RTL Klub
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| Type | General Interest |
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| Country |  Hungary |
| Availability | National; also available in  Slovakia,  Romania, and other neighbouring countries |
| Owner | RTL Group |
| Key people | Dirk Gergens, CEO Dr. Péter Kolosi, Programming Director |
| Launch date | October 6, 1997 |
| Website http://www.rtlklub.hu |
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RTL Klub is a television station (M-RTL Zrt.) owned by RTL Group and broadcast in Hungary. It was one of Hungary's first commercial TV channels and was only two days after the main rival TV2 to begin broadcasting.
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[edit] About RTL Klub
Since its start RTL KLUB focuses to gain viewers from the urban population. The channel airs programs mostly for younger (18-49) people.
RTL and TV2 aired two similar major reality series simultaneously. While TV2 purchased the rights of Big Brother RTL KLUB produced its own series called Való Világ. (Real World). Való Világ was on for 3 seasons. Since its second season the show was much more successful than the rival Big Brother.
RTL is the most watched TV channel in Hungary thanks to the daily Hungarian soap opera 'Barátok közt' (Among Friends), which is the most watched TV programme in Hungary with more than 2 million viewers; the magazine show 'Fókusz' (Focus) and the game show 'Legyen Ön is milliomos' (Who wants to be a millionaire?). Millionaire is off the schedule from September 2007 after 7 years and will be replaced by Pókerarc (Poker Face).
From the fall/winter season of 2005-2006 RTL KLUB started to broadcast popular American TV Shows like Lost. The first episode of Lost had almost 2 million wiewers, and 50% Share. This was a record. Next year Prison Break started with almost 1,6 million. Nowadays a TV Show at primetime (21:00) can reach 1,0-1,5 million viewers. At season 2006/2007 Prison Break was the most watched American series in Hungary.
The rival TV channel (TV2) broadcast such shows like Desperate Housewives (beaten by Prison Break), Heroes (beaten by Bones), 4400 and Numb3rs without success. NCIS and House are the only shows which has solid ratings.
From the Fall season of 2007 RTL Klub launched two new format with great succes. Poker Face ran like a tournament for 6 week with an average 38-42% share. The other new show was "Csillag születik" which is a copy of the Got Talent format. Poker Face ended with the super final at 18 December and the time slot of it will be occupied by a new game show "A Széf" (Take It or Leave it). And Who Wants to be a Millionaire also returns at February 2008.
[edit] Shows on RTL Klub
| Series name | Hungarian title | Timeslot | Season (Fall/Spring) | Premiered | Current season |
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| Lost | Lost - Eltűntek | Wednesdays 22:00 | Fall | September 2005 | 3rd |
| Prison Break | A szökés | Wednesdays 21:00 | Fall | September 2006 | 2nd |
| Criminal Minds | Gyilkos elmék | Wednesdays 22:00 | Fall | September 2006 | 2nd |
| Supernatural | Odaát | Fridays 23:00 | Fall | September 2006 | 2nd |
| ER | Vészhelyzet | Tuesdays 21:00 | Fall and Spring | 13th | |
| Grey's Anatomy | Grace klinika | Tuesdays 22:00 | Fall and Spring | January 2006 | 3rd |
| Private Practice | Doktor Addison | Tuesdays 22:00 | Summer | June 2008 | 1st |
| CSI:Miami | CSI: Miami helyszínelők | Fridays 21:00 | Fall and Spring | February 2007 | 3rd |
| Bones | Dr. Csont | Wednesdays 22:00 | Spring | March 2007 | 1st |
| The Closer | A főnök | Wednesdays 23:00 | Fall | October 2006 | 2nd |
| Ugly Betty | Címlapsztori | Sundays 17:30 | on hiatus | March 2007 | 1st |
| Cold Case | Döglött akták | Weekdays 15:30 | RR of S3 | June 2006 | 3rd |
| Dirty Sexy Money | Édes, drága titkaink | Fridays 22:00 | Spring | April 2008 | 1st |
| Rescue Me | Ments meg! | Thursdays 23:00 | Spring | March 2007 | 2nd |
| The Shield | Kemény zsaruk | Thursdays 23:00 | Fall | 5th | |
| Alias | Alias | Wednesdays 23:00 | Spring | March 2003 | 4th |
| The Unit | Az egység | Wednesday 23:00 | Summer | June 2008 | 1st |
| One Tree Hill | Tuti gimi | Sundays 13:00 | on hiatus | September 2005 | 3rd |
| Rome | Róma | Tuesday 23:00 | Summer | June 2008 | 1st |
[edit] Other Formats
- Győzike: It is a docu-soap about a Hungarian gypsy family. The head of the family called Győzike is a pop/rap singer and he had a band but after the show started in 2005 the band broke up. He has a wife and two daughters. This is a very popular show with an average 1,5-1,8 million viewers. Currently airs their 6th season. This show is very similar to the Osbournes on MTV.
