The ratings of Eva Jinek have been under pressure for some time, but are now starting to lead to serious concerns. She dipped below the limit of 500 thousand viewers yesterday. “All alarm bells are going off.”
Eva Jinek and her declining ratings have been a topic of conversation for quite some time now. It is often associated with her expiring contract; critics think she will never be able to renew for 1.2 million euros a year. And the fact that she is now falling through the lower limit in her last weeks of the year – Eva is pregnant – does not help either.
Alarm bells
Rating connoisseur Tina Nijkamp is shocked by Eva’s scores from yesterday. Only 470 thousand viewers (12.5 percent market share) watched her late-night talk show on RTL 4. This means that the presenter almost falls out of the top 25 viewing figure; yesterday she had to settle for 22nd place.
This is really worrying, says Tina. “The alarm bells are really going off now, because this is really quite a shock for Eva Jinek this morning. Now BELOW 500K viewers and almost out of the top 25. That’s awfully close to the record low of 382K viewers on September 7, 2020.”
Political guests
RTL cannot rely on good figures in the commercial target group either, because Eva only scores 10 percent, Tina knows. “It is clear that she does not benefit from all the political guests. That is not exclusive, because the politicians are everywhere this week. Yesterday Jinek Attje and Jesse Klaver were guests.”
“It is painful that Jinek loses to Hart van Nederland (630 thousand) and Shownieuws (410 thousand) in the target group for the second day in a row. Those programs achieved 13 and 14 percent market share. Hopefully better times for Eva soon and perhaps a very good idea to spend a little less time on the elections.”
Derk of TV?
There is also bad news for Derk Bolt. With 992 thousand viewers (20 percent) he was the winner in prime time for Spoorloos, but it is not a fat pot. “For the first time in I think twenty years under a million with Spoorloos. I think there is a good chance that this will be the last season for the time being.”
“Disappointing ratings and a scandal is not a good combination. Derk is only just number one at half past nine. Today Inside had only 62 thousand less.”
Viewing figures
The viewing figures of Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (SKO):
Top 15 | Market shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. Journal 20:00 (NPO1) 1,733,000 | 01. NPO1 / 21.6% |
| 02. Journal 18:00 (NPO1) 1,267,000 | 02. RTL4 / 17.8% |
| 03. Half past seven news (RTL4) 1,232,000 | 03. SBS6 / 12.4% |
| 04. Traceless (NPO1) 992,000 | 04. RTL7 / 8.2% |
| 05. EenVandaag (NPO1) 955,000 | 05. NPO2 / 7.8% |
| 06. The Evening Show with Arjen Lubach (NPO1) 942,000 | 06. RTL5 / 4.7% |
| 07. Today Inside (SBS6) 930,000 | 07.NET5 / 4.0% |
| 08. Married at first sight (RTL4) 908,000 | 08. NPO3 / 3.6% |
| 09. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 876,000 | 09. Vero / 2.8% |
| 10. Good Times Bad Times (RTL4) 853,000 | 10. RTL8 / 2.5% |
| 11. Edition NL (RTL4) 838,000 | 11. Paramount / 1.7% |
| 12. Spaceship Earth (NPO1) 821,000 | 12. BBC / 1.2% |
| 13. Bayern Munich – PSG (RTL7) 753,000 | 13. Discov / 1.2% |
| 14. Your House in Order (SBS6) 722,000 | 14.TLC / 0.9% |
| 15. Six Hours of News (RTL4) 681,000 | 15. SBS9 / 0.7% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. RTL Netherlands 34.1% |  |
| 02. Public Broadcasting 33.0% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 19.9% |
Programs that did not make it to the top 15 include Khalid & Sophie (647 thousand), Hart van Nederland (630 thousand), Op1 (593 thousand), Tijd voor MAX (483 thousand), Jinek (470 thousand), Shownieuws (410 thousand ), HLF8 (380 thousand) and Big Brother (283 thousand).