A major setback for RTL 4: the successor of Robert ten Brink, who was removed from the tube, scores even worse. “The competition with football plays a part, but this is a big dip.”
For weeks, Robert ten Brink scored so lousyly with his educational TV show Opvoeding Doe Je Zo that RTL 4 decided to delete one episode completely. Since its real successor, Bureau Arnhem, will not start until next week, the channel had one free Tuesday evening to fill.
Worse than Robert
RTL 4 has chosen to broadcast one episode of the new Videoland show Matched by Mom by the new broadcaster talent Edson da Graça. The consequence? Viewing figures that are even lower than Robert’s. Only 336 thousand people (6.5 percent market share) watched this dating show yesterday.
Viewing figure expert Tina Nijkamp: “Wow. Matched by Mom scores even less. Competition Ajax also plays a part, but still: big dip. 336 thousand versus 352 thousand viewers. Fortunately, it is only once and the rest can be seen on Videoland.”
What’s the problem?
What’s the problem with this Videoland show? Tina knows. “The problem with Matched by Mom is that as a viewer you know / feel (unlike with Boer Zoekt Vrouw and its predecessor, Daughter-in-law Gezocht, that it won’t work out between the candidates anyway.”
All in all, Edson’s first solo job on RTL 4 was not successful. Not surprising, Tina thinks. “Where Daughter-in-law Wanted was really serious, dating à la Farmer Wants Woman, I have the idea that this is more à la Love Island. Even a former participant of this participates, I read. Whether real love comes from it or whether we mainly see sunny pictures? I think the latter.”
Football on one
Football took the lead yesterday at prime time: Ajax – Napoli scored 1.6 million viewers (32 percent) to RTL 7. NPO 1 offered the most watched alternative with the combination Opsporing Verzocht and Rampvlucht, where 909 thousand (18 percent) and 826 thousand (16 percent) people watched it.
Furthermore, SBS 6’s Familia Gillis (657 thousand and 13 percent), NPO 2’s Nieuwsuur (536 thousand and 10 percent) and SBS 6’s Today Inside (521 thousand and 10 percent) were the most popular.
Viewing figures
The viewing figures of Tuesday, October 4, 2022 (SKO):
Top 15 | Market shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. News 20:00 (NPO1) 1.834.000 | 01. NPO1 / 20.9% |
| 02. Football CL Ajax Napoli (RTL7) 1.567.000 | 02. RTL7 / 16.5% |
| 03. Half past seven news (RTL4) 1,369,000 | 03. RTL4 / 14.6% |
| 04. News 18:00 (NPO1) 1.069.000 | 04. SBS6 / 9.5% |
| 05. EenVandaag (NPO1) 1.020.000 | 05. NPO2 / 7.3% |
| 06. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 918.000 | 06. RTL5 / 5.1% |
| 07. Investigation Requested (NPO1) 909.000 | 07.NET5 / 3.8% |
| 08. Disaster flight (NPO1) 826,000 | 08. NPO3 / 3.6% |
| 09. The Evening Show with Arjen Lubach (NPO1) 783,000 | 09. Vero / 2.6% |
| 10. Good times bad times (RTL4) 743,000 | 10. RTL8 / 2.3% |
| 11. Football CL NB (RTL7) 705.000 | 11. Ziggo / 1.3% |
| 12. Edition NL (RTL4) 670.000 | 12. Discov / 1.2% |
| 13. Family Gillis Massa is Kassa (SBS6) 657,000 | 13. BBC / 1.2% |
| 14. With the knife on the table (NPO2) 606,000 | 14. RTLZ / 0.7% |
| 15. Op1 (NPO1) 599.000 | 15. N.geog / 0.7% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. RTL Netherlands 39.4% |  |
| 02. Public Broadcasting 31.8% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 16.3% |
Programs that did not make the top 15 include Khalid & Sophie (599 thousand), Jinek (486 thousand), 112 Today (477 thousand), Time for MAX (456 thousand), Hart van Nederland (441 thousand), Krabbé Searches Kahlo (440 thousand), HLF8 (313 thousand) and One Year Of Your Life (200 thousand).
