Editing TG4 (section)

==Programming==
{{Main|List of programmes broadcast by TG4}}
TG4 has nurtured a reputation for innovative programming in film, arts, drama, documentaries, and sports. Much of TG4's programming is subtitled in English. The station has a [[teletext]] service called ''{{Langx|ga|[[Téacs TG4]]|label=none}}''. Programmes broadcast on Saorview (not Sky or internet) are at times also subtitled in Irish.

===Imported programming===
TG4 broadcasts many popular US shows ranging from dramas to comedies.

====As TnaG====
In the lead up to the transmissions of TnaG in the autumn of 1996, RTÉ tested transmissions with airings of ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''. The TnaG service provided little in the way of imports except for children's programming. TnaG provided airings of QVC during daytime hours. TnaG aired ''[[Northern Exposure]]''. They also dubbed into Irish a number of European, Welsh and Scottish programmes.

====As TG4====
TnaG re-branded in 1999 as TG4 and with this came a fresh schedule which included more imported programming. Highly critically acclaimed US programming such as ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'', ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' and ''[[The Wire]]'' aired on the channel. During this time, they extended out their range of adult and children's programming. {{Langx|ga|Cúla4 na n-Óg|label=none}} began airing from 07:00 for pre-school children with programmes such as {{Langx|ga|[[Play with Me Sesame|Tar ag Spraoi Sesame]]|label=none}}, ''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]'' and ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'', Cúla4 airs ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Ben 10]]'', ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', and others. In 2006 a strand called {{Langx|ga|Ponc|label=none}} began airing with teen programming such as ''[[Pimp My Ride]]'', ''[[MTV Cribs]]'', ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'', ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'', ''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]'' and ''[[South Park]]''. Other series aired on the channel include ''[[Army Wives]]'', ''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]'', ''[[Gossip Girl (TV series)|Gossip Girl]]'', ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[[Vampire Diaries]]'', ''[[Without a Trace]]'', ''[[Carnivàle]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[Eve (American TV series)|Eve]]'', ''[[Everwood]]'', ''[[Invasion (2005 TV series)|Invasion]]'', ''[[Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle]]'', ''[[The O.C.]]'', and ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]''.

TG4 often premieres such shows before other European broadcasters.
TG4 previously held a long-term agreement with HBO to air the majority of their programmes on the channel. With the launch of [[Sky Atlantic]] in 2011, they now hold first rights to European (Ireland, UK, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland) broadcasts of HBO shows. This means TG4 now broadcasts HBO programming at a much later date than in the past. TG4 held first rights to ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'', ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', ''[[Generation Kill]]'', ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'', ''[[True Blood]]''. They also held an agreement with [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] to air ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' until the series concluded. The channel later signed a deal with [[USA Network]] for exclusive rights to ''[[Mr. Robot]]''.

In Autumn 2013, the broadcaster started moving away from US imports instead focusing on successful European drama series from the Nordic countries. On 28 August 2013, TG4 announced its new schedule for autumn/winter 2013.<ref name="tg4.ie1" /> which relied on imports from internationally acclaimed Nordic dramas such as [[Arne Dahl (TV series)|''Arne Dahl'']] from [[Sweden]], [[The Bridge (Danish/Swedish TV series)|''The Bridge'']] co-produced in Sweden and [[Denmark]] and Danish drama [[Borgen (TV series)|''Borgen'']].<ref name="tg4.ie1">{{cite press release |url=http://www.tg4.ie/press/docs/TG4-PDF-Schedules/TG4-Autumn-2013-B.pdf |title=Autumn 2013 |publisher=TG4 |access-date=2013-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908121347/http://www.tg4.ie/press/docs/TG4-PDF-Schedules/TG4-Autumn-2013-B.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-08 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> US imports include new seasons of ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]'', ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' (final season), ''[[True Blood]]'' and new dramas ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' and ''[[Boss (TV series)|Boss]]''.<ref name="tg4.ie1"/>

TG4 continued to air ''Two and a Half Men'' up to the departure of [[Charlie Sheen]], when [[RTÉ Two]] began airing the series.

