If you look purely at the viewing figures, then he is a faded glory: Jeroen Pauw. It seems that his late talk show Bar Laat will not last long. “Sam Hagens and Welmoed Sijtsma in!”
The eve of NPO 1 has been saved by Eva Jinek, but the channel’s late evening is still a ratings drama. At the moment, Bar Laat, presented by Jeroen Pauw and Sophie Hilbrand, is doing extremely poorly. So poor that Tina Nijkamp is currently raising the alarm on her analysis channel almost every day.
Worse than Op1
Tina expects that the very last episode of Bar Laat will be shown in May, she writes Telegraph column. “Quite honestly? They certainly wouldn’t have expected that Bar Laat would score better than Eva, but that it would even attract about 100 to 200 thousand fewer viewers than Op1?”
No one at the NPO had seen that coming, according to the ratings authority. “There are of course plenty of broadcasters and associated presenters who would like to take over this oh-so-coveted late night talk show slot.”
Welmoed and Sam
The EO will push Tijs van den Brink forward again for the umpteenth time, at MAX they will push the sympathetic but uncritical Carrie ten Napel and KRO-NCRV can take a shot at Herman van der Zandt, according to Tina.
“Or WNL? The somewhat forgotten Welmoed Sijtsma and new addition Sam Hagens could be a top late night duo. Anyway; enough to choose from, enough talent and so it is already certain that it will still be very exciting for Bar late in 2025. The alarm phase has arrived.”