Tina Nijkamp, ratings prophet and former channel boss of SBS 6, sounds the alarm about Dennis van der Geest’s TV career. “A tip for him: don’t say yes to everything!”
When he finally gets rid of that judo mat, he will still be knocked out: Dennis van der Geest. The TV viewer holds him in a stranglehold and the question is how long the former judoka will struggle. After Million Dollar Island, his current TV show De Prins en het Witte Haar is also a megaflop. Is it time to drive away from the Mediapark for good?
Wafer-thin format
Dennis started with 233,000 viewers, jumped slightly to 265,000 viewers and only managed 242,000 viewers (6 percent market share) with his senior dating show on SBS 6 last night. summer is mainly filled with repetitions.
With such a bad score, you can of course count on at least two stories by Tina Nijkamp. How does she view this? “Drama for Dennis van der Geest. The Prince with the White Hair is a nice title, but the format is wafer-thin, more of a section for Time for Max”, she sneered at her ratings juice channel.
“Say no!”
It is obvious that the viewer simply does not want this, says Tina. “As many as nine reruns had more viewers, including those of Kees van der Spek on RTL5 and André van Duin on NPO 1.”
What are we supposed to do with that former judoka? “Tip for Dennis: don’t say yes to everything and start presenting more social programs instead of love programs or complicated reality shows.”
Sorry for SBS 6
Tina thinks it’s a pity for SBS 6, which is trying something new on Sunday evenings in the middle of the summer. “It is a pity for SBS 6: if they do their best and do not broadcast reruns on Sundays, they will still be overtaken by repetitions left and right. Anyway: a bad morning for John de Mol.”
A rotten morning… If we are to believe Tina, he can now play quartets with that.
Viewing figures
The viewing figures of Sunday, July 16, 2023 (SKO):
Top 15 | Market shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. Journal 20:00 (NPO1) 1,720,000 | 01. NPO1 / 25.7% |
| 02. The Evening Stage (NPO1) 1,398,000 | 02. RTL4 / 14.8% |
| 03. Tour de France (NPO1) 1,170,000 | 03. SBS6 / 9.0% |
| 04. Studio Sport (NPO1) 899,000 | 04. NPO2 / 7.6% |
| 05. One to 50 (RTL4) 794,000 | 05. Eurosp / 4.0% |
| 06. Dynasties 2 (NPO1) 785,000 | 06. NPO3 / 3.8% |
| 07. Half past seven news (RTL4) 702,000 | 07. RTL5 / 3.7% |
| 08. Other Times Sports (NPO1) 695,000 | 08. Vero / 3.3% |
| 09. Heart of the Netherlands (SBS6) 690,000 | 09. RTL7 / 2.5% |
| 10. The 1 Percent Quiz (RTL4) 647,000 | 10. Ziggo / 2.3% |
| 11. At Van Duin in the back seat (NPO1) 585,000 | 11.NET5 / 2.2% |
| 12. Show News (SBS6) 529,000 | 12. RTL8 / 1.6% |
| 13. Travel Waes Flanders (NPO3) 520,000 | 13. Comedy / 1.3% |
| 14. Nieuwsuur (NPO2) 515,000 | 14. SBS9 / 1.3% |
| 15. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 488,000 | 15. RTLZ / 1.2% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. Public Broadcasting 37.1% |  |
| 02. RTL Netherlands 24.0% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 15.8% |
Programs that did not make the top 15 include Broeders in Berlin (457 thousand), I’m going on a trip and taking it with me (339 thousand), vtwonen (336 thousand), Bij ons op deboerderij (274 thousand), Scammers Tackled (252 thousand).