RTL II (Hungary)

RTL Kettő

Country	Hungary
Broadcast area	Hungary and neighbouring countries
Headquarters	Budapest
Programming
Language(s)	Hungarian
Picture format	16:9 576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group
Parent	RTL Magyarország
Sister channels	RTL Klub Cool TV Film+ RTL Gold Sorozat+ RTL+ Muzsika TV
History
Launched	1 October 2012; 10 years ago (2012-10-01)
Former names	RTL II (2012-2022)
Links
Website	rtl.hu/rtl2
Availability
Terrestrial
MinDig TV Extra	?
Hello Digital	?

RTL Kettő formerly RTL II is a Hungarian commercial television channel, owned by RTL Group. It is rivaling with Super TV2 and Viasat3. The channel launched on 1 October 2012.

Beginnings

In September 2011, RTL Klub started a project named RTL II to launch a new RTL channel in Hungary. In April 2012, it was announced, that RTL will launch RTL II in September or in October with I Love Gjoni (reality show); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Hungarian version) and Heti Hetes (weekly comedy show on Sunday nights).

In July 2012, something started to promote on RTL Klub with these sentences: Life Is Nice, The Sky Is Blue, The Grass Is Green; but it was not mentioned that these ads are advertising something. In September 2012, it was revealed, that these ads advertised RTL II, the new commercial television channel that will launch on 1 October 2012 and it will replace Reflektor TV.^[1]

At the launch the prime-time schedule of RTL II included series: Modern Family, White Collar, Terra Nova, Journeyman, The Forgotten, Chase, shows moved from RTL Klub: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Heti Hetes and a new magazine Forró nyomon.^{[citation needed]}

On November 20, 2022, the channel will be renamed to RTL Kettő, taking over the identity of the parent channel (RTL (German TV channel)

Programming aired by RTL II

Series

Airing currently

• Barátok közt
• Burn Notice
• Chase
• CSI: Miami
• Dallas
• Homeland
• I delitti del cuoco
• Legend of the Seeker
• Pretty Little Liars
• Remington Steele
• The Big Bang Theory
• The Forgotten
• The Mentalist
• Without a Trace

Hiatus

• Modern Family (season 1 and 2 aired)
• White Collar (season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 aired)
• Friends (reruns of season 1 and 2 aired)
• Dollhouse (season 1 aired)

Ended

• Psych (ended)
• Journeyman (ended)
• Privileged (ended)
• Dollhouse (ended)

Local programs

Airing currently

• Szombat esti láz (Hungarian version of Dancing with the Stars)
• Forró nyomon (Hot on the Trail) - weekly news magazine focused on crime and consumer protection
• Legyen ön is milliomos!
• Heti Hetes (Weekly Seven) - weekly talk-show about current affairs
• Vacsoracsata
• Segítség, bajban vagyok! (Help, I'm in Trouble!) - scripted reality-series
• Gazdálkodj okosan! reality series
• Péntektől péntekig (Friday to Friday) - weekly tabloid magazine

Ended

• I Love Gjoni reality series
• Egy este... (One Night With...) - concert show

See also

• RTL Group
• RTL Klub
• Cool TV

References

This page was last edited on 16 November 2022, at 19:51