Quota flop at the Geissens: Why the new episode simply failed!

Quota flop at the Geissens: Why the new episode simply failed!

Monaco, Monaco - Die Geissens, one of the most famous television families in Germany, have been a fixture in reality TV for many years. Carmen Geiss, famous for her calls to "Roooobeeert", and her husband Robert Life in a glamorous world that she has been share with the public with her RTL2 series "Die Geissens-A Terribly Glamorous Family" with the public since 2011. On May 26, a new episode of the documentary series was broadcast, which, however, was faced with low ratings of 5.6% in the target group of 14 to 49-year-old. A total of only 279,000 spectators switched on, while Vox's competition with "The Lion's Den" reached 399,000 spectators and a market share of 8.5%, and the RTL show "Slearer than All" achieved 7.8%, as Derwesten.de reported.

The Geissens were not always dependent on quotas in this context. The current season of her main series has been a total of 36 episodes since it started in January 2024 and recently celebrated the much -noticed 400 episode. In the first episodes, they were able to win between 0.51 and 0.52 million viewers, which meant market shares of 1.7% and 1.8% in the total population, but in the target group a little better section with 4.3% and 4.9%. In February, the audience's audience was able to increase to 0.79 million viewers, which resulted in a market share of 3.0%. These details come from quotenmeter.de .

challenges in reality TV

In the context of German television, reality TV has become a significant part of the non-fictional entertainment sector, as corresponding formats make up more than a third to almost 40 percent of the program on transmitters such as Sat.1, RTL and VOX. It is noteworthy that the proportion of reality formats also increases to the first and ProSieben. You can roughly divide reality TV into three categories: narrative formats such as documentary soaps, performative formats such as casting shows, and scripted formats. Despite its popularity, the genre is often criticized to promote "trash TV" and to distort reality, according to Statista.de . .

Carmen and Robert Geiss as well as their daughters Davina and Shania have been in the spotlight since childhood and work together on their success, which makes them one of the most concise families on reality television. Her other projects, such as the documentary series "Davina & Shania - We Love Monaco" broadcast since 2022, show the constant effort of the family to remain relevant, even if the odds fluctuate. Despite the latest challenges with regard to the ratings, the interest in the family and their luxurious lifestyle remains unbroken.