Chateau Meiland in the danger zone

They are not, don't worry. There is nothing wrong with Monsieur Martien and his family, but I thought I'd throw in an SBS6-style headline. Because I really need to get something off my chest regarding Chateau Meiland.

SBS has gold in its hands with the Meiland family, whom we all got to know from the show Ik vertrek. Vincent TV saw the potential and scoured the channels to sell his format. Leave it to John de Mol to recognize a potential ratings hit, so one thing led to another and Chateau Meiland made us collectively switch to channel six on Monday nights.

Martien wanted more and Martien has energy for ten, so there was a column in Story and a show of his own, Cash or Trash, and of course Martien was at the top of the wishlist for candidates of Ranking the Stars. I think Martien Meiland currently has a brand awareness of a solid 80%. The empire continued to expand. Wine glasses, T-shirts, and ‘wijnenwijnenwijnen’ seems to be the catchphrase of 2019. The Meilandification of the Netherlands is a fact.

The fact that we are now in a Meiland-less interlude is only temporary. I seriously admit that both my arms went up in the air when I just read that there is not one Christmas special coming from Chateau Meiland, but four. Four times an hour with Martien and his girls. But my arms quickly dropped again when I read two lines further.

I saw words like ‘looking back on the year’, in other words, Martien and the girls in a big chair talking about the past year, interspersed with clips. That's what I imagine. Fine to satisfy the Meiland hunger, but it feels a bit more like hamburgers than oysters, if you know what I mean.

I read further. On December 30, there will be an extra Meiland program, titled ‘Wat Goeeeeeeed.’ Okay. That's a retrospective. Okay. With Patty Brard and Gerard Ekdom (Gerard Ékdom?) who will look back on their highlights from Chateau Meiland. And of course, we will see that again.

I understand that SBS6 is happy with the success and proud of perhaps the best show at the moment, but now they really need to stop. Meiland is precisely so enjoyable because of the small, human, and real aspects. And it just keeps us hungry. If you eat too much of something, it starts to turn you off.

And that is the last thing I want to experience: Meiland fatigue.