2007 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2007.

Events

January
January – RTÉ announces plans to launch a channel with the working title of RTÉ International, designed to offer programmes from RTÉ One, RTÉ Two and TG4.
1 January – US comedy drama series Ugly Betty begins on RTÉ Two.
10 January – Scottish Media Group and Belfast-based UTV agree the details of a merger, including a revised share split between the two. UTV will own 54% of the group, while SMG will take the remaining 46%. However, the deal is once again rejected at the end of February.

February
No events

March
No events

April
1 April – The RTÉ Irish language channel, TG4, becomes a separate entity. Previously it had been operated as a subsidiary of RTÉ under the name Telefís na Gaeilge.
April – The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2007 comes into law. The Act gives Irish national public service broadcasters RTÉ and TG4 digital terrestrial television obligations and also mandates the licensing of multiplexes for carriage on the RTÉ multiplex of Irish free-to-air channels.

May
22 May – 52-year-old Paul Stokes is sentenced to two years imprisonment (one of which is suspended) for criminal damage and reckless endangerment after he drove his car into the front door of a building at RTÉ Television Centre in December 2006.

June
No events

July
July – TG4 is accepted as a new member of the European Broadcasting Union.

August
No events

September
24 September – TG4 begins airing the long running US animated comedy series South Park with the series being dubbed into an Irish speaking language. It will be shown on Silé with the more adult content being removed.

October
October – UTV undergoes a corporate reorganisation which sees the broadcaster's shareholders swap their shares for shares in a new holding company, UTV Media plc, which takes over UTV plc's shareholdings in the new media and radio subsidiaries. UTV Ltd. – the original Ulster Television Limited, now a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media – has returned to being solely the operating company for the ITV franchise.

November
No events

December
No events

Unknown
Undated – TV3 begins broadcasting in widescreen format on UPC.

Debuts

RTÉ
1 January –  Ugly Betty on RTÉ Two (2006–2010)
26 February –  Class of the Titans on RTÉ Two (2005–2008)
22 April – The State of Us on RTÉ One (2007)
24 May – Soupy Norman on RTÉ Two (2007–2008)
21 August –  The Secret Show on RTÉ Two (2006–2007)
Summer – The Trump Card on RTÉ One (2007)
3 September – Prosperity on RTÉ Two (2007)
8 September – The Once a Week Show on RTÉ Two (2007–2008)

TV3
April – Xposé (2007–2019)
4 September – Tonight with Vincent Browne (2007–2017)

TG4
6 January –  Firehouse Tales (2005–2006)
7 January – No Béarla (2007)
24 March –  Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island (2005–2006)
4 June –  Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007)
4 September –  Horseland (2006–2008)
15 October –  Army Wives (2007–2013)
3 November – Tar ag Spraoi Sesame

Changes of network affiliation

Ongoing television programmes

1960s
RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
The Late Late Show (1962–present)

1970s
The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
RTÉ News on Two (1978–2014)
The Sunday Game (1979–present)

1980s
Dempsey's Den (1986–2010)
Questions and Answers (1986–2009)
Fair City (1989–present)
RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present)

1990s
 Would You Believe (1990s–present)
Winning Streak (1990–present)
Prime Time (1992–present)
Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present)
Nuacht TG4 (1996–present)
Ros na Rún (1996–present)
The Premiership/Premier Soccer Saturday (1998–2013)
Sports Tonight (1998–2009)
TV3 News (1998–present)
The View (1999–2011)
Ireland AM (1999–present)
Telly Bingo (1999–present)

2000s
Nationwide (2000–present)
TV3 News at 5.30 (2001–present)
You're a Star (2002–2008)
Killinaskully (2003–2008)
The Clinic (2003–2009)
The Panel (2003–2011)
Against the Head (2003–present)
news2day (2003–present)
Other Voices (2003–present)
Tubridy Tonight (2004–2009)
The Afternoon Show (2004–2010)
Ryan Confidential (2004–2010)
Saturday Night with Miriam (2005–present)
Night Shift (2006–2008)
Seoige and O'Shea (2006–2009)
The Podge and Rodge Show (2006–2010)
Aifric (2006–present)
Anonymous (2006–present)
One to One (2006–present)
The Week in Politics (2006–present)

Ending this year
1 January – Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels (2006–2007)
28 January – No Béarla (2007)
26 April – Dustin's Daily News (2005–2007)
30 April – Naked Camera (2005–2007)
13 May – The State of Us (2007)
July – Auld Ones (2003–2007)
24 December – Soupy Norman (2007)
Undated – Dan & Becs (2006–2007)

Deaths
23 July – Joan O'Hara, 76, stage, film and television actress

See also
2007 in Ireland

References

External links
List of 2007 Irish television series at IMDb