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{{Short description|German public-service television broadcaster}}
{{Other uses|ZDF (disambiguation)}}
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| name = ZDF
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| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2001
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1963|04|1|df=yes}}
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| network = 
| owner = 
| key_people = Norbert Himmler (director)
| country = [[Germany]]
| language = German
| area = Germany
| affiliates = 
| headquarters = [[Mainz]], Germany
| former_names = 
| replaced = ARD 2 (1961–1963)
| replaced_by = 
| sister_channels = {{ubl|[[ZDFneo]]|[[ZDFinfo]]}}
| timeshift_service = 
| website = {{url|www.zdf.de/}}
| terr_serv_1 = [[Digital terrestrial television]]
| terr_chan_1 = Varies by location
| online_serv_1 = ZDF.de
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.zdf.de/live-tv Watch live] (Germany only)
| online_serv_2 = [[FilmOn]]
| online_chan_2 = [http://www.filmon.com/tv/zdf Watch live]
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'''ZDF''' ({{IPA|de|ˌtsɛt.deːˈʔɛf|lang|De-ZDF.ogg}}), short for {{lang|de|'''Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen'''|i=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and figures about ZDF|url=https://www.zdf.de/uri/bdf95706-c9e0-4b2f-a0a1-1a2065787e31|access-date=26 July 2020|website=www.zdf.de|language=en}}</ref> ({{IPA|de|ˈtsvaɪtəs ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈfɛʁnzeːn|lang|De-Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.ogg}}; {{literally|Second German Television}}), is a German [[Public broadcasting|public-service]] television broadcaster based in [[Mainz]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit institution]], and was founded by all [[federal states of Germany]] ({{lang|de|Bundesländer}}). ZDF is financed by [[television licence]] fees and advertising revenues.<ref name="Circom1">{{cite web|url=http://www.circom-regional.org/crdocs/european-benchmarking2002.pdf|title=European Benchmarking: Public Service Broadcasters in the Digital Era|date=May 2002|publisher=[[Circom Regional]]|pages=46|access-date=19 July 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009131525/http://www.circom-regional.org/crdocs/european-benchmarking2002.pdf|archive-date=9 October 2009}}</ref>

The broadcaster is well known for its famous programmes {{lang|de|[[heute]]}}, a newscast established in 1963, and {{lang|de|[[Wetten, dass..?]]}}, an entertainment show that premiered in 1981, with a suspension from 2014 to 2021.<ref name="ZDF Unternehmen">{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdf.de/uri/1115811d-acd1-4ccb-b9ca-b888556b8cd8|title=unternehmen.zdf.de|website=www.zdf.de}}</ref> Norbert Himmler, ZDF's director general, was elected by the ZDF Television Council in 2021.<ref name="ZDF Unternehmen" />

== History ==
[[File:ZDF-Hochhaus Mainz 20211105 HOF0779900001020211121 RAW-Exportcens.jpg|thumb|right|The ZDF administrative headquarters in Mainz]]
[[File:ZDF-Sendezentrum.JPG|thumb|The ZDF broadcasting centre in Mainz]]
[[File:Alte ZDF Logos.svg|100px|right|thumb|Historic logos]]
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In 1959, the [[Third Adenauer cabinet|third cabinet]] of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Konrad Adenauer]] began preparations to form a second nationwide television network with the intention of competing with [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]. Adenauer perceived ARD's news coverage to be too critical of his government, and believed that two of the organizations primarily responsible for its news reporting – the ''[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]]'' and ''[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk]]'', which produced the nightly ''[[Tagesschau (German TV series)|Tagesschau]]'' – were too close to the opposition [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) to ever be able to report neutrally on his [[CDU/CSU]] government. The new television company called the ''Freies Fernsehen Gesellschaft'' (Free Television Society) but derisively called ''Adenauer-Fernsehen'' (Adenauer's television) by critics, was founded on 25 July 1960.

