Show me the viewers: 541,000 tune in to watch Hobbs dispense money advice
The second series of Show Me The Money, which is fronted by Consumers’ Association of Ireland finance spokesman Eddie Hobbs, began its second series earlier this month by drawing in 541,000 viewers, or 64,000 more than its first programme in January, 2004.
RTÉ said the programme grabbed a massive 41% share of the available audience and soundly beat the audience of 470,000 for British soap Eastenders, which aired immediately beforehand on RTÉ 1. Mr Hobbs said the viewer figures were extraordinary and comfortably ahead of the programme’s first series, which drew an average share of the available audience of between 33% and 36%. It was the station’s highest-rated factual programme in five of the eight weeks in which it aired last year, he said.
