''RTL Boulevard'' is a daily television programme on the

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TV channel RTL 4. 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. The programme is renowned for its sarcastic and cynical tone.

History

From the beginning in 2001, Beau van Erven Dorens was the main presenter. He was supported by his co-presenter

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and a daily rotating "expert". On 1 April 2005 Beau Van Erven Dorens moved to Talpa and

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(formerly a presenter of the morning program in the Netherlands Public Broadcasting) has taken over his place. When Daphne Bunskoek also left the show, she was replaced by

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and

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. Regular returning co-presenters were/are: * Fiona Hering (fashion/lifestyle) * John van den Heuvel (crime) * Irene van de Laar (fashion/lifestyle) * Marc van der Linden (royalty) *

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(crime, law) * Peter van der Vorst (royalty) * Peter R. de Vries (crime) 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 Eddie Murphy told reporter Matthijs Kleyn the unborn baby of Mel B is not his. A blood test showed him wrong. On 6 July 2021, Dutch

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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 Hilversum, Netherlands. De Vries

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on 15 July 2021.

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* Dutch television talk shows Dutch-language television shows Tabloid journalism Entertainment news shows 2001 Dutch television series debuts 2000s Dutch television series 2010s Dutch television series 2020s Dutch television series RTL 4 original programming {{Netherlands-tv-prog-stub