Yates makes TV return with 'irreverent' sports show
Politician turned presenter Ivan Yates is back on TV screens tomorrow night with a Christmas special of his brand new entertainment show ‘The Green Room’, at 10pm on Virgin Media One.
The show will highlight all the news, issues and fun from the world of sport. Each week, Ivan will be joined by bookmaker Paddy Power, Mullingar impressionist and TV broadcaster, Conor Moore, Virgin Media sport broadcaster Niamh Kinsella and special guests, with comedy and competitions.
On tomorrow night’s show, Yates will be talking to Irish football legend Robbie Keane.
Yates said: “It's an entirely new creation, a live really fast paced show that will be completely different to the normal sports journalism. This will be fun, humorous and entertaining. So I think you are going to see irreverence replace deference and you’re going to also see in terms of my relationship with my co-presenters lots of slagging, lots of banter, lots of craic. I won’t be taking myself too seriously so you hardly expect me to take THE Paddy Power or Niamh Kinsella too seriously.
He adds: "It is a 13-week series and I hope it will bring people not only on the road to Cheltenham, but hopefully will also bring people to the end of lockdown and will be something to cheer them up on Friday nights. I’m greatly looking forward to availing of all of the ingenuity and the creativity of the global reputation and mischief making and cheeky chappy material from Paddy Power. So, gonna have a bit of craic, not taking it too seriously.”
Harnessing their huge social media following, bookmaker Paddy Power will create a segment for the show each week, showcasing their distinctive and quintessentially tone of voice.
Sponsor Paddy Power spokesman, Paddy Power said: “I can’t wait to launch The Green Room with Ivan Yates – hopefully it’ll finally put to bed people asking if I’m really called Paddy Power.
“We’ve long enjoyed doing things differently, and we can’t way to create a TV show that isn’t just a copy and paste version of all the other chat shows out there.”
The new weekly show will commence in January 2021 on Friday nights at 9pm.