The bizarre interview of presenter Maaike Schoon with Russian ambassador Aleksander Sjoelgin has reached the top 15 viewership. Buitenhof is last on the list.
Maaike Schoon’s Buitenhof interview with the Russian ambassador Aleksander Sjoelgin was quite spicy. She put him completely on the rack. Around noon, 627 thousand people (49% market share) watched the broadcast on NPO 1, putting Buitenhof in last place in the top 15 viewing figure.
Bizarre interview
Aleksander put together a false propaganda story, much to Maaike’s annoyance. Journalist Wouke van Scherrenburg: “I read differing responses to this conversation, so I looked back, 3/4 conversation top interview, but at the end I certainly would have preferred to see how the interviewee could squeeze with fewer interruptions.”
Telegraaf columnist Nausicaa Marbe: “Excellent job. When we see that on the BBC, sharply and with emotion, we cry: ‘Why don’t we have such interviewers?!’ Well, Maaike Schoon did it really hard and rightly so. She cut the man off more bluntly than we are used to, but always torpedoed his lying rhetoric.”
Farmer Looking for Woman at #1
The most viewed program in prime time was Boer Zoekt Vrouw with 2.7 million viewers (44%) on NPO 1. The most watched alternatives were Beat the Champions with 808 thousand viewers (13%) on RTL 4, Toms Scotland with 670 thousand viewers (11%) on NPO 2 and Wie van de Drie with 470 thousand viewers (8%) on SBS 6.
The most viewed titles at half past nine were Project Rembrandt with 1.4 million viewers (30%) on NPO 1, Nieuwsuur with 761 thousand viewers (15%) on NPO 2, Million Dollar Island with 613 thousand viewers (12%) on SBS 6 and Humberto with 610 thousand viewers (14%) on RTL 4.
Viewing figures
Programs that did not reach the top fifteen viewing figures include Hart van Nederland (625 thousand), WNL op Zondag (600 thousand), vtwonen (576 thousand) and Shownieuws (471 thousand).
The viewing figures of Sunday, March 13, 2022 (SKO†
Top 15 | Market shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. Farmer Seeks Woman (NPO1) 2,741,000 | 01. NPO1 / 34.8% |
| 02. News 20:00 (NPO1) 2.435.000 | 02. RTL4 / 14.6% |
| 03. Studio Sport Eredivisie (NPO1) 1,808,000 | 03. SBS6 / 10.3% |
| 04. Rembrandt Project (NPO1) 1,441,000 | 04. NPO2 / 6.3% |
| 05. Half past seven news (RTL4) 1.273.000 | 05.ESPN / 4.8% |
| 06. News 6:00 PM (NPO1) 1,246,000 | 06. Vero / 4.2% |
| 07. Studio Sport (NPO1) 840.000 | 07. NPO3 / 3.8% |
| 08. Beat the champions (RTL4) 808.000 | 08. RTL5 / 3.3% |
| 09. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 764.000 | 09. RTL8 / 2.2% |
| 10. Peacock: the power and the slow (NPO1) 762.000 | 10. RTL7 / 1.8% |
| 11. News hour (NPO2) 761,000 | 11.NET5 / 1.4% |
| 12. Football Match Abandoned (ESPN) 725,000 | 12. BBC / 1.1% |
| 13. Toms Scotland (NPO2) 670,000 | 13. Spike / 1.0% |
| 14. Journal 12:00 (NPO1) 658,000 | 14. RTLZ / 0.8% |
| 15. Buitenhof (NPO1) 627,000 | 15. Comedy / 0.7% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. Public Broadcasting 44.9% |  |
| 02. RTL Netherlands 22.8% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 16.6% |