===News and current affairs===
All of TG4's news and current affairs programming is provided by [[RTÉ]] free of charge to the channel. In 1996, ''Nuacht TnaG'' started broadcasting from the TnaG Newsrooms in Baile na hAbhann. From 13 July 2009, all television broadcasts of {{Langx|ga|[[Nuacht RTÉ]]|label=none}} broadcast from the Baile na hAbhann studios.<ref name="RTÉ's 'Nuacht' Moves to West Coast">{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282318&tpl=archnewshome&force=1|title=RTÉ's 'Nuacht' Moves to West Coast - The Irish Film & Television Network|work=iftn.ie|access-date=15 July 2009|archive-date=29 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229121928/http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282318&tpl=archnewshome&force=1|url-status=live}}</ref> The main news anchor for Nuacht RTÉ is [[Siún Nic Gearailt]], who was the main news anchor for TG4 from 2002 to 2004, before moving to RTÉ.<ref name="independent.ie">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/heres-the-news-rtes-nuacht-shifts-base-to-west-coast-1818889.html|title=Here's the news RTÉ's Nuacht shifts base to west coast|work=Independent.ie|access-date=15 July 2009|archive-date=17 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717013715/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/heres-the-news-rtes-nuacht-shifts-base-to-west-coast-1818889.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{langx|ga|Nuacht TnaG|label=none}} initially was broadcast at 22:00 each night, later moving to 20:00 and finally to 19:00 where it currently remains. From 1996 to 1998, [[Gráinne Seoige]] was the main news anchor for the channel, in 1998 she moved to [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]] to launch their main evening news where she remained until 2004. In 1998, [[Ailbhe Ó Monachain]] became TG4's main news anchor. With the rebranding of TnaG as TG4 the news service also renamed Nuacht TG4. In 2004, [[Eimear Ní Chonaola]] became TG4's main news anchor. Since September 2010, Nóiméad Nuachta (News Minute) has broadcast each week day at 13:55.

Each Tuesday Night [[Páidí Ó Lionáird]] hosts their Current Affairs flagship show ''[[7 Lá]]'' (7 Days), the name derives from RTÉ's original Current Affairs programme ''7 Days''. Every Sunday night, [[Eimear Ní Chonaola]] presents {{Langx|ga|Timpeall na Tíre|label=none}}, a round up of all the major stories of the week.

During the summer months they provide {{Langx|ga|Féilte|label=none}} presented by Sinéad Ní Loideáin and Bríd Richardson. It takes a similar format to RTÉ's Nationwide, reporting on Festivals around Ireland during the summer months.

TG4 provides live coverage of [[Dáil Éireann]] each Wednesday and Thursday morning; as well as live coverage of the proceedings of key Dáil Committees from time to time.

TG4 has also provided coverage of the 1997, 2002, 2007, 2011, and 2016 general elections, coverage of European and local elections 2004, 2009, and 2014 and coverage of the annual national Budgets, and coverage of [[Údarás na Gaeltachta]] elections.

During the night, TG4 airs a simulcast of [[France 24]] live from Paris.

===Sports===
The channel extensively covers Irish sports, such as the secondary [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] competitions and club championships, and women's Gaelic football (it also broadcasts [[Pro14]]). These are events which generally do not appeal to a mass audience, but have a reasonably loyal following. Many of the sports that TG4 provide coverage to are sporting events that other Irish Broadcasters would not usually be interested in, they have gained a reputation for providing coverage to minority sporting events and repeat coverage to Rugby and Gaelic games under their programming strand ''{{Langx|ga|Rugbaí|label=none}} Gold'' and ''GAA Gold'', showing highlights of classic games from the archives. {{Langx|ga|[[Seó Spóirt]]|label=none}} broadcasts a round up of the weeks sporting news with a selected panel, it is hosted by [[Dara Ó Cinnéide]]. TG4 provided coverage of [[Volvo Ocean Race]] when it arrived in Galway in May 2009.<ref name="VOLVO OCEAN RACE LIVE FROM GALWAY">{{cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2009/0518-1.asp |title=VOLVO OCEAN RACE LIVE FROM GALWAY |date=18 May 2009 |access-date=2 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218210500/http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2009/0518-1.asp |archive-date=18 February 2010 }}</ref>

====GAA====
Since 2000 TG4 have sponsored [[ladies' Gaelic football]]'s All-Ireland competition under the name ''[[All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship|TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Championships]]'' ({{Langx|ga|Craobhacha TG4 i bPeil Na mBan}}).<ref name="TG4 Press Office">{{cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2010/0705-1.asp |title=LADIES FOOTBALL & TG4 CELEBRATE 10 YEAR MILESTONE |date=5 July 2010 |publisher=TG4 Press Office |access-date=11 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027171638/http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2010/0705-1.asp |archive-date=27 October 2010 }}</ref> They have provided live coverage of the men's Gaelic football league and round-up of the men's football and [[hurling]] championships during the summer months with their GAA round up programme called ''GAA'' – followed by the year it is broadcast, for example in 2011 it was called ''GAA 2011''. They also provide live coverage of the Under 21 All-Ireland competitions and club competitions. In late 2010, TG4 began to broadcast a new handball show, entitled ''The GAA Handball Show''.

