In September 2011,
RTL Klub started a project named RTL II to launch a new RTL channel in Hungary. In April 2012, it was announced, that RTL will launch RTL II in September or in October with
I Love Gjoni (reality show);
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Hungarian version) and
Heti Hetes (a weekly comedy show on Sunday nights). In July 2012, something started to promote on RTL Klub with these sentences:
Life Is Nice,
The Sky Is Blue,
The Grass Is Green; but it was not mentioned that these ads are advertising something. In September 2012, it was revealed, that these ads advertised RTL II, the new commercial television channel that will launch on 1 October 2012 and it will replace Reflektor TV. At the launch the prime-time schedule of RTL II included series:
Modern Family,
White Collar,
Terra Nova,
Journeyman,
The Forgotten,
Chase, shows moved from RTL Klub:
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and
Heti Hetes and a new magazine
Forró nyomon. On 2 September 2022, RTL Hungary announced the channel's rebrand. On 20 November 2022, the channel is renamed RTL Kettő, adapting the visual identity of the parent channel
RTL. On 26 October 2023, Balázs Szabó, the Program Director and Head of Content Acquisition from RTL Hungary announced that the channel will continue to operate as a sitcom channel, alongside a 4 new channel launch. Since 18 December 2023, the channel continues to operate as a sitcom channel. On 18 October 2024, the channel got a new, current idents. == Programming aired by RTL Kettő ==