got that vacuous show at all. Tripe.
Happy days
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