Praise was in plentiful supply.
Hosting a chat show in Ireland can prove to be a tricky business.
Despite its longevity and a consistently massive audience, criticising the Late Late Show is something of a national pastime, while everyone from Ray D’Arcy to Miriam O’Callaghan to Brendan O’Connor have found that it’s not always easy to win over a crowd.
It didn’t seem to be much of an issue for Tommy Tiernan in the first episode of the Tommy Tiernan Show on Thursday night, which garnered an almost universally positive reaction from those tuning in on social media.
And there must have been quite a few of them too, because #TommyTiernanShow was trending in Ireland last night.
Aslan’s Christy Dignam, Vogue Williams and Russell Howard were the guests on the night (neither Tommy nor the audience knew who they were going to be until they showed up) and Tommy’s interaction with them went down a storm.
Below is a sample of what the audience at home thought; more of the same in the future please, Tommy.
You can watch Episode One of the Tommy Tiernan Show on the RTÉ Player here.
Breath Of Fresh Spontaneous TV Air #TommyTiernanShow – congratulations @Tommedian @RTEOne pic.twitter.com/MktgKGbDj3
— Ian Dempsey (@IanDempsey) January 5, 2017
Great to see RTÉ have caught on to the American and English way of things, and given a comedian a chat show.#TommyTiernanShow is brilliant!
— Cathal Pendred (@Pendred) January 5, 2017
So much fun doing the #TommyTiernanShow
Thanks guys it was great— Aslan (@OfficialAslan) January 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/MolloyJoe/status/817138550915350529
Always great to see audiences enjoying the show #tommytiernanshow pic.twitter.com/XP5mRzUKjU
— Colm Brosnan (@ColmBrosnan) January 5, 2017
Loved the #TommyTiernanShow tonight 👏🏼
— Laura Whitmore ⚡️ (@thewhitmore) January 6, 2017
Christy and Tommy – two national treasures. The epitome of Irish soundness. Fair play @Tommedian. Tough gig well played. #TommyTiernanShow
— Eilís Ní Chaithnía (@MistressSquash) January 5, 2017
Nailed it @Tommedian Some of the best, most empathetic interviewing I've seen in a long while #TommyTiernanShow Lots more please @rte
— Mark O’Brien (@obrienmark) January 5, 2017
Hope you all enjoyed Episode 1, Tommy is back at the same time next week with three new guests! #TommyTiernanShow
— RTÉ One (@RTEOne) January 5, 2017
Main image via Twitter/Tommedian
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