Paul de Leeuw’s TV career is in dire straits. People are zapping en masse for his program Busje Comes Zo and that must feel like a huge defeat. Yesterday he sank even further.
After 510 and 500 thousand viewers for the first two episodes, the third episode of Busje Komt Zo last night at half past nine reached only 447 thousand viewers (11 percent market share). This is a very bad score for NPO 1. For comparison: the evening average of the channel was 22 percent last week.
Crying my eyes out
The people who do watch are quite enthusiastic about Paul and his adventures. “Just Busje Comes Looking back. It was hilarious again,” says one. And the other: “Tears bursting with laughter at Busje Komt Zo. What a wonderful TV!”
Skilled TV viewer Victor Hopman is also enthusiastic. “This program really gets more fun by the week, wonderful.”
And another: “Paul de Leeuw in a wedding dress is the best thing you’ll see this year. I don’t care what others think. I think Busje Comes So simple, feel-good, uncomplicated and fun!”
Paul in wedding dress
Paul in a wedding dress:
Perfect Picture at #1
Back to the viewing figures: Het Perfecte Plaatje was the big winner in prime time with 807 thousand viewers (19%), followed by Today Inside with 724 thousand viewers (18%) on SBS 6.
The Grote Lokjes experiment disappointed with 587 thousand viewers (14%) on NPO 1 and NPO 2 managed to captivate 496 thousand viewers (12%). Prior to Today Inside, celebrities in the Hospital reached 435 thousand viewers (10%).
Viewing figures
Programs that also failed to make the top 15 include Time for MAX (434 thousand), Shownieuws (431 thousand), 112 Today (363 thousand) and the Shownieuws Summer edition (275 thousand).
The viewing figures of Wednesday, June 1, 2022 (SKO†
Top 15 | Market Shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. News 20:00 (NPO1) 1,564,000 | 01. NPO1 / 22.3% |
| 02. Half past seven news (RTL4) 1.028.000 | 02. RTL4 / 16.7% |
| 03. News 18:00 (NPO1) 1,021,000 | 03. SBS6 / 11.5% |
| 04. The Perfect Picture (RTL4) 807,000 | 04. NPO2 / 6.9% |
| 05. Good times bad times (RTL4) 797,000 | 05. Vero / 6.4% |
| 06. EenVandaag (NPO1) 786,000 | 06. RTL7 / 5.4% |
| 07. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 764.000 | 07. RTL5 / 4.0% |
| 08. Beau (RTL4) 732.000 | 08. NPO3 / 3.6% |
| 09. Today Inside (SBS6) 724.000 | 09.ESPN / 2.9% |
| 10. With the knife on the table (NPO2) 625,000 | 10.NET5/2.7% |
| 11. Heart of the Netherlands (SBS6) 602.000 | 11. RTL8 / 2.4% |
| 12. Op1 (NPO1) 599.000 | 12. BBC / 1.2% |
| 13. Big Box Experiment (NPO1) 587,000 | 13. Eurosp / 1.0% |
| 14. Khalid and Sophie (NPO1) 571,000 | 14. TLC / 0.9% |
| 15. Edition NL (RTL4) 569.000 | 15. Ziggo / 0.9% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. Public Broadcasting 32.8% |  |
| 02. RTL Netherlands 29.5% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 21.3% |