Thursday 26 December, 2024

Pat Kenny's new TV3 show had a nightmare with its Twitter handle last night

“I feel like PK Tonight…”

LAST NIGHT SAW TV3′s new current affairs show, Pat Kenny Tonight, make its debut.

The show, hosted by Pat Kenny and Colette Fitzpatrick, opened with Pat Kenny clutching a potato and looking very serious.

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The show’s official hashtag is #pktonight and during the show, viewers were encouraged to use the hashtag and interact with the show on @pktonight.

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Only problem?

That account had zilch to do with TV3 or Pat Kenny.

Less than 10 mins into #pktonight on @TV3Ireland & show's twitter handle @pktonight has nothing to do wit #patkenny or @ColetteFitzIRL #fail pic.twitter.com/Gy6DyJ4KRw
— Barry Duggan (@dugganbarry) October 5, 2016

Barry Duggan / Twitter

Amazing @TV3Ireland did not check @PkTonight was taken. Will they do a deal with person who has it @IanDempsey @adrianweckler #PKTonight
— Gerry Crosbie - DESIGNYARD AWARDS (@GerryCrosbie) October 5, 2016

DESIGNYARD AWARDS / Twitter

@pktonight being shown on screen is not for this show! #PKTonight
— Kevin Gorman (@KevGor64) October 5, 2016

Kevin Gorman / Twitter

In fact, it appears to be linked to a pirate movie site.

Tonight Pk / Twitter Tonight Pk / Twitter / Twitter

And it sends spammy tweets like this.

10 Facts About Boobs That You Didn’t Know| How To Fact: https://t.co/ZwCqBIwIeB via @YouTube
— Tonight Pk (@PkTonight) April 29, 2016

Tonight Pk / Twitter

Top sex kissing https://t.co/jhYS8lgLCq via @YouTube
— Tonight Pk (@PkTonight) July 26, 2015

Tonight Pk / Twitter

Well that’s unfortunate.

Once TV3 copped the error, the handle was dropped from the show.

No doubt @PkTonight is confused by the tweets on high rent in his mentions this morning…

@PkTonight Why is there no regulation whatsoever on the amount of rent private greedy landlords can charge?
— et (@eithne_horgan) October 5, 2016

et / Twitter

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