Dunphy soars back to contention in ratings battle

EAMON Dunphy’s Friday night chat show on TV3 has staged a dramatic recovery in the ratings battle with Pat Kenny’s Late Late show.

A TV3 spokesperson said yesterday advertisers were still willing to fork out €10,000 for 30-second prime time slots during the show, which saw viewers slump to a paltry 155,000 a fortnight ago.

TV3 insists the show is not under any pressure to slash its expensive advertising rates despite the Late Late Show recording almost 350,000 more viewers each week.