In the week from 11 to 17 November, including all postponed viewers, VRT 1 again performed well at the top. That was because VTM The traitors had to keep him in the stable for a week.
They undoubtedly cursed at VTM, because the final of the popular reality game with Staf Coppens had to be moved up a week because of the Nations League. VTM used to struggle because the matches of the Red Devils gave the public broadcaster sky-high viewing figures. VTM has had the rights for several years, but the figures are often omitted because the current generation of Devils is doing much less well. There were barely 511,803 viewers for the match against Israel. That is barely more than for the cyclo-cross in Hamme-Zogge (479,352).
Due to the absence of The traitors the numbers rose I literally told you right in Under fire significantly at the VRT. The other Nations League matches have also been around half a million in recent months. The viewer is clearly not that concerned about it.
Sven De Leijer had no competition from Staf Coppens and saw his numbers rise. — © © VRT
The joyful arrival of Sinterklaas scored 249,888 viewers on Saturday afternoon. A nice figure, but it pales in comparison to the Dutch entry. The annual event has been attracting 1.5 to 2 million viewers for decades. Also the everyday Sinterklaas news easily scores 1.5 million viewers and is sometimes even the most watched program of the day.
The top ten.
At VRT Canvas became The ideal world exchanged for repeats of The Island (208,556), and they score quite high numbers late in the evening. Also The big message (626,981) started well on VRT 1. The new Heroes from here: the MUG Heli (368,316) got off to a modest start on VTM. Far from home (505,980) did much better and even seems to rise sharply for next week.(tove)
