TV3 Ireland is the sole commercial television channel in Ireland. TV3 is owned jointly by ITV plc, the largest UK commercial TV company, and by CanWest, the owners of Canada's Global TV network. The main studios are located in Ballymount, Dublin.
In the main, TV3 produce little Irish made programming. Apart from their news bulletins most of TV3's schedules are taken up with live relays of Granada Television programmes and movies.
Efforts into Irish made television include the short run The Dunphy Show (2003), fronted by Eamon Dunphy, which was built up to be a contender with RTÉ's The Late Late Show. In spite of the flurry of media attention, Dunphy's show floundered in the ratings, and was cancelled only weeks before the initial season was due to conclude.