The [[Deutsche Bundespost]] began constructing a second transmitter network on [[UHF]] channels, which required new reception equipment. For older receivers, a converter was sold for about 80 [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] ({{Inflation|DE|fmt=eq|80|1960|cursign=€}}). As with the earlier [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] television network, the location of the transmitters was carefully planned to ensure the entire country would be able to receive the programming.

To test the transmitters and encourage the public to purchase UHF receivers, the federal government allowed the ARD network to create a temporary secondary channel, ARD 2, which was broadcast daily from 8 to 10&nbsp;p.m. ARD 2 began broadcasting on 1 May [[1961 in Germany|1961]] in the transmission area of [[Hessischer Rundfunk]] and a month later expanded nationwide.

=== Interstate agreement ===
The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]-led states of [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Lower Saxony]], and [[Hesse]] appealed to the [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]], which on 28 February 1961 in the ''[[:de:1. Rundfunk-Urteil|First Broadcasting Judgment]]'' blocked the plan. While building and maintaining telecommunications infrastructure, such as television transmitters, is a responsibility of the federal government under article 87f of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Basic Law]], the constitution does not extend these duties to running a television or radio broadcaster. Under Article 30, any power or duty not explicitly assigned to the federal government is reserved for the [[German Länder|states]]. Therefore, the court ruled only the states had the right to set up a television broadcaster. (Conversely, the same decision supported new [[longwave]] broadcaster [[Deutschlandfunk]], which had been established by the federal government in November 1960; its focus was on external broadcasting and therefore under the federal government's remit to conduct foreign relations.)

After this decision, in March 1961, the states decided to establish a central nonprofit public television network independently of Adenauer's effort. On 6 June 1961, the state [[Minister-President#Germany|premiers]] signed at a premiers' conference in Stuttgart the interstate agreement on the "establishment of the public institution ''Second German Television''". On 1 December 1961, though not all states had ratified the agreement, it went into force in the states that had done so ([[Baden-Württemberg]], North Rhine-Westphalia, [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]). The last state, Bavaria, filed the instrument of ratification on 9 July 1962.

=== Launch ===
The station began broadcasting from [[Eschborn]] near [[Frankfurt am Main]] on 1 April 1963, with a speech by the first director general (Intendant), Karl Holzamer. The channel broadcast its first programme in colour in 1967. In 1974, ZDF moved its base of operations to Mainz-Lerchenberg, after briefly being located in [[Wiesbaden]]. 

In November 1995, ZDF signed an agreement with [[NBC News]] to share newsgathering resources.<ref>{{cite web |title=Television Business International |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Television-Business-International/Television-Business-International-1995-12.pdf |page=15 |date=December 1995}}</ref>

Since 5 October 1996, ZDF has broadcast 24 hours a day.
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=== Election of the management ===
In the election of directors, party political considerations were taken to the fore. A majority of the Union parties allowed the television to make a proposal from its own ranks, but for the election were cast from the ranks of the [[SPD]] required. Thus did one elfköpfiger election committee cast a balanced proposal: The Counsellor in the Foreign Office should be Gerhard Brand Director, the SPD should be allowed to determine the program director, who was also deputy director of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] and the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]], the chief editor of the Administrative Director. Brand declined, whereupon the Committee could agree on a director, there was only a majority for [[Bruno Heck]], but the secret ballot of Television Council on 27 February 1962 fell through. A new, now six-member committee then made four proposals: [[Hans Bausch]], [[Berthold Martin]], Karl and Wilhelm Holzamer Vaillant, co-owner of the RIVA-TV studios. The SPD members of the Television Board held all four candidates acceptable to the CDU members behind Bausch and Vaillant and it was decided by 16 votes to 13 between Holzamer and Martin. Holzamer was elected with 44 of 58 votes from the Television, with 9 against and 4 abstentions.
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== Finances ==
ZDF is financed by a license fee of €18.36 per month, which must be paid by all households in Germany except handicapped people and persons on social aid. ZDF shares the income with [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] and [[Deutschlandradio]]. The fees are not collected directly by ZDF but by the [[Beitragsservice von ARD, ZDF und Deutschlandradio|Beitragsservice]] (commonly known by its former name, GEZ), an organization comprising the [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] member broadcasters, ZDF, and [[Deutschlandradio]]. ZDF also receives income from sponsorships, programming and advertising sales.