- Szombat esti láz (Saturday night fever): It is based on the BBC One programme Strictly Come Dancing. In it famous Hungarian people dance with professional dancers. This show is also very popular. The 2nd season finale had more viewers than the FIFA Football World Cup Final in Hungary. (Italy vs. France). It had 2 seasons in 2006 (spring and fall) and will likely return sometime.
- Csillag születik (A Star is born): This is the same as the American TV show America's got talent. The first season was a success in 2007.
- Pókerarc: This is the Hungarian verion of the game show Poker Face. It debuted at November 2007 and broadcasted every day at 19.00. At the end of the first season, before Christmas one player won 50 Million Ft. (200.000 Euro). The host of the game is István Vágó (the host of the previous game show Who wants to be a Millionaire? and Balázs Sebestyén (the host of Balázs show and Kész Átverés).
- A Széf: The licenced version of Take it or Leave it. It started early 2008.
- Mónika Show: a daily tabloid talk show. Every weekday at 17:30.
- Balázs Show: a daily tabloid talk show. Every weekday at 16:30. (on hiatus)
- Fábry Show: it is a talk show broadcasted every second week (except summer) at Thursdays 21:00. It is like the American TV show Tonight Show. Features a starting block with the host (Sándor Fábry) cracking somewhat actualized jokes and rapidfire humorous monologues, a regular block of Design Center (ironically presenting absurd, ridiculous and/or kitsch products), a studio music session, then a talk block with various celeb guests. This is very popular. Has an average 1,5-1,8 million viewers.
- Heti hetes (weekly seven): It is show where seven people (one host and 6 guests) talk about politics and public life.
- Gálvölgyi Show: This is a parody show. The host János Gálvölgyi parodies TV Shows, Hungarian and International celebrities, commersionals. The show also include funny scenes with the host and other actors.
- Kész átverés (The cheat): This show is similar to the MTV's Punk'd where the host does pranks on Hungarian celebrities. Last season they stiffed a Hungarian presenter with the help of DJ Tiesto.
- XXI. Század (21st Century): This is a documentary series usually deals about historical moments which happened in the 20th century. For example: both World Wars, the Communist Era, famous Hungarian and foreign actors and politicians who lived in the 20th century. Usually the records are black and white. RTL Klub buys a lot of material from the Hungarian National TV (MTV or m1).
- Házon kívül (Outside the House): This is a political show. Each week they deal with an actual political event or social problems.
- Vacsora csata (dinner fight): It is the licenced version of Come Dine With Me
- Showder Klub: In this show young humorists perform. This is stand-up comedy type show and the spin-off of Fábry show.
