RTL simply interrupts the program - viewers are pissed off

Created: 01/12/2022, 09:53 AM

From: Hannes Niemeyer

Johannes B. Kerner, Günther Jauch and Guido Cantz (from left) at the “summit of the quiz giants” - are they looking over at RTL Direkt?

© RTL / Markus Nass

Quizzes on prime time on RTL!

But then the program is simply interrupted for another show - much to the annoyance of the audience.

Cologne - Cozy quiz evenings in front of the television are obviously very popular in Germany.

It is not for nothing that shows like “asked, hunted” or “who knows something like that?” Are perennial favorites in the evening program.

People also like to watch TV at prime time - but especially on weekends.

Now RTL * dares with the "summit of the quiz giants" an attempt to go into prime time with a prominent quiz.

The audience's enjoyment of the show was suddenly disrupted extremely abruptly in the evening.

“Summit of the quiz giants”: RTL interrupts the show - and switches to Jan Hofer

A high-quality celebrity cast cannot be denied in the quiz. After all, Günther Jauch, Johannes B. Kerner and Guido Cantz play in a team against well-known guessing foxes such as the "quiz doctor" Dr. Thomas Kinne. The whole thing will be moderated by Palina Rojinski. Great entertainment on Monday evening - for a whole three hours! However, RTL Direkt also runs on Monday evening. And that's why there was trouble for the Cologne broadcaster.

Because three hours of planned airtime are unfortunately also in the middle of the regular slot of Jan Hofer's news magazine, which is broadcast live from Berlin Monday to Thursday at 10:15 p.m.

Instead of postponing the broadcasting slot for RTL Direkt, however, it was better to interrupt the current quiz program and switch to Jan Hofer live - much to the dissatisfaction of the watchers.

It wasn't until 10:35 p.m. that we went back to the giant summit, which then ran for a full hour.

“Summit of the quiz giants” simply interrupted by “RTL Direkt” - viewers angry

“How long does RTL want to continue this crazy concept of interrupting a show for #rtldirekt?

It's just annoying ... If you want to watch it, you will also watch it afterwards.

Forcing viewers to watch the show in such a way is a no-go, I think, ”says a viewer on Twitter.

“I always switch during the time.

It also annoys me to have this 20-minute interruption all the time, "says another.

Many more complain - and at the same time vent their anger about the tight advertising frequency in the quiz show.

In addition to the new quiz show, an absolute traditional format will soon start again on RTL: The jungle camp is entering the next round - and the candidates have now been determined *.