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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Sandra Mallon

Angela Scanlon chat show loses over 60,000 viewers in a week as RTE's weekend shows take major ratings hit

Angela Scanlon's Saturday night chat show has lost over 60,000 viewers in one week - as RTE's weekend shows took a major hit in ratings.

The Irish Mirror can reveal Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything chat show has had a series average of 219,000 so far since it returned to our screens on April 15.

Her first episode on April 15 had an average audience of 250,000 Live + Vosdal (RTÉ One and RTÉ One+1) - 24 per cent audience share, while her second episode on April 22 dropped by 62,000 viewers, with an average audience of 188,000 Live + Vosdal (RTÉ One and RTÉ One+1) - 20 per cent audience share tuning into the show.

READ MORE: Viewers admire Majella O'Donnell on return of Angela Scanlon's RTE show 'Ask Me Anything'

Meanwhile, Claire Byrne’s Ireland’s Smartest has also suffered a loss in audiences since it aired earlier this month.

On April 16, the quiz show – which marked Byrne’s return to our TV screens - had an average audience of 283,000 Live + Vosdal (RTÉ One and RTÉ One+1) representing a 28 per cent audience share.

But as many as 13,000 tuned out of Sunday night’s episode, compared to the previous week.

Meanwhile, RTE’s crime drama Kin saw an average of 407,000 people tune into the fifth episode of the popular gangland show - but 35,000 tuned out of Sunday night’s episode as RTE confirmed that an average audience of 372,000 tuned into the sixth episode.

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