New TVP series ”The Better Half” is aired twice a week, starting from January 6, 2020, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 9.50pm on TVP2. According to Nielsen Audience Measurement data, the first three episodes were watched on average by 1.71 million viewers. This number translates to 13.38% of TV market share among all viewers, 12.59% in the commercial group 16-49 and 12.79% in 16-59 group. The first episode of the show attracted the attention of 2.10 million viewers. In its time slot, the series gives TVP a leading position on the television market in Poland.
The TV show is a family comedy that follows a group of friends. The main characters regularly meet at a local restaurant where they support and help resolve each other’s problems. Each of them is at a different stage in life and with a different background. All of the characters value family relations most but they often have to deal with generation gaps. The focus is on the Nowakowski family; Jola, Marek and their two adolescent children. They are friends with two eccentric couples, who had their ups and downs, and with Marek’s brother Borys, who made a fortune trading coffee but decided to move back to Poland making a brash entrance into the lives of the Nowakowski family and their friends.
