Observed Signal · Jun 14, 2026 · Audience Ratings Report · Source: DWDL · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Negative
Take Me Out flops in ratings against World Cup
RTL restarted new episodes of the dating show Take Me Out after a two-year hiatus but scheduled them against the FIFA World Cup, resulting in weak audience figures. The first of four episodes reached a 7.8% market share among 14–49s before declining to 4.8% later in the evening; overall start reach was about 680,000 viewers and fell to 440,000 by 23:51. Competing commercial channels performed worse: Sat.1 drew about 290,000 viewers at 20:15, ProSieben about 220,000, and Vox showed the Bond film with 540,000 viewers but only 1.7% in the 14–49 demo. Data source for the figures is AGF Videoforschung (AGF SCOPE).
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- RTL aired four new episodes of Take Me Out consecutively on Saturday evening.
- Take Me Out peaked at 7.8% market share among 14–49-year-olds for the first episode, then fell to 4.8%, with a late-night bump to 5.5%.
- Initial reach for Take Me Out was about 680,000 viewers; reach declined to about 440,000 by 23:51.
- Sat.1's 20:15 slot (The Puss in Boots animation) reached about 290,000 viewers; ProSieben's Duell um die Welt repeat reached about 220,000 viewers (market shares ~2.3% and ~2.6% in 14–49 respectively).
- Vox's Bond film attracted about 540,000 viewers overall but only 1.7% in the 14–49 demographic and ~2.7% market share overall.
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