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RTL Ends VOX’s ‘Prominent!’ as Restructuring Takes Hold

RTL cites shifting viewing habits, moving celebrity coverage to Exclusiv with roughly 600 roles to be cut.

Overview

  • VOX’s Prominent! aired its final episode Sunday, closing a roughly 20-year run.
  • Host Laura Dahm gave an emotional on-air goodbye after learning of the decision days earlier.
  • Celebrity coverage will be consolidated into RTL’s Exclusiv with Frauke Ludowig as part of the reorganization.
  • RTL says about 600 jobs will be cut across the group in response to a difficult market and changing media habits.
  • RTL’s Gala ended Saturday, and Dahm says she lost her TV role but will continue hosting 1Live’s Die junge Nacht, as former presenters shared farewells online.