[edit] Current Schedule
| Timeslot | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| 15:30 | Doc | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (RR) | North Shore | ||||
| 16:30 | Cold Case (RR) | Dolmen (RR) | Movie | ||||
| 17:30 | Missing (RR) | ||||||
| 18:30 | News | ||||||
| 19:00 | Take it or Leave it | Fókusz Plusz | Cobra 11 | ||||
| 20:00 | Fókusz (Focus) | Movie | Movie | ||||
| 20:30 | Barátok közt (Among Friends) | ||||||
| 21:00 | Movie | Traveler | Suspectes (french TV series) |
Fábry Show 2x/ Movie 1x/ Gálvölgyi Show+Kész Átverés 1x |
CSI:Miami | ||
| 22:00 | Private Practice | Dirty Sexy Money | Movies | Heti Hetes | |||
| 23:00 | Movie | Rome | The Unit | Hex | Movie | Movie | |
| 23:30 | |||||||
[edit] Past Shows
| Series name | Hungarian title | Finished
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| The Sopranos | Maffiózók | May 2008 |
| Missing | Eltűntnek nyilvánítva | December 2007 |
| Third Watch | Harmadik műszak | August 2007 |
| The West Wing | Az elnök emberei | June 2007 |
| Kingdom Hospital | A félelem kórháza | March 2007 |
| Tru Calling | Tru Calling - Az őrangyal | July 2006 |
| Invasion | Rejtélyek városa | July 2006 |
[edit] Other series
The Nine, Point Pleasant, Dawson's Creek, Joan of Arcadia, John Doe (TV series), Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Married… with Children, Runaway, Tarzan, E-Ring
[edit] Previous Formats
- Survivor - A sziget: The licensed version of the famous hit reality show Survivor. RTL klub aired 2 seasons of it in 2003 and 2004. The first was a moderate success, but the seconed was totally failed. The show wasn't as good as the american version. The casting and the editing was very weak. The main difference was that in the Hungarian version there was no Jury. The winner was selected by a public vote (via SMS or phone calls).
- A kísértés: The licenced version of Temptation Island. The show had one season on RTL Klub in 2004 and had moderate ratings so wasn't renewed for a 2nd season.
- A rettegés foka: It is a licensed version of the American Fear Factor. It had two seasons but RTL haven't decided if there will be a 3rd season or not.
- Legyen Ön is Milliomos: The licenced version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. After 9 years and more than 1000 episodes the show was cancelled.
- Szeszélyes (capricious): This is a very long running show. It first aired in the 1980-s on the Hungarian national TV (m1). But in the 2000's the show was axed. In 2006 RTL Klub renewed it with great success. The host of the show was died of cancer at April 15, 2008. That's why the show is probably cancelled dispite of the good ratings.
[edit] Sister TV Channels
RTL Klub has many sister Channels. One of the owners of RTL Klub is "IKO Kábeltévé Kft." which also owns Cool TV, Film+, Sport Klub, Sport Klub+, DoQ, F&H, sorozat+, Poén!, Reflektor, Film+2. The 3 biggest is Cool TV, Film+ and Sport Klub. These 3 little cable channels cooperate with RTL Klub. For example these channels air reruns of RTL's shows or they change show presenters.
[edit] Cool TV
The target audience of Cool TV is 15-29 urban youths who love music, externals, clothes, trendy lifestyle and extravagance. The Channel was launched in 2004 and it is available in the 46,7% of the country in 1,7 million households. It broadcasts 24/7. It airs such shows like:
- South Park (South Park)
- Married with Children (Egy rém rendes család)
- 24 (24)
- Footballer's Wives (Futbalista feleségek)
- The L Word (L)
- Queer as Folk (A fiúk a klubból)
- The Unit (Az egység)
- Dead Like Me (Haláli hullák)
- Weeds (Spangli)
- reruns of RTL Klub's series and reality programmes.
[edit] Film+
It was lauched the same time as Cool TV. It airs B and C-Movies 24/7. It is very successful. It is the 2nd most watched cable TV after Viasat 3. Because the succes of Film+ IKO launched Film+2.
[edit] Sport Klub
It was launched before the FIFA Football Word Cup 2006. RTL Klub purchased the broadcasting rights of the World Cup but it didn't have enought air space to air all of the matches. That's why Sport klub was launched so anybody could see every match of the World Cup. Now Sport Klub airs various sport activities like: German football league, tennis, poker, NCAA, athletics, futsal, box and others. It airs less important matches from the English and the Spanish league because its main competitors, Sport1 and Sport2 have the first pick of matches.
[edit] External links
- Official Site (in Hungarian)
