Rutger Castricum regularly sits at the table at Today Inside and is also an important part of VI replacement De Oranjewinter. Will he make the switch to SBS 6?
Most people nowadays only know him as a table guest of Today Inside: presenter Rutger Castricum. Yet the public broadcaster PowNed is his actual employer; he also makes a number of programs there, mainly about politics. However, the viewing figures are very low compared to those of VI and De Oranjewinter.
To screw up
According to ratings authority Tina Nijkamp, the SBS talk show scores 6 higher viewing figures when Rutger is at the table and he is slightly underappreciated by the public broadcaster. “He is struggling a bit on ratings crater NPO 3 and at the edges of the night on NPO 2. In any case, Rutger appears to be very popular with the SBS 6 viewer.”
Wouldn’t a switch to SBS 6 be something for Rutger? Tina states on her analysis channel that it ‘could be’, but that she does not think it likely, because the channel can actually only offer him a weekly seat at the table at VI. And at the public broadcaster, Rutger has his own political programs, which he would not be able to make at SBS 6.
To the late evening
Tina also points out that Rutger has revealed that he is working with Jeroen Pauw on a late-evening talk show for NPO 1. For the time being, the makers of Khalid & Sophie will get the Op1 slot from Monday to Thursday after the summer. , while Friday evening is still open. And Rutger wants to hijack that with Jeroen.
A good idea, Tina writes Super guide. In fact, she would give them the whole week. “It might be an idea to persuade Jeroen Pauw to present late night again, with Rutger Castricum as a sidekick. Presenters with a more neutral appearance than Sophie, who, partly due to the election broadcasts, has acquired a very left-wing image.”