De Kotmadam

A statue shown in the intro to the TV series

De Kotmadam is a classic Flemish comedy television series directed by Ronnie Commissaris and Wim Feyearts produced for Belgian television since 1991. The series is written by Jaak Boon and Frans Ceusters. Season 22 will be aired in fall 2015.[1] Season 24 was aired at the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023. Season 25 will be the final and is released in 2024.[2][3]

The series revolves around Jeanne Piens (Katrien Devos), who owns a small sweet shop in the centre of Leuven and rents out several rooms of her house to students studying in the city. She is a caring type and loves all her students. Her husband Jef Liefooghe (Mark Verstraete) works for the city's gardening department. Their friend Odilon Bonheur (Odilon Mortier), a naïve warden in the local prison, visits regularly to give or seek help.

Odillon Mortier decided not to perform in season 21 for health reasons. That's why Heman Verbruggen got a new role in the season: Gijs, a clumsy colleague of Jef. As Mortier suddenly died on 13 August 2012, Verbruggen will also act in future seasons but he is not part of the main cast.

  1. ^ Van Hove, Stijn (11 July 2015). "Record met 23ste seizoen: de dag waarna De Kotmadam nooit meer hetzelfde was" [Record with season 23: the day after which De Kotmadam was never the same] (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Laatste afleveringen van 'De Kotmadam' komen dit najaar eindelijk op tv" [Last episodes of 'De Kotmadam' will finally be on TV this fall] (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Nieuwe afleveringen 'De kotmadam' dit najaar eindelijk op televisie" [New episodes of 'De kotmadam' finally on television this fall] (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.