The TV season is over for Andy van der Meijde: yesterday both his reality soap Andy & Melisa and his talk show Veronica Offside experienced the last episode. “It doesn’t score well at all.”
Andy van der Meijde was suddenly put forward very prominently this fall as TV personality of Talpa. Not only could he be seen twice a week as a football analyst in Veronica Offside, but he could also be seen – opposite ‘VO’ – with a new season of his reality series Andy & Melisa.
Petty thief Andy
Both programs have been great successes and the season finales are also major flops. Only 179 thousand viewers watched Andy & Melisa yesterday (3 percent market share) and Veronica Offside had 183 thousand (3 percent). This makes Andy officially the petty thief of television land. “Not all that good,” says viewing figure expert Tina Nijkamp.
Andy himself hoped that he would finally break through as a TV personality, because he wants nothing more than to be a kind of René van der Gijp. Unfortunately for him, his TV adventure seems short-lived.
The Masked Singer
The big winner on prime time yesterday was The Masked Singer with 2.1 million viewers (39 percent) on RTL 4, followed by Twee voor Twaalf with 1.1 million viewers (21 percent) on NPO 2.
NPO 1 takes bronze with Dream House Wanted (775 thousand and 14 percent) and then Today Inside comes into play with 710 thousand viewers (14 percent) for SBS 6.
Eva waves off
After The Masked Singer, Eva Jinek managed to keep 864 thousand viewers (24 percent) with her season finale. She also responded to the misconduct of Matthijs van Nieuwkerk in the broadcast.
Eva: “Well, it’s not fun to read. Certainly not. I don’t think you wish anyone to be humiliated like that at work. Simply wherever you work or whatever you do. You also see the duality. It’s hard to believe that a program that we all love and like so much that this is the back end.”
Viewing figures
The viewing figures of Friday, November 18, 2022 (SKO):
Top 15 | Market shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. The Masked Singer (RTL4) 2,091,000 | 01. RTL4 / 29.1% |
| 02. Journal 20:00 (NPO1) 1,744,000 | 02. NPO1 / 17.0% |
| 03. Half past seven news (RTL4) 1,170,000 | 03. NPO2 / 12.7% |
| 04. Two to twelve (NPO2) 1,133,000 | 04. SBS6 / 8.4% |
| 05. Sinterklaas news (NPO3) 877,000 | 05. NPO3 / 4.8% |
| 06. Jinek (RTL4) 864,000 | 06. RTL8 / 3.9% |
| 07. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 845,000 | 07. RTL5 / 3.3% |
| 08. Dream House Wanted (NPO1) 775,000 | 08.NET5 / 3.1% |
| 09. EenVandaag (NPO2) 752,000 | 09. Vero / 2.7% |
| 10. Journal 18:00 (NPO2) 749,000 | 10. RTL7 / 1.5% |
| 11. Inside Out (NPO2) 728,000 | 11. Paramount / 1.3% |
| 12. Edition NL (RTL4) 718,000 | 12. Discov / 1.1% |
| 13. Skating WB (NPO1) 715,000 | 13. RTLZ / 0.7% |
| 14. Today Inside (SBS6) 710,000 | 14. N.geog / 0.7% |
| 15. Studio Sport (NPO1) 678,000 | 15. Ziggo / 0.6% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. RTL Netherlands 38.6% |  |
| 02. Public Broadcasting 34.5% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 14.5% |
Programs that did not make the top 15 include Nieuwsuur (613 thousand), Op1 (586 thousand), Tijd voor MAX (561 thousand), Hart van Nederland (534 thousand), Shownieuws (450 thousand), HLF8 (199 thousand) and A Year Of Your Life (198 thousand).