====Rugby====
They previously had exclusive rights to show Magner's Rugby League from 2001 to 2004. In 2004 the Irish rights were sold to [[Setanta Sports]], where it was broadcast exclusively from 2004 to 2010. In 2010 TG4 won back the rights for [[Pro14|Pro12]] rugby union with [[RTÉ]], [[BBC Northern Ireland]], [[S4C]] and [[BBC Alba]].<ref name="Clutton">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/7813469/Celtic-Rugby-secure-improved-broadcast-deal-for-Magners-League-coverage.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/7813469/Celtic-Rugby-secure-improved-broadcast-deal-for-Magners-League-coverage.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Celtic Rugby secure improved broadcast deal for Magners League coverage|last=Clutton|first=Graham|date=9 June 2010|newspaper=telegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 June 2010|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2011 TG4 took a major coup in taking away exclusive highlights of the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup from RTÉ Sport. This led to TG4 having Live coverage of the new Pro14, which is what the Celtic League was rebranded in 2011 as well as highlights of the top matches in European rugby.

On top of this they bought Irish-language rights to the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]] whereby they had lucrative rights to re-run matches from the Rugby World Cup 2011 in the afternoon. Therefore, Setanta Ireland had all matches live, RTÉ had 13 live matches, including all-Irish matches and every match from the quarter finals onwards. TG4 re-ran all the big matches in the afternoon such as the Ireland v Australia match and England and Welsh match.

In 2014, the Irish language channel received praise for airing the [[Women's Rugby World Cup]]. TG4 provided coverage to all of the Irish matches as well as the final and semi-final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/en/corporate/news-releases/2014/170714.html |title=News Releases - 17.07 - Women's Rugby World Cup to be broadcast LIVE on TG4 - TG4 - Irish language television channel - Teilifis Gaeilge |work=tg4.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510040058/http://www.tg4.ie/en/corporate/news-releases/2014/170714.html |archive-date=10 May 2015 }}</ref>

====Football (Soccer)====
TG4 broadcasts highlights programme called {{langx|ga|Olé Olé|label=none}} for Spanish [[La Liga]] which it extended to include the [[Scottish Premier League]] in 1997. The series no longer airs on the channel.<ref name="TnaG - One Year Old">{{cite web|url=http://www.medialive.ie/Comment/tnag.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/19980116050617/http://www.medialive.ie/Comment/tnag.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 1998|title=TnaG – One Year Old|date=31 October 1997|publisher=Medialive.ie|access-date=11 July 2010}}</ref>
TG4 held rights to [[League of Ireland]] with [[RTÉ]] and [[Setanta Sports]]. They have also broadcast UEFA Cup games in the past. TG4 did broadcast Friday night matches called ''Sacar Beo'' which showed League of Ireland matches and cup matches, but RTÉ and Setanta retain those rights now.

In 2019, TG4 broadcasts [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] with RTÉ. TG4 broadcasts 29 of 52 matches in Irish.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Healy |first=Martin |date=16 April 2019 |title=RTE and TG4 to show every match of FIFA Women's World Cup this summer |url=https://extra.ie/2019/04/16/sport/soccernews/womens-world-cup-tv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525110921/https://extra.ie/2019/04/16/sport/soccernews/womens-world-cup-tv |archive-date=25 May 2019 |access-date=2019-05-25 |website=extra.ie}}</ref>

TG4 broadcast the first live [[League of Ireland Women's Premier Division]] game from [[Tolka Park]] on 2 October 2021 with hosts [[Shelbourne F.C. (women)|Shelbourne]] beating [[DLR Waves]] 1:0.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/soccer/match-reports/shelbournes-alex-kavanagh-makes-history-21746549 | title=Shels' Alex Kavanagh makes history with first-ever live televised WNL goal | date=2 October 2021 }}</ref> Games are regularly shown live on TG4.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.leagueofireland.ie/news/tg4-launches-coverage-2023-sse-airtricity-womens-premier-division-season/ | title=TG4 launches coverage of 2023 SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division season &#124; League of Ireland }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.leagueofireland.ie/news/tg4-confirm-live-games-extend-coverage-sse-airtricity-womens-premier-division/ | title=TG4 confirm live games to extend coverage of SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division }}</ref>

====Tennis====
TG4 broadcast exclusive Irish coverage of the [[Wimbledon Championships]] tennis tournament. TG4's coverage of the tournament began in 2005, with their coverage being viewed by on average 300,000 viewers each day in 2008.<ref name="http">{{cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2009/0620-1.asp |title=TG4'S SUCCESSFUL TENNIS COVERAGE TO CONTINUE WITH WIMBLEDON 2009 |date=20 June 2009 |publisher=TG4 |access-date=2 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218210514/http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2009/0620-1.asp |archive-date=18 February 2010 }}</ref> RTÉ commonly showed Wimbledon for a number of years before dropping the tournament in 2001. Ireland didn't show Wimbledon for a number of years until TG4 took over the coverage in 2005. This proved popular as coverage has been more than it ever was on RTÉ, and with Connor Niland becoming the first Irish player at Wimbledon in 30 years their coverage continues to grow. TG4'S coverage of the [[French Open|Roland Garros]] Tennis began in 2008, which started with just highlights of everyday and the finals live. This proved popular so now TG4 coverage begins with highlights until the final week of the tournament when live coverage begins.

