Blind Date's Opening Show Is A Ratings Hit
The first episode of Blind Date aired on Sunday night and it was a huge ratings success.
The TV3 series reached an audience of over 550,000 viewers across the programme, with an average of 266,000 tuning in.
It was also the most popular show for under-45s in its time slot.
Hosted by Al Porter the show was also trending on Twitter on Sunday night.
⒈ #BlindDateIRL
— Trendinalia Ireland (@trendinaliaIE) October 8, 2017
⒉ #XFactor
⒊ #Fote2017
⒋ #Strictly
⒌ Northern Ireland
2017/10/8 22:12 IST #trndnl https://t.co/DsIlfuEHOM
While the show may have gained a huge audience the reaction on Twitter was... mixed.
It’s worse than we could have ever imagined. #BlindDateIRL pic.twitter.com/5NYYcl7EBh
— John Fox (@foxymm12) October 8, 2017
Couldn't possibly watch #BlindDateIRL without refreshing the twitter feed every 5 seconds pic.twitter.com/7ZAhDuQg2E
— Nicola Barry (@nickybar) October 8, 2017
Meanwhile at Cilla Black’s grave...#BlindDateIRL pic.twitter.com/qIeRV5tJGf
— Paul Daly (@pdaly83) October 8, 2017
#BlindDateIRL Dion looks like she lost her way on the way back from The Rose of Tralee.
— Jenny Bracken (@JennyBracken) October 8, 2017
The only thing giving me a bit of humour going into Monday morning 👍 #BlindDateIRL
— Kevin Muldoon (@kevin_muldoon) October 8, 2017
