# Weekend AM > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Weekend_AM > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Weekend_AM.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_AM > Source revision: 1356740802 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Television series "Sunday AM" redirects here. For the BBC political programme that used the same name, see [The Andrew Marr Show](/source/The_Andrew_Marr_Show). "Saturday AM" redirects here. For the shōnen manga anthology magazine, see [Saturday AM (magazine)](/source/Saturday_AM_(magazine)). Weekend AM Genre Morning news and talk show Presented by Anna Daly Simon Delaney Laura Woods Aidan Power Country of origin Republic of Ireland Original languages English Irish Production Production locations Virgin Media Television HD Studio, Ballymount, Dublin Running time 180 mins (including advertising) Production company Virgin Media Television Original release Network Virgin Media One Release 29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) – present Related Ireland AM ***Weekend AM*** (stylised as ***Weekend:am***) is an [Irish](/source/Television_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland) [morning television show](/source/Breakfast_television) on [Virgin Media One](/source/Virgin_Media_One), that was first broadcast as *"Saturday AM"* on 29 August 2015 at 09:00, with *"Sunday AM"* beginning the following day. ## Development Following the success of *[Ireland AM](/source/Ireland_AM)* and an absence of live breakfast television on the weekends, the TV3 Group (now [Virgin Media Television](/source/Virgin_Media_Television_(Republic_of_Ireland))) confirmed in June 2015, it would introduce a weekend slot to its schedule.[1] It was confirmed *Ireland AM* presenter [Anna Daly](/source/Anna_Daly) would move to the new weekend slot and present alongside [Ivan Yates](/source/Ivan_Yates)[1][2] and [Laura Woods](/source/Laura_Woods_(Irish_presenter)). The show broadcasts between 09:00 to 12:00 each Saturday and Sunday. The programme features news, current affairs, weather updates and analysis of the weekend newspapers with in-studio guests. On 30 August 2018, to coincide with the rebranding of TV3 to "Virgin Media One", *Ireland AM* launched a new set, and the Saturday and Sunday editions of the programme were renamed as *"Weekend AM"*.[3] From the week starting 7 October 2019, Ireland AM started airing 7 days a week, meaning Sundays Ireland AM rebranded to Weekend AM. ## Presenters - [Anna Daly](/source/Anna_Daly) (2015–2021) - [Simon Delaney](/source/Simon_Delaney) (2015–2021) - [Laura Woods](/source/Laura_Woods_(Irish_presenter)) (2015–2021) - [Aidan Power](/source/Aidan_Power) co-host and sport (2019–2021) **News and weather** - Hannah Murphy - Mairead Cleary - Geraldine Lynagh - Anne O'Donnell - Aisling Roche - ***Former presenters*** - *Tommy Martin (2015–2018)* - Ivan yates (2015-2016) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-her.ie_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-her.ie_1-1) ["TV3 Announce Big Change To Weekend Schedule - Her.ie"](http://www.her.ie/movies-tv/tv3-to-change-things-up-with-new-weekend-show/240194). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Quigley, Maeve (5 July 2015). ["Anna Daly cried as credits rolled on final Ireland AM show"](http://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/film-and-tv/anna-daly-cried-credits-rolled-6000438). *[Irish Mirror](/source/Irish_Mirror)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [TV3 reels in the years as it becomes Virgin Media One](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv3-reels-in-the-years-as-it-becomes-virgin-media-one-1.3605593), *Irish Times*, 23 August 2018 ## External links - [*Weekend AM*](https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/weekendam) at [virginmediatelevision.ie](/source/Virgin_Media_Player) v t e Virgin Media Television (formerly TV3) original programming News & current affairs News at 12.00 (since 2014) News at 5.30 (since 1998) News at 8 (since 2015) The Tonight Show (since 2017) Daytime Ireland AM Weekend AM The Six O'Clock Show Sport UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Reality The Restaurant Gogglebox Ireland Former Elaine Late News (Virgin Media Three) (since 2017) Midday The Film Buzz Keith Barry: Brainhacker Jason Byrne's Snaptastic Show Late Lunch Live 20/20 The Pepsi Chart Show The Dunphy Show The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin Pop on 3 Speakeasy Sports Tonight Week in Politics The Political Party The Week in Review Agenda Business Matters Midweek The Apprentice Come Dine with Me Ireland The Late Review News at 7 Channels Virgin Media One Virgin Media Two Virgin Media Three Virgin Media Four Virgin Media More See also List of programmes broadcast by Virgin Media Television (Ireland) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Weekend AM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_AM) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_AM?action=history)). 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