Goede tijden, slechte tijden (English: Good times, bad times), also known as GTST or simply Goede tijden, is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, which began on 1 October 1990 on RTL4. The programme was the first daily soap in the Netherlands and also in Europe. The soap is produced by Joop van den Ende and to date over 5,000 episodes have been broadcast. It was inspired by the Australian soap The Restless Years, although it started following its own course during the third season. GTST is broadcast Monday to Friday at 20:00. Around 1.5 million viewers watch each episode. It is the highest-rated soap opera in the Netherlands.
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No. of seasons | 30
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No. of episodes | 6,140 (as of December 6, 2019)
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Running time | 23 min. w/o commercials
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Original release | 1 October 1990
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