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Lubach (TV program)

LUBACH is a Dutch satirical news and talk television program created and hosted by Arjen Lubach. It premiered on RTL 4 on 24 March 2025 and airs Monday through Thursday at 22:00. The show is produced by Human Factor TV and features many of the same team members from Arjen Lubach's earlier programs on Dutch public television.

Lubach
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GenreSatire · Current affairs · Talk show
Presented byArjen Lubach
StarringTex de Wit
Diederik Smit
Jonathan van het Reve
Ezra van Hamelen
Thomas Gast
Soumaya Ahouaoui
Danique Leenstra
Country of originNetherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes99
Production
Executive producerJanine Abbring
ProducerHuman Factor TV
Running time22-32 minutes
Production companyHuman Factor TV
Original release
NetworkRTL 4
Release24 March 2025 (2025-03-24) –
present
Related
Zondag met Lubach
De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach

Format

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Each episode of Lubach follows a consistent structure:

  • An opening statement announced by someone off screen: "Het is tien uur geweest. Hier is Arjen Lubach" ("It is past ten o'clock. Here is Arjen Lubach").
  • A brief summary of the day’s news delivered standing by Arjen Lubach (this segment has been removed from the second season onwards);
  • A desk segment introducing the main topics (typically three per night, except for Thursdays which focus on a single "deep dive" topic);
  • A closing statement by Lubach himself: "Dit was Lubach, ik was Arjen" ("This was Lubach, I was Arjen").

The show’s team includes regular satirical writers such as Tex de Wit, Jonathan van het Reve, Diederik Smit, among others. They regularly have appearances as reporters or a fictional character in the main topic segments. The editorial lead is Janine Abbring.

Background

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Arjen Lubach had been a prominent satirical television host in the Netherlands for over a decade, best known for Zondag met Lubach (2014–2021) and De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach (2022–2024), both aired on the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO. In May 2024, Arjen Lubach announced he would be leaving VPRO and the public broadcasting system.[1]

On 1 November 2024, a day after the final Avondshow episode, Lubach revealed that he and his team had signed a deal with commercial broadcaster RTL Nederland to create a new daily satire show.[2][3] According to RTL’s content director Peter van der Vorst, Lubach and his editorial team would be granted full creative independence over the show for at least three years.[4]

Reception

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The debut episode of Lubach on 24 March 2025 attracted 1.94 million viewers (including delayed viewing) with a market share of 50.7% among the key 25–54 demographic.[5]

Online presence

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YouTube

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Lubach has an official YouTube channel where all in-depth segments are uploaded separately. Additional content, such as interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, is also available. On 8 April 2025, Lubach received the YouTube Silver Play Button after the channel surpassed 100,000 subscribers.[6]

Instagram

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The program’s Instagram account features:

  • Short reels with episode highlights;
  • Posters promoting upcoming episodes;
  • Behind-the-scenes content, including teaser videos before the show’s premiere.

Seasons

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Overview of seasons
SeasonBroadcast scheduleStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
1Mon–Thu, 22:00–22:3024 March 202512 June 202544
21 September 202513 November 202543[a]
32 February 202612 April 2026 40
4TBA

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ On 29 October 2025, during the Dutch general election, RTL Tonight had an evening broadcast where they revealed the exit poll results, but before that poll was revealed, at 20:30, Lubach had a live broadcast with sketches. However, because it was part of the RTL Tonight broadcast, it doesn't count as an episode.

References

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