Extremely painful: SBS 6 takes Jamie Trenité off the air after just two episodes of his walking program. No dog was looking at it. “Phew, this is really a disappointment.”
It is incredibly painful for Jamie Trenité from A to Z: according to Britt Dekker, SBS 6 went through a whole series of presenters to find someone who wanted to present the channel’s new walking show, but everyone said no. There simply wasn’t a star to be found who believed in this format. And then they ended up with Jamie…
Jamie from the tube
Jamie still hopes to become an A-star and immediately said yes. And that has now earned him a mega flop: You Never Walk Alone disappears from the air after two episodes. Well, it’s moved to Sunday night at 11:55 p.m., but it’s pretty much the same.
Television professor Tina Nijkamp writes on her analysis channel: “Oof. Just saw in the schedule that You Never Walk Alone has been relegated to the night on SBS 6 from next Sunday. What a disappointment for SBS 6, the team and also for Jamie Trenité. But unfortunately this was a possibility. With less than 300 thousand viewers on Sunday.”
Format problem
Tina thought the format of Jamie’s walking show was very bad. “You Never Walk Alone’s biggest format problem?
It is only about the candidates, no information (à la route TV) about the route, the Castle Route. Also a very interesting route full of history. Shame. Unfortunately, too rushed texts too.”
SBS 6 will now broadcast the standard filler Het Roer Om instead of Jamie. It is the second program in a short time to be removed from prime time. RTL 4 recently did this with Samen Uit Samen Thuis.
Written to pieces
Jamie’s TV show had already been destroyed by Angela de Jong. “It’s amazing how SBS 6 and Talpa have been able to come up with a TV program that completely destroys the most innocent hobby there is. But also completely. Everything that makes walking so fun and TV-friendly has been removed with flawless precision,” she sneered in the A.D.
“Walking has suddenly become a competition where you can earn a hefty cash prize if you are just a little faster than the rest and cunningly outvote your competitors. And they hilariously call that You Never Walk Alone.”