Yle’s talk show Friday ends in December – I’m sad, says host Sean Ricks

Mightily Friday night talk show Friday ends in December.

Presenter Sean Ricks says that he received information about it today, Tuesday.

Fridays have been broadcast since January 2016 from Tampere, the last few years from G-Livelab located on the shore of Tammerkoski. The talk show has been shown after the main news broadcast on Friday evening.

However, the documents related to the program will continue in some form.

Ricks says he is wistful and a little sad.

“The shame is related to the fact that the program has a really strong, growing audience, who have been watching it on Friday nights year after year,” says Ricks.

The program has been awarded with several recognitions. Ricks says that he also receives a lot of feedback about the program.

On the other hand, he says that he already decided at the beginning of this year that this year will be his last as the host of the program.

“However, I would have liked to have seen what kind of Friday it would be when someone else led it,” he says.

Why the program was decided to stop right now?

According to Ricks, his predecessors can best answer the question.

“According to my understanding, Yle wants to renew its program offering, and a current discussion program like this is obviously considered better suited to the weekend. However, we were able to do this program for more than eight years, I’m really happy about that,” he adds.

Ricks characterizes Perjantai as the campfire circle of the whole nation, which is characterized by Tampere relaxation and unpredictability.

As the most memorable interviewees, Ricks mentions, among others Ten tons-the host of the quiz show Riitta Väisänen.

Ricks (b. 1984) was born in Germany and lived in New York. He moved to Finland with his mother and sister in the 1980s. He published his first autobiographical book last year The run of my life.

Ricks says he intends to continue working as a journalist at Yle. He hopes to make more documentary content in the future.

“The desire to host something is still there,” he admits.