====Cycling====
TG4 provide live coverage of [[Tour de France]] French cycling. TG4's live coverage of the Tour de France began in 2005.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2007/0628-1.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217204423/http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2007/0628-1.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2013 |title=TOUR DE FRANCE 2007 LIVE AND EXCLUSIVE ON TG4 |date=28 June 2007 |publisher=TG4 |access-date=2 June 2010 }}</ref>

====International Rules Series====
TG4 hold the television rights to the [[International Rules Series|International Rules]] 2010/2011 season<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2010/0601-1.asp |title=TG4 SPONSORS IRISH TEAM AND IS TO BROADCAST INTERNATIONAL RULES FOOTBALL |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027171034/http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2010/0601-1.asp |archive-date=27 October 2010 }}</ref> and 2013/14 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/international-rules/news/2003131137-irish-daily-mail-international-rules-series-2013-launched/ |title=News |work=gaa.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530232323/http://gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/international-rules/news/2003131137-irish-daily-mail-international-rules-series-2013-launched/ |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}</ref> TG4 also provide a highlights package of [[Australian Football League]] games.

====Snooker====
TG4 for a number of years showed the Northern Ireland Trophy Snooker event from the Belfast Waterfront Hall. This started in 2005 and they showed every NI Trophy tournament until it was scrapped in 2009. This was advertised as their season of sport which started in 2005 and started with Wimbledon, le Tour de France and finished with the NI Trophy. This was firstly a non-ranking event, then became a ranking event. TG4 were the official broadcaster. Their coverage, {{langx|ga|Snucar Beo|label=none}}, featured analysis from Irish players such as Fergal O'Brien and Ken Doherty and Northern Ireland players such as Patrick Wallace who were not Irish speakers and would provide analysis in English before the presenter would go back to talking in Irish. This is what usually happens in sports coverage on TG4 where links to cameras, reports and commentary are usually in Irish and interviews and analysis in rugby, football and snooker are usually in English.

===Entertainment===
Since its inception TG4 has provided a huge amount of light entertainment programming to its Irish speaking audience, such as the chat show {{Langx|ga|[[Ardán]]|label=none}} and the fashion/dating show {{langx|ga|Paisean Faisean|label=none}}.

{{Langx|ga|Cleamhnas|label=none}} ("Matchmaker") was TG4's first attempt at a [[wikt:blind date|blind date]] type of show. It was presented by [[Seán Bán Breathnach]] and later by Páidí Ó Lionáird. The audience would be introduced to the contestant looking for love and then to one of their parents (generally the father of a male contestant and the mother of a female contestant), then introduced to three suitors. The father or the mother would then ask the suitors questions about how they would treat their son or daughter. The presenter would then go into the audience to talk to the suitor's friends. It would then be up to the mother or father to choose which suitor would go on a blind date with their son or daughter.

This show ran for a number of years and was eventually replaced by {{Langx|ga|[[Paisean Faisean]]|label=none}} where three boys/men select clothes for a girl, who would then choose the boy, based on the clothes that they had picked. This show was presented in the first three series by [[Aoife Ní Thuairisg]], and in the fourth series by Blathnáid Nic Dhonnacha and Máiread Ni Chuaig. Máiread was replaced in 2008 by [[Síle Seoige]].

{{Langx|ga|Eochair An Ghrá|label=none}} ("Key to the Heart") started airing in 2008 and is similar in format to MTV's ''[[Room Raiders]]''.

The producers of {{Langx|ga|Paisean Faisean|label=none}}, [[Magma Films]], have since sold the rights to [[Zoo Productions]] who will produce the series for MTV under the title ''[[Style Date]]''.<ref name="MTV Shops for 'Paisean Faisean'">{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4283010&tpl=archnews&only=1|title=MTV Shops for 'Paisean Faisean'|date=20 April 2010|publisher=Irish Film and Television Network|access-date=20 April 2010|archive-date=26 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226123503/http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4283010&tpl=archnews&only=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1996 TG4 aired {{Langx|ga|Hollywood Anocht|label=none}} ("Hollywood Tonight"), a movie show presented by [[Síle Seoige]].