== Transmission and reception ==

=== Terrestrial ===
As ZDF is a station, not a network, the station is broadcast throughout Germany, with no regional variations or affiliates, using a number of signal repeaters. ZDF transmitters broadcast a digital signal. Analog signals were gradually phased out, a process which lasted from 2002 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdf.de/uri/bdf95706-c9e0-4b2f-a0a1-1a2065787e31|title=Facts and figures about ZDF|website=www.zdf.de|date=11 May 2022 }}</ref> ZDF does not run any transmitters itself. Throughout the analogue days, all ZDF transmitters were run by the [[Deutsche Bundespost]] which was later privatised as [[Deutsche Telekom]]'s subsidiary [[T-Systems]] Media Broadcast. (This is in contrast to the other public German broadcaster, ARD, which owns its main transmitters.) ZDF was not previously allowed to use ARD's transmitters. ZDF has used both ARD and Telekom transmitters since changes to the law in the 1990s, and since the digital switchover.

=== Cable ===
ZDF has also been relayed by [[Cable television|cable]] since the days of the first cable pilot projects.

=== Satellite ===
The first Europe-wide [[satellite television|satellite]] broadcast via [[Astra 1C]] began in August 1993 during the [[Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin]] (IFA – "International Broadcasting Exhibition") in [[Berlin]]. In the same decade, these new technologies were used to enable [[digital television|digital]] broadcasting of ZDF. Today, ZDF is available free-to-air throughout Europe on [[Astra 19.2°E]].

== Other channels ==
ZDF operates two digital channels: [[ZDFneo]] (aimed at 18- to 45-year-olds) and [[ZDFinfo]] (documentaries). Both are transmitted in SD and HD. A commercial subsidiary called [[ZDF Studios]] GmbH manages programme sales, acquisitions, international coproductions, and a growing number of important activities in new media. ZDF Enterprises owns a Dutch TV production and distribution company, Off the Fence.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 January 2019|title=ZDF Enterprises acquires Off the Fence|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2019/01/08/zdf-enterprises-acquires-off-the-fence/|access-date=7 May 2021|website=Broadband TV News|language=en-GB}}</ref> ZDF also operates various channels in cooperation with other networks: [[Arte]], [[3sat]], [[KI.KA]], and [[Phoenix (German TV station)|Phoenix]].

== Design ==

ZDF's animated station-identity [[mascot]]s, the ''[[Mainzelmännchen]]'' (a play on the words "Mainz" and "[[Heinzelmännchen]]"), created by Wolf Gerlach for the channel's launch in 1963, quickly became popular and are still shown between commercials.<ref name="Mainzelmännchen">{{cite web|url=http://mainzelmaennchen.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/0/0,1872,1400032,00.html|title=ZDF Mainzelmännchen}}</ref> In 1976, [[Otl Aicher]], a graphic designer, created ZDF's corporate design.<ref name="aicher">{{Cite web|url=https://reklamehimmel.typepad.com/reklamehimmel/2007/10/old-school-zdf-.html|title=reklamehimmel: "Old school: ZDF graphics designed by Otl Aicher"|website=reklamehimmel.typepad.com}}</ref> A new design for ZDF was created by Lee Hunt in February 2000.<ref name="razorfish">{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/razorfish-wins-rebranding-assignment-46971/|title=Razorfish Wins Rebranding Assignment|date=6 April 2001 }}</ref>

== Administration ==

=== Director general ===
[[File:Norbert Himmler.jpg|thumb|Norbert Himmler]]
Administratively, ZDF is headed by a director general (''Intendant''), who is elected by the ZDF Television Council, the composition of which is in turn determined by "societally relevant groups" named in the ZDF Treaty.

