Dit was het nieuws [SEP] based on
.
"Dit was het nieuws" is based on the BBC television program "Have I Got News for You". On 28 June 1996, the first episode of "Dit was het nieuws" was aired by broadcasting station TROS on the Nederland 2 channel. The team leaders were Thomas Acda and Raoul Heertje, and the show was hosted by Harm Edens. 
Initially, the program garnered the same bleak impression that many failed attempts of satirical television in the Netherlands had given in the past. However, thanks to
Dit was het nieuws
Dit was het nieuws (Dutch for "This was the news") is a Dutch television program, produced by AVROTROS and broadcast on NPO 1, wherein two teams give a satirical account of the previous week's news. The program has the form of a game show in which two teams, each with a team leader and weekly guest, compete against each other. The scoring is not serious; after the first round, for instance, the score is always 4-4.
History