Last year’s All Ireland Football Final Replay draw a TV audience of 991,000 viewers as Dublin beat Kerry to secure five titles in a row. As the action shifts to the last Saturday before Christmas, on a weekend when we can travel between counties for the first time in over a month, how close will the number get to in 2020?
Check out our weekly Media Matters Column each Wednesday to look in more detail at the figures.
But for now here once more is your minute-by-minute guide to staying on top of everything that is on this weekend.
Friday, December 18th
6-00 PM World Championship Darts Sky Sports Main Event
6-30 PM Irish Masters Showjumping RTÉ2
7-30 PM Kilkenny Vs Galway Bord Gáis Energy Leinster u20 Hurling Semi-Final TG4 Coverage from 7-20 PM
Saturday, December 19th
12-00 PM World Championship Darts Sky Sports Arena
12-30 PM Crystal Palace Vs Liverpool English Premier League BT Sport
1-00 PM Leinster Vs Northampton Saints Heineken Champions Cup Rugby Virgin Media
1-30 PM Live Racing from Ascot and Haydock Park Virgin Media One
2-15 PM Dublin Vs Galway Eirgrid U20 Men’s All Ireland Football Final TG4 from 2-00 PM
3-15 PM Gloucester Vs Ulster Heineken Champions Cup Rugby BT Sport
5-00 PM Dublin Vs Mayo All Ireland Men’s Senior Football Final RTÉ 2 coverage from 3-40 PM and Sky Sports Mix
5-30 PM Everton Vs Arsenal English Premier League Sky Sports Main Event
6-30 PM Clermont Auvergne Vs Munster Heineken Champions Cup Rugby BT Sport
8-00 PM Newcastle Vs Fulham English Premier League Sky Sports Main Event
9-00 PM Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos Sky Sports NFL
9-00 PM Clemson Vs Notre Dame College Football Championship ESPN
9-55 PM The Saturday Game RTÉ 2
Sunday, December 20th
12-00 PM World Championship Darts Sky Sports Arena
12-00 PM Brighton Vs Sheffield United English Premier League Sky Sports
1-15 PM Meath Vs Westmeath TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Ladies Football Final TG4 from 1-00 PM
2 PM Brighton Women Vs Reading Women English Women’s Super League BT Sport
2:15 PM Tottenham Hotspur Vs Leicester City English Premier League Sky Sports Main Event
3-30 PM Cork Vs Dublin TG4 All Ireland Ladies Football Championship Final TG4 from 3-00 PM
4-30 PM Man United Vs Leeds English Premier League Sky Sports Main Event
5-30 Connacht Vs Bristol Bears Heineken Champions Cup Rugby BT Sport
6 PM NFL Red Zone Sky Sports Mix
7-15 PM West Brom Vs Aston Villa English Premier League BT Sport
9-30 PM Sunday Game RTÉ 2
10-30 PM Christy Ring: Man and Ball RTÉ 2
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