In 2004 TG4 launched a new strand of programming called {{langx|ga|Síle|label=none}}. It was presented by [[Síle Ní Bhraonáin]] and ran from 17:30 to 19:00 each weeknight. It was similar in format to RTÉ's ''[[Two Tube]]''.

On 24 September 2007, TG4 began broadcasting ''[[South Park]]'' in Irish, on Síle, with the more adult content removed but also made available on Saturday nights. In 2009 Síle was replaced by {{langx|ga|[[Cúla4|Ponc]]|label=none}}.

They also had a number of quiz shows, including ''90 Seconds''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/ga/|title=TG4 {{!}} Súil Eile|website=TG4|language=en|access-date=2017-11-18|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826210949/http://www.tg4.ie/ga/|url-status=live}}</ref> TG4 is a great way for students in Leaving Certificate or GCSCs or A-Levels who is studying Irish to learn from. Research is shown that those who watch or listen to TG4 is deemed to have a better understanding of the language.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2024 |title=Research Reveals increase in Classroom Adoption of Visual Media, Highlighting the Impact of TG4/Cúla4 on Enhanced Learning Experiences |url=https://www.tg4.ie/en/information/press/press-releases/2024-2/research-reveals-increase-in-classroom-adoption-of-visual-media-highlighting-the-impact-of-tg4-cula4-on-enhanced-learning-experiences/ |access-date=13 October 2024 |website=TG4}}</ref> As well as that, having Gaeilge as a [[First language|first]] or [[Bilingual|second]] language, is shown to have more employment opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nic Leoid |first=Niamh |date=March 2022 |title=Benefits of bilingualism |url=https://www.gaelchultur.com/en/blog/benefits-bilingualism |access-date=13 October 2024 |website=Gaelchultúr}}</ref>

===Music===
TG4 have a long tradition of providing [[Folk music of Ireland|Irish Traditional music]] on the channel. {{Langx|ga|[[Geantraí]]|label=none}} is filmed around Ireland, with coverage of traditional music from many pubs around the country. Repeats of Irish traditional music programmes from RTÉ feature in the schedules such as ''The Pure Drop'' and ''Come West Along the Road''.

TG4 presents a [[Gradam Ceoil TG4|six awards]] for Irish traditional music, celebrating and giving due recognition to the recordings, broadcasts and live performances of the recipients of the awards:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gradam Ceoil TG4 home page for Irish Music Awards |url=http://www.gradam.ie/?page_id=274&lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323222425/http://www.gradam.ie/?page_id=274&lang=en |archive-date=23 March 2016 |access-date=26 November 2016 |publisher=TG4}}</ref>

# [[List of TG4 Traditional Musician of the Year recipients|Traditional musician of the year]], '''Gradam Ceoil''', started in 1998.
# [[List of TG4 Young Traditional Musician of the Year recipients|Young traditional musician of the Year]], '''Ceoltóir Óg''', started in 1998.
# [[List of TG4 Singer of the Year Award recipients|Singer of the Year]], '''Amhránaí na Bliana''', started in 2001.
# [[List of TG4 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients|Lifetime Achievement award]], '''Gradam Saoil''', started in 2001.
# [[List of TG4 Composers Award recipients|Composer of the year]], '''Gradam an Chumadóra''', started in 2001 and presented to 2013. In 2014 a musical collaboration award was presented instead.
# [[List of TG4 Special Contribution Award recipients|Special contribution award]], '''Gradam na gCeoltóirí''', is presented to musicians and organisations that have worked tirelessly for the preservation and dissemination of Irish traditional music.

Since the mid-2000s TG4 have provided coverage to [[Country music|Country and Western]] music.

Popular music on the channel started out with {{Langx|ga|Ó Bun Go Barr|label=none}} ("From Top to Bottom"), which is now known as POP 4 and is presented by Eoghan Mac Diarmada, is Ireland's only Top 40 countdown chart show. It also acts as a chart request show and a launch pad for new and upcoming Irish bands.

Indie music is covered on {{Langx|ga|Ar An Imeall|label=none}} ("On The Edge"), a spin-off series to TG4 Arts strand {{Langx|ga|Imeall|label=none}} ("Edge").

On 23 March 2015, TG4 confirmed its participation in the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015]]. Later that year, it organised a national final, produced by [[Adare Productions]], to find its representative at the contest, which turned out to be [[Aimee Banks]]. It marked [[Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest|Ireland's]] first participation in the contest and the first time since [[Eurovision Song Contest 1972|1972]] that [[Irish language|Irish]] was heard at a [[Eurovision (network)|Eurovision event]]. In the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022]] Sophie Lennon represented Ireland with Solas, which placed 4th, the highest placing of an Irish Entry in a Eurovision Contest since 1997, and the highest placing of any Irish Language song.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ireland to debut at Junior Eurovision! |url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=ireland_to_debut_at_junior_eurovision_2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018142111/http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=ireland_to_debut_at_junior_eurovision_2014 |archive-date=18 October 2015 |access-date=23 March 2015 |publisher=EBU}}</ref>

===Reality television===
{{langx|ga|SÓS|label=none}} (the Irish for "break", and the use of a pun on "[[SOS]]") was one of TG4s early attempts at reality television. It followed a group of contestants in the bleakness of the [[Connemara]] landscape, left with nothing and to fend for themselves. It was a television version of [[Gay Byrne]]'s radio experiment from the 1980s.

