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De Kotmadam

1991 · 25 seasons · 25m per episode · Comedy

'De Kotmadam' was a classic Flemish comedy television series, that aired from 1991 to 2024, meaning the show is the longest running Belgian sitcom in terms of time and amounts of episodes and seasons. The series revolves around Jeanne Piens, 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 works for the city's gardening department. Except for the last season, their friend Odilon Bonheur, a naïve warden in the local prison, visits regularly to give or seek help.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 14 episodes (December 30, 1991)
• Season 2 — 18 episodes (January 4, 1993)
• Season 3 — 17 episodes (February 7, 1994)
• Season 4 — 17 episodes (December 12, 1994)
• Season 5 — 18 episodes (November 27, 1995)
• Season 6 — 18 episodes (December 9, 1996)
• Season 7 — 18 episodes (December 1, 1997)
• Season 8 — 17 episodes (November 30, 1998)
• Season 9 — 13 episodes (December 15, 1999)
• Season 10 — 15 episodes (January 1, 2001)
• Season 11 — 12 episodes (January 8, 2002)
• Season 12 — 13 episodes (January 6, 2003)
• Season 13 — 13 episodes (March 1, 2004)
• Season 14 — 13 episodes (November 1, 2004)
• Season 15 — 13 episodes (November 28, 2005)
• Season 16 — 13 episodes (August 31, 2007)
• Season 17 — 13 episodes (December 28, 2008)
• Season 18 — 13 episodes (March 7, 2010)
• Season 19 — 13 episodes (February 20, 2011)
• Season 20 — 13 episodes (September 9, 2012)
• Season 21 — 13 episodes (March 10, 2013)
• Season 22 — 13 episodes (September 4, 2016)
• Season 23 — 13 episodes (November 18, 2018)
• Season 24 — 13 episodes (November 20, 2022)
• Season 25 — 6 episodes (November 30, 2024)

Cast

• Katrien Devos as Jeanne Liefooghe-Piens
• Mark Verstraete as Jef Liefooghe
• Frederik Huys as Victor Kindermans
• Helle Vanderheyden as Martha
• Anouck Luyten as Ines Van Nothegem
• Arno Moens as Simon

Details

Created by

Frans Ceusters

First aired

December 30, 1991

Episodes

352

Genres

Comedy

Network

VTM

Status

Ended

TMDB score

5.7 / 10 from 8 votes