Directors General since the start of ZDF:
* 1963–1977: [[Karl Holzamer]]
* 1977–1982: [[Karl-Günther von Hase]]
* 1982–2002: {{ill|Dieter Stolte|de}}
* 2002–2012: Markus Schächter
* 2012–2022: [[Thomas Bellut]]
* 2022–present: Norbert Himmler

=== Supervising board ===
The supervising board supervises the work of the intendant. They pay special attention to the budget. The supervising board has 14 members:
* Five representatives of the federal states
* One representative of the federal republic of Germany
* Eight independent members (not allowed to work for the government or other public entities)

=== Television board ===
The Television Board supervises ZDF and authorizes the budget. They also elect the Director General. The board has 60 members:
* Sixteen representatives of the states of Germany
* Two representatives of the federal republic of Germany
* Two representatives of the Protestant churches
* Two representatives of the Catholic Church
* One representative of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
* 21 representatives of selected civil society groups
* 16 members nominated by the federal states, representing different social causes

== Membership ==
ZDF became a full member of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] in 1963. It also has numerous individual cooperation agreements with broadcasters around the world. ZDF is a supporter of the [[Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV]] initiative which promotes the establishment of an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.

== Programming ==
=== Children ===
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* ''[[The Pink Panther Show|Zu Gast Bei Paulchens Trickverwandten]]'' (1973-1983)
* ''[[Runaround (game show)|1, 2 oder 3]]'' (1977–present)
* ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'' (1988–1993)
* ''[[Alfred J. Kwak]]'' (1990–2003)
* ''Die Kinder von Bullerbü'' ''([[The Children of Noisy Village (film)|Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn]])''
* ''[[Dog City]]'' (1995–1997)
* ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' ''(Die Fraggles)'' (1983–1995)
* ''Fun with Claude'' (2009–2015)
* ''[[H2O: Just Add Water|H<sub>2</sub>O: Just Add Water]]'' (2006–2010)
* ''[[Hals über Kopf]]'' (1987–1993, 1997)
* ''[[Löwenzahn]]'' (1981–present)
* ''[[Pablo the Little Red Fox]]'' (1999–2003)
* ''[[Pingu]]'' (1990–2004)
* ''[[Pippi Longstocking (1969 TV series)|Pippi Langstrumpf]]'' ''([[Pippi Longstocking (1969 TV series)|Pippi Långstrump]])'' (1969–present)
* ''[[Rappelkiste]]'' (1973–1987)
* ''[[Tabaluga]]'' (1997–2007)
* ''[[Cosmic Quantum Ray]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Tabaluga#Tabaluga tivi|Tabaluga tivi]]'' (1997–2011)
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' ''(Die Muppet Show)'' (1977–1989)
* ''[[Mia and Me]]'' (2012–present)
{{div col end}}

=== Culture ===
* ''aspekte'' (1965–present)
* ''Das Blaue Sofa'' (2003–present)
* ''Das Literarische Quartett'' (1998–2006, 2015–present)

=== Documentaries ===
[[File:Climate Factor CO₂ (ZDF, Terra X).webm|thumb|Clip of a Report from the program [[Terra X]]]]
* ''37 Grad'' (1994–present)
* ''[[Alexander the Great (miniseries)|Alexander the Great]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Die Deutschen]]'' (2008/2010)
* ''[[Terra X]]'' (1982–present)
* ''Terra Xpress'' (2011–present)
* ''ZDFzeit'' (2012–present)
* ''ZDF-History'' (2000–present)

