Goede tijden, slechte tijden
Dutch soap opera
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- Goede tijden, slechte tijden ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣudə ˈtɛidə(n) ˈslɛxtə ˈtɛidə(n)] , lit.
- The program was the first daily (every workday) soap in the Netherlands and Europe.
- It was initially based on the Australian soap The Restless Years , however it switched to original scripts during the third season and onwards.
- In 2015 GTST became available on demand via streaming platform Videoland.
- 5 million viewers daily, in a country of just over 15 million people at the time.
Goede tijden, slechte tijden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣudə ˈtɛidə(n) ˈslɛxtə ˈtɛidə(n)], lit. 'Good times, bad times'), also known as GTST or simply Goede tijden, is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, which began on 1 October 1990 on RTL 4. The program was the first daily (every workday) soap in the Netherlands and Europe. The soap is produced by Joop van den Ende and to date over 7,000 episodes have been broadcast. It was initially based on the Australian soap The Restless Years, however it switched to original scripts during the third season and onwards. GTST was originally broadcast Monday to Friday at 20:00, since March 2020, the program has been broadcast from Monday to Thursday. In 2015 GTST became available on demand via streaming platform Videoland.
At its peak, the show drew around 1.5 million viewers daily, in a country of just over 15 million people at the time. In 2022 the show was still watched by over 1 million people, with around 800,000 watching it on TV and an additional 300,000 on Videoland. In 2024 it nearly reached a million viewers. After 33 years, it remains the highest-rated soap opera in the Netherlands.
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