{"id":7238,"date":"2021-03-29T10:46:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T10:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2021-03-29T10:46:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T10:46:25","slug":"zondag-met-lubach-the-end-of-a-dutch-tv-show-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/zondag-met-lubach-the-end-of-a-dutch-tv-show-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Zondag Met Lubach: The End of a Dutch TV Show Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday night was the last episode of the\u00a0<em>razend populair\u00a0<\/em>(extremely popular) comedy TV program\u00a0<em>Zondag met Lubach<\/em>. Much like the American The Daily Show,\u00a0<em>Zondag met Lubach\u00a0<\/em>took news and &#8220;remixed&#8221; it into a satirical show. But now it&#8217;s over! Here&#8217;s what the show was like.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Why does\u00a0<em>Zondag met Lubach\u00a0<\/em>stop?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"America First - The Netherlands Second - Donald Trump | ORIGINAL UPLOAD #ZML\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ELD2AwFN9Nc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 2014, the show enjoyed a lot of popularity in the Netherlands. It shared its final minutes last night with 1.9 million viewers. With a main topic each week and some side topics, the show has a lot of similarities with American formats like The Daily Show or Last Week Tonight as well as the German <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNNEMxGKV1LsKZRt4vaIbvw\">NeoMagazin Royale<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFqcNI0NaAA21NS9W3ExCRg\">Die Heute Show<\/a>. What makes it unique is that it is one of the only &#8211; if not the only &#8211; formats of its kind in the Dutch-speaking world.<\/p>\n<p>The show was famous even outside the Netherlands and got worldwide fame with the <em>Netherlands Second\u00a0<\/em>video, mocking former American president Trump&#8217;s America First policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/arjen-lubach-and-dutch-comedy\/\">We covered it back in the day.<\/a> Since then, the show is often also subtitled in English, making it easier to follow for those that are learning Dutch, too!<\/p>\n<p>Beyond international fame, the show also had a profound effect on Dutch society and politics. Questions in parliament would be asked after the primetime live show on Sundays. Discussed politicians would be impacted by Lubach&#8217;s assessment. Perhaps a blessing, perhaps a curse. But often, it was important that the discussed topics got the limelight. And the audience of Zondag met Lubach is broad. Wrapping news and important topics into a satirical, fun show also mobilizes people that would otherwise not hear about these issues. This also made Lubach an important <em>opiniemaker\u00a0<\/em>(opinion maker).<\/p>\n<p>As to why Lubach decided to end the program, he made clear that he thought that the current form\u00a0<em>loopt tegen zijn grenzen aan\u00a0<\/em>(is reaching its limits). There&#8217;s only so many topics that work in this way, he said. But he wants to do other things, and preferably with the same team. So we&#8217;ll see what comes next!<\/p>\n<h1><strong><em>Suikerbrood<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Recept voor suikerbrood | Zondag met Lubach\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7p1t9gLEnN4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The very last 45 seconds of the show were dedicated to a recipe of\u00a0<em>suikerbrood\u00a0<\/em>(&#8220;sugar bread&#8221;, a type of sweet bread). Why, you might ask?<\/p>\n<p>At the end of every uploaded fragment on YouTube, Lubach would make a call-to-action to subscribe to the Zondag met Lubach channel. In one of these fragments, he told\u00a0<em>kijkers\u00a0<\/em>(viewers):<\/p>\n<p><em>Bedankt dat je hebt gekeken. Wil je op de hoogte blijven van onze items en van de lekkerste recepten van suikerbrood, abonneer je dan op ons kanaal!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Thank you for watching. If you want to stay up to date about our items and the most delicious recipes of sugar bread, get subscribed to our channel!)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Promotiefilmpjes VVD - Zondag met Lubach (S07)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WviJrddNRT8?start=272&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The comment sections were sometimes filled with requests for the\u00a0<em>suikerbrood-recepten<\/em>. And now it was finally given!<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Inspiration: <em>De Keek op de Week<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keek op de Week 111, 04-04-1993 - Van Kooten en de Bie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrUB1lnDU1Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Made by the same\u00a0<em>omroep<\/em> (network) as\u00a0<em>Zondag met Lubach, <\/em>VPRO, there was another show years earlier that did something like <em>Zondag met Lubach<\/em>. Presented by comedy duo <em>Van Kooten en De Bie,\u00a0<\/em>the &#8220;look on the week&#8221; would discuss news in the media of the last week and make short satirical pieces responding to them. However, this show already ended in 1993. So something like\u00a0<em>Zondag met Lubach\u00a0<\/em>in the more modern form was quite new in the Netherlands. However, the humor and format sometimes seems similar. I would not be surprised if Lubach took inspiration from the work of these two comedians!<\/p>\n<p>But for now, Lubach is off the air. Let&#8217;s see what comes next!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7241\" style=\"width: 1047px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/tmuArUNS1TI\" aria-label=\"What To Watch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7241\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7241\"  alt=\"Zondag met Lubach TV\" width=\"1037\" height=\"723\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch-350x244.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch-768x535.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@fran_?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Fran Jacquier<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/tv?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h4><strong>Did you watch\u00a0<em>Zondag met Lubach<\/em>? Are there other Dutch TV shows that you like? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch-350x244.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Zondag met Lubach TV\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch-350x244.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/what-to-watch.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Yesterday night was the last episode of the\u00a0razend populair\u00a0(extremely popular) comedy TV program\u00a0Zondag met Lubach. Much like the American The Daily Show,\u00a0Zondag met Lubach\u00a0took news and &#8220;remixed&#8221; it into a satirical show. But now it&#8217;s over! Here&#8217;s what the show was like. Why does\u00a0Zondag met Lubach\u00a0stop? Since its inception in 2014, the show enjoyed a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/zondag-met-lubach-the-end-of-a-dutch-tv-show-era\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":7241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[60713,540606,27714],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7238","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-2","category-film-theater","category-news-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7243,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions\/7243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}