{{Langx|ga|Ní Gaelgoir Mé|label=none}} was TG4's version of [[S4C]]'s successful show, getting celebrities to learn Irish for a week. It was presented by Aoife Ní Thuairisg.

In 2003 TG4 launched their search for Ireland's next top [[country and western]] singer. {{Langx|ga|[[Glór Tíre]]|label=none}} is now into its 6th successful season on the channel. Often landing the top spot on their top ten shows, it has a regular audience of 100,000 viewers.

In 2008 TG4 launched their search for the best farmer in Ireland. {{Langx|ga|[[Feirm Factor]]|label=none}} had 12 farmers competing with each other to see who was the best. The judging panel consisted of [[Maura Derrane]] (former ''[[Ireland AM]]'' presenter), [[Alan Dukes]] (former Minister for Agriculture) and Seán O Lionaird (dairy farmer from Cork). The second series of ''Feirm Factor'' was broadcast from January to March 2010. Welsh television station [[S4C]] has started broadcasting their own version of the show in 2010, called ''Fferm Ffactor''.

''Underdogs'' searched for the best amateur football team from groups of men and women with no previous experience in Minor or Senior GAA football. The judging panel consisted of Geraldine Feerick, [[Jarlath Burns]] and Éamon Ó Muircheartaigh.

TG4 commissioned two reality talent shows for the channel from Adare Productions. ''{{Langx|ga|Glas|label=none}} Vegas'' has a similar format to ''America's Got Talent'' and ''The All Ireland Talent Show''. ''{{Langx|ga|Nollig|label=none}} No. 1'' has a similar format to ''[[You're a Star]]'' as the judges search for a Christmas number one single. The 2008 winner was Mary Lee, she released the single "You'll Never Walk Alone", with the chorus '{{Langx|ga|as Gaeilge|label=none}}'.<ref name="Mary Lee's winning video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHU67jJQk4o|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221032145/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHU67jJQk4o|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-21|title=Mary Lee's winning video|work=youtube.com}}</ref> In September 2009 another series from the same stable began the search for Ireland's best Irish dancing act, entitled An Jig Gig. The winners of this series were Irish Beats.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rWrUCRepR0 |title=YouTube |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411024451/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rWrUCRepR0 |archive-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A fourth season of ''{{Langx|ga|Glas|label=none}} Vegas'' began in January 2010.

TG4 have broadcast all series of the American version of ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]'' with an Irish-language dub.

In 2015, TG4 launched a new dating show called {{Langx|ga|[[Pioc do Ride]]|label=none}} where contestants choose a date from three potential partners based only on their car.

===Drama===
In the early years TG4 gained critical acclaim<ref>C.U. Burn won "{{Langx|ga|Spiorad na Féile|label=none}}", at the Panceltic Televisiona and Film Festival 1997.</ref> for ''[[C.U. Burn]]'', a comedy series about a [[Donegal (town)|Donegal]] [[undertaker]], and {{Langx|ga|Gleann Ceo|label=none}}, a comedy about a small town [[Garda Síochána|Garda]] station in Donegal.

{{Langx|ga|[[Ros na Rún]]|label=none}} is TG4's long-running soap opera, which broadcast for 35 weeks of the year with two episodes each week. It is now in its 24th season on the channel. It airs Tuesday and Thursday at 20:30, with an [[omnibus (broadcast)|omnibus]] edition at 22:30 each Sunday.

TG4 have also supported many Irish filmmakers with their Lasair short film programme fund.

In 2006 TG4 commissioned ''Teenage {{langx|ga|Cic|label=none}}s'', their first youth drama. Set during the 1980s in the Donegal [[Gaeltacht]], it follows the exploits of young students from Belfast going to the Gaeltacht to learn Irish. This was followed by their successful teen drama ''[[Aifric]]''.

In 2007 TG4 won major critical acclaim for their political satirical comedy ''The Running Mate'' and for the programme {{Langx|ga|[[Seacht]]|label=none}} which follows the lives of seven college students in [[Belfast]].

