The Late Late Toy Show reached record ratings with 1.7 million tuning into the show from almost 140 countries worldwide.
The eagerly anticipated Late Late Toy Show 2020 captured the hearts of viewers at home and across the world at the weekend, raising a staggering €6.5 million for The Late Late Toy Show Appeal.
RTE revealed that 1.5 million viewers watched the entire show themed The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl on RTÉ One on Friday night, representing a 79% audience share.
That figure is now at 1.7 million, taking catch-up viewing on Saturday and Sunday into account.
This makes it one of the highest rating TV programmes, on a single channel, on record.
Online, The Late Late Toy Show exceeded 500,000 streams live and on-demand across the weekend, in what was a record-breaking weekend on RTÉ Player.
Meanwhile, The Late Late Toy Show RTÉ One and RTÉ News Irish Sign Language Toy Show versions had 359,000 live streams.
Commenting on the record breaking night, host Ryan Tubridy said: "The true essence and magic of The Late Late Toy Show was really captured this year with the wonderful children involved.
“To hear that it was beaming into 138 countries across the globe is just phenomenal.
“The fact that children and their families who might not be able to get back home this Christmas got to join with us in unison was very important to us.
“The Irish people continue to astound with their ability to dig deep and support The Late Late Toy Show appeal, raising much-needed funds and truly exceeding all expectations with their generosity.
“I think it's safe to say we are truly humbled by the reaction to the show."
It comes after the presenter addressed claims he dropped an f-bomb during a segment on the show.
The RTE star appeared to say "oh for f*** sake" after a large bottle of Fanta exploded all over him - and it instantly went viral.
However Tubs claimed that the iconic moment was not an "f-bomb", but rather a "b-bomb".
He told his RTE Radio One show: "I opened the bottle and it went everywhere.
“I still don't know if the bottle was shaken by somebody shaking it up behind the scenes, or if it was just one of those bottles.
"And apparently somebody very naughty may or may not have said a certain word.
"And I've been laughing about it all weekend because my phone melted with all sorts of nice things from people, thank you by the way for your nice comments.
"The truth of the matter was, people thought it was an f-bomb it wasn't, strangely, it was a b bomb.
"You have to listen very carefully, it probably rhymes closer to a word like pollocks rather than anything else.
"That's the word which has been misinterpreted, which is fair enough. I don't mind, I'm not an angel, but listen closely and you will hear a slip of the tongue."
Viewers were bowled over by the show's little stars including Galway girl Saoirse Ruane, whose story inspired the establishment of The Late Late Toy Show Appeal, and Adam King from Cork, who won the hearts of the nation with his aspirations to work in ground control at NASA.
The show also featured a surprise duet from Dermot Kennedy with Ballina's Michael Moloney, and little rock star Noah Rafferty being gifted a guitar from U2's Edge.
