Presenter Eva Jinek leaves RTL and enters into a partnership with AVROTROS. The broadcaster announced this via a press release on Thursday. Jinek will thus return to public broadcasting for at least four years. The basis of the collaboration is a new program to be developed in which current events and culture are central.
Jinek says that she looks back ‘with great pleasure’ on the past few years at RTL. “The whole period was adventurous and also very educational. Now it’s time for something else,” said the presenter. “When AVROTROS asked me to return to public broadcasting to develop a program with them in which I can give a place to both my journalistic side and, above all, my heart for culture, I immediately became enthusiastic.” The presenter says that she is ‘very excited’ to ‘inspire the viewer with it later’.
Eric van Stade, managing director AVROTROS, says that his broadcaster has ‘the emphatic wish’ to ‘bring a distinctive program based on current events and culture’. ,,Eva has amply proven that she can carry such a program with verve. That’s why I approached her to ask if she was open to a return to public broadcasting. Her arrival is an enrichment for AVROTROS and public broadcasting in general.”
Jinek and AVROTROS will further elaborate the plans for their collaboration at a later date. “First comes my baby and I am of course very much looking forward to that.” Jinek announced her switch to RTL in September 2019. There she hosted her late-night talk show off and on in recent years.
RTL: Too bad, but respect her choice
RTL will continue late night programming in 2024 with Renze Klamer, Humberto Tan and Beau van Erven Dorens. “We have worked very well with Eva over the past four years and we would have liked to continue that collaboration,” says program director Peter van der Vorst. “We are sorry, but respect her choice. In recent years we have created a strong late night programming, which Renze, Humberto and Beau are continuing to build on together.”