DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
The Late Late Show (RTÉ One, 9.35pm)
After last week’s ridiculousness things are back to normal on the Late Late, with Katie Taylor doing her first interview since going professional last month. Pop star Olly Murs, fake tan queen Marissa Carter and Blindboy Boatclub of the Rubberbandits will also chat to Ryan. #latelate
War of the Worlds (TV3, 9pm)
Tom Cruise stars as a divorced father whose rare weekend with his kids is ruined by the arrival of aliens. But not just any aliens, aliens who plan on destroying the human race. Great! Based on the HG Wells novel of the same name.
Gogglebox (Channel 4, 9pm)
Ah Gogglebox, that cosy, warm blanket of a show. Just what you need of a Friday night, isn’t that right? The families watch all the telly from the past week, including I’m A Celebrity (featuring the show’s biggest star Scarlett Moffatt), and have at it. #gogglebox
Everybody’s talking about: A Series of Unfortunate Events
The trailer for the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events has been released, and it looks like loads of fun.
Neil Patrick Harris hams it up as the villain Count Olaf, while other stars include Joan Cusack, Catherine O’Hara, and Patrick Warburton as Lemony. The series will be available for streaming from January 13, 2017.
Or flick over for…
- Children in Need 2016 (BBC1, 7.30pm) A starry night of performances and sketches in aid of needy children, the first without the much-loved Terry Wogan.
- I’m A Celebrity (UTV Ireland, 9pm) The campers face another live Bushtucker Trial.
- GoldenEye (ITV4, 9pm) Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as James Bond.
- Price: A Purple Reign (BBC4, 9pm) Profile of the iconic artist, exploring how he got his start and his insistence on doing it all himself.
- Lawless (More4, 10pm) Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf star as bootlegging brothers in the Prohibition era – Guy Pearce is the lawman trying to catch them.