Their drama series {{Langx|ga|Rásaí na Gaillimhe|label=none}} (part funded by the [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland|BAI]]'s Sound and Vision Fund) was a major hit for the channel, becoming their second most popular show just after {{Langx|ga|Glór Tíre|label=none}}. Set during the week of the [[Galway Races]], it is a drama-comedy starring [[Don Wycherley]], [[Ruth Bradley]], [[Olga Wherly]], [[Hughie McGarvey]] and [[Owen Roe (actor)|Owen Roe]].

TG4 broadcast their first supernatural thriller on 13 January 2010. {{Langx|ga|[[Na Cloigne]]|label=none}} ("Heads") is set in contemporary Ireland and revolves around a young couple (Nuala and Séan). Nuala is an artist with supernatural powers connecting her to the Otherworld and is faced with an adulterous boyfriend. Soon two young women Séan brings home for a nightcap are found dead.<ref>[http://www.tg4.ie/clar/cloigne/index.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123010100/http://www.tg4.ie/clar/cloigne/index.asp|date=23 January 2010}}</ref>

TG4 continued with successful drama output with their comedy {{Langx|ga|[[An Crisis]]|label=none}}("The Crisis"), and {{Langx|ga|[[Crisis Eile]]|label=none}} (in 2013). This series has poked fun at the Irish economic downturn and the effects on the promotion of the Irish language. The comedy initially centred around the office of the acting-chairman of ACT (An Chomhairle Teanga/The Language Commissioner) played by Risteárd Cooper as he fought to save the organisations from {{Langx|ga|[[An Bord Snip Nua]]|label=none}}.<ref name="Iftn.ie">{{cite web |url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282951&tpl=archnewshome&only=1&force=1 |title=TG4 Introduces Office Drama 'An Crisis' &#124; The Irish Film & Television Network |publisher=Iftn.ie |access-date=9 April 2012 |archive-date=29 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929165231/http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282951&tpl=archnewshome&only=1&force=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Langx|ga|Corp & Anam|label=none}} is a four-part series from TG4 starring Diarmuid de Faoite and [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]] (''[[The Tudors]]''). It was originally broadcast in early 2011.<ref name="Filming Wraps on 'Corp & Anam'">{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283215&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Filming Wraps on 'Corp & Anam'|date=15 July 2010|publisher=IFTN|access-date=15 July 2010|archive-date=29 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929165216/http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283215&tpl=archnews&force=1|url-status=live}}</ref> A second series aired on the channel in 2014.

====Praise for TG4 drama====
::"The reality is that Irish-language television dramas, no matter how acclaimed or however many awards they might win, are unlikely to show up in box set form in any DVD mega-store. TG4's viewership ranges from between 2 and 4 per cent of the population, enough to cost a politician an election but far too few viewers to send a show into the top 10 in the television ratings.
::A shame, because there are great things happening in the area. TG4's recent batch of mini-series {{Langx|ga|Rasaí na Gaillimhe|label=none}}, Paddywhackery and {{Langx|ga|Na Cloigne|label=none}} (not to mention Aifric, {{Langx|ga|Seacht|label=none}} and long-running soap {{Langx|ga|Ros na Rún|label=none}}) have featured outrageous plots and wacky characters, and dare to be politically incorrect: they get away with it because they are in Irish."<ref name="The Irish edge in the ratings war">{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0319/1224266583816.html | newspaper=The Irish Times | title=The Irish edge in the ratings war | date=3 March 2010 | access-date=21 April 2010 | archive-date=24 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024034647/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0319/1224266583816.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

:: "the first episode of {{Langx|ga|[[An Crisis]]|label=none}}, a new six-parter from TG4, was laugh out loud funny – interspersed with a couple of knowing sniggers."<ref name="Mind your language">{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0410/1224268015897.html | newspaper=The Irish Times | title=Mind your language | date=4 April 2010 | access-date=21 April 2010 | archive-date=24 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024034745/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0410/1224268015897.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Children's television===
{{Main|Cúla4}}

In 1996, TnaG started its children's programming under the strand ''Cullabulla'' (taken from [[Hiberno-English]]). Since then they have renamed and extended the strand as Cúla4.

===Factual===
It also actively commissions documentaries such as the acclaimed and popular {{langx|ga|Amú|label=none}} series of travel programmes which launched the career of [[Hector Ó hEochagáin]], one of a number of TG4 presenters who have gone on to success at other channels. Others include newsreader [[Gráinne Seoige]]. As many of these programs are subtitled in English, they are often popular with recent immigrant populations, who find spoken English very fast on Irish produced television, as well as native Irish speakers.

They dub a French-Canadian documentary series under the name {{Langx|ga|[[Fíorscéal|Fíor Scéal]]|label=none}}. ''Nello'' was another well received travel show looking at life in middle America.

