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. It was set up as a television equivalent of a tabloid, with a lot of airy subjects, news items and gossip about the stars, fashion and criminality.

History

From the beginning in 2001, Beau van Erven Dorens was the main presenter. He was supported by his co-presenter Albert Verlinde and a daily rotating "expert". On 1 April 2005 Beau Van Erven Dorens moved to Talpa and Daphne Bunskoek (formerly a presenter of the morning program in the

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) has taken over his place. When Daphne Bunskoek also left the show, she was replaced by Winston Gerschtanowitz and Humberto Tan. Regular returning co-presenters were/are: * Fiona Hering (fashion/lifestyle) *

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(crime) * Irene van de Laar (fashion/lifestyle) * Marc van der Linden (royalty) * Abraham Moszkowicz (crime, law) * Peter van der Vorst (royalty) * Peter R. de Vries (crime) * Marieke Elsinga On 16 November 2006, Dutch prime-minister Jan-Peter Balkenende got his chance at executive editing and presenting the program, in the run-up to the 2006 general elections. In December 2006 the show made headlines all over the world when

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told reporter Matthijs Kleyn the unborn baby of

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is not his. A blood test showed him wrong. On 6 July 2021, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter Peter R. de Vries was shot in the head after leaving the television studio of ''RTL Boulevard'' in

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, Netherlands. The show's live broadcast of 9 July was cancelled due to concerns for an attack on the studio. The show of 10 July was cancelled by

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. Since then, the show broadcasts from a studio located at Media Park in

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, Netherlands. De Vries died on 15 July 2021.

References

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* Dutch television talk shows Dutch-language television shows Tabloid journalism Entertainment news shows 2001 Dutch television series debuts 2010s Dutch television series 2020s Dutch television series RTL 4 original programming {{Netherlands-tv-prog-stub