They have a documentary strand called {{Langx|ga|[[Cogar]]|label=none}}. {{Langx|ga|Ealú|label=none}} was a series which looked at prison escapes around Ireland. They repeat the RTÉ shows {{Langx|ga|Leargas|label=none}} (a new magazine show) and {{Langx|ga|Scanna|label=nonel}} (reports on scandals that hit Ireland).

===Re-dubbed programming===
In the early years of TG4 the service repeated the Welsh teenage drama series ''[[Jabas]]'' which was re-dubbed into Irish from Welsh. They also aired the French cartoon ''[[Bouli]]'' as part of their children's schedule. ''Jabas'' and ''Bouli'' had previously aired on [[RTÉ Television]]. Again the Welsh series {{Langx|cy|[[Pris y Farchnad]]}} was translated into Irish under the title {{Langx|ga|An Craiceann is a Luach|label=none}} In general however TG4 perceived that live action series aimed at adults re-dubbed into Irish was not an attractive proposition even for fluent Irish speakers, as is the cases for many bilingual northern European viewers.<ref name="MacDubhghaill" />

Since its launch TG4 has significantly increased the number of re-dubbed children's programmes from 70 hours in its first year to 200 hours. TG4 only re-dub cartoons while live action series remain in English, such as the Australian drama ''[[H2O: Just Add Water|H<sub>2</sub>O: Just Add Water]]'' and the American sitcom ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''. TG4 have re-dubbed all of the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]] into Irish and broadcast them each Saturday from January to March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tg4.ie/en/newsletter/tg4/february-2014.html |title=TG4 Newsletter - TG4 - Irish language television channel - Teilifís I i nGaeilge |access-date=2014-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222173903/http://www.tg4.ie/en/newsletter/tg4/february-2014.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> Some other live action children's movies such as ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'' have been re-dubbed into Irish.

===Film===
TG4 has a broad film policy which features a strong range of both independent and mainstream cinema. The channel places a strong emphasis on Irish films both in the Irish and English languages and European cinema which features films in French, German, Spanish, Italian, [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Danish language|Danish]] and [[Swedish language|Swedish]], among other languages. These films air under the strand {{Langx|fr|Le Film}} TG4 regularly broadcast [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] under the strand ''An Western'', typically every Friday night.

Mainstream Hollywood cinema is represented by films from [[20th Century Fox]], [[Walt Disney Pictures]] and [[Warner Bros.]] among others. TG4 regularly broadcast such films on Tuesday Nights as part of their {{Langx|ga|Scannán na Seachtaine|label=none}} ("Movie of the Week") strand. They sometimes re-dub children's films into Irish with English subtitles, the most notable being the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' films.

TG4 became the first channel to broadcast in full [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s classic ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', a season of Kubrick's films followed, including the European television premiere of ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]''. It also became one of the first channels in Europe to air the remastered director's cut version of ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'', even before the UK, as they were still only airing the edited version.

TG4 has created '''Cine4''' (formally TG4 Film) a film department which invests in Irish-speaking films and mainstream Irish films such as the critically acclaimed [[Room (2015 film)|Room]], {{Langx|ga|[[Arracht]]|label=none}}, {{Langx|ga|[[Tarrac]]|label=none}}, {{Langx|ga|[[Foscadh]]|label=none}} and {{Langx|ga|[[An Cailín Ciúin]]|label=none}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cine4.ie/produced-films|format=article|title=Cine4 by TG4 Website|date=23 August 2022|website=cine4.ie|access-date=23 July 2022|archive-date=23 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823192530/https://www.cine4.ie/produced-films|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Subtitling and dubbing===
{{Update|section|date=January 2020}}

====Adult and prime time programming====
TG4 do not dub live action film or television programming into Irish. Some reality television programming have the English voice over replaced by Irish-language voice over (which is also subtitled in English), however all contestants and presenters are not re-dubbed. In the early years of TnaG the channel broadcast many European programmes with Irish dubbing however this policy has since stopped in favour of US programming in English. Some non-English-language films are also subtitled on teletext page 888 in Irish. Most Irish-language programmes are subtitled on screen in English, however no live programming (such as news and sport) is subtitled into English. Many Irish-language programmes are also subtitled on teletext page 888 in Irish.

====Children's and young people's programming====
TG4's pre-school and children's strands, {{Langx|ga|Cúla4|label=none}} and {{Langx|ga|Cúla4 na nÓg|label=none}}, do not have subtitles during live introductions. This was the same for their former teen strands ''Síle'' and {{Langx|ga|Ponc|label=none}}. Many of the Irish-language cartoons are subtitled on page 888 for parents. TG4 broadcasts any US teen programming in English, while Irish-language programming is subtitled on screen in English. TG4 have re-dubbed a number of Hollywood children's films and feature animation into Irish.