=== Entertainment ===
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* ''[[Bares für Rares]]'', hosted by Horst Lichter (2013–present)
* ''Blond am Freitag'' (2002–2007)
* ''Blond am Sonntag'' (2001)
* ''[[Dance Academy]]'' (2010)
* ''Das große Los – Die Show für die Aktion Sorgenkind'', hosted by [[Dieter Thomas Heck]] (1996–2000)
* ''[[Die Anstalt]]'', comedy hosted by [[Claus von Wagner]] and Max Uthoff (2014–present)
* ''[[Goldene Kamera|Die Goldene Kamera]]'' (1973, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994–present)
* ''[[Goldene Stimmgabel|Die goldene Stimmgabel]]'', hosted by [[Dieter Thomas Heck]] (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001–2007)
* ''Die größten Musical Hits'' (''The Greatest Musical Hits'')
* ''Die Helene Fischer Show'', hosted by [[Helene Fischer]] (2013–present)
* ''Die Pyramide'', German version of [[Pyramid (game show)|Pyramid]] hosted by [[Dieter Thomas Heck]] (1979–1994)
* ''Die Pyramide'', German version of [[Pyramid (game show)|Pyramid]] hosted by Micky Beisenherz and Joachim Llambi (2012)
* ''[[ZDF-Hitparade|Die ZDF-Hitparade]]'', hosted by [[Dieter Thomas Heck]]/[[Viktor Worms]]/Uwe Hübner (1969–2000)
* ''Die ZDF-Kultnacht'' (2002–present)
* ''[[Disco (TV series)|Disco]]'' (1971–1982)
* ''[[Grand Prix der Volksmusik]]'' (1986–2010)
* ''[[heute-show]]'', comedy hosted by [[Oliver Welke]] (2009–present)
* ''Kerner kocht'', cooking show hosted by [[Johannes B. Kerner]] (2005–2008)
* ''Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!'', cooking show hosted by [[Johann Lafer]] and Horst Lichter (2006–2017)
* ''Mainz bleibt Mainz, wie es singt und lacht'' (Carnival) (1973–present)
* ''Melodien für Millionen'', hosted by [[Dieter Thomas Heck]] (1985–2007)
* ''Musik liegt in der Luft'', hosted by [[Dieter Thomas Heck]] (1991–1998)
* ''[[Neues aus der Anstalt]]'', comedy hosted by [[Urban Priol]] (2007–2013)
* ''[[Nicht nachmachen!]]'' (2012–2013)
* ''Rockpop'' (1977–1981)
* ''Rock Pop Music Hall'' (1984–1986)
* ''Show Palast'', hosted by [[Dieter Thomas Heck]] (1999–2000)
* ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'', hosted by [[Frank Elstner]]/[[Thomas Gottschalk]]/Wolfgang Lippert/[[Markus Lanz]] (1981–2014, 2021–present)
* ''[[Willkommen 20xx]]'', the New Year's Eve show broadcast
* ''Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel'', hosted by [[Carmen Nebel]] (2004–present)
* ''[[ZDF Fernsehgarten]]'', hosted by [[Andrea Kiewel]] (1986–present)
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=== Information ===
{{Div col}}
* ''[[Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst]]'', hosted by [[Eduard Zimmermann]]/[[Sabine Zimmermann (TV host)|Sabine Zimmermann]]/[[Butz Peters]]/[[Rudi Cerne]]
* ''auslandsjournal'' (1973–present)
* ''Berlin direkt'' (1999–present)
* ''Bonn direkt'' (1987–1999)
* ''Chronik der Woche'' (1965–1984)
* ''Die Drehscheibe'' (1964–1982)
* ''drehscheibe'' (1998–present)
* ''Frontal'', hosted by [[Bodo H. Hauser]] and [[Ulrich Kienzle]] (1993–2000)
* ''[[Frontal21]]'' (2001–present)
* ''hallo deutschland'' (1997–present)
* ''[[heute]]'' (newscast) (1963–present)
* ''[[heute]] aus den Ländern'' (newscast) (1983–1992)
* ''[[heute journal]]'' (newscast) (1978–present)
* ''[[heute]] mittag'' (newscast) (1998–2009)
* ''[[heute]] nacht'' (newscast) (1994–2015)
* ''[[heute]] Xpress'' (newscast) (2015–present)
* ''Kennzeichen D'' (1971–2001)
* ''länderjournal'' (1991–1996)
* ''Leute heute'' (1997–present)
* ''ML Mona Lisa'' (1988–present)
* ''[[Politbarometer]]'' (1977–present)
* ''tele-illustrierte'' (1982–1991)
* ''Volle Kanne – Service täglich'' (1999–present)
* ''WISO'' (1984–present)
* ''ZDF-abendmagazin'' (1996–1997)
* ''[[ZDF-Magazin]]'', hosted by [[Gerhard Löwenthal]]/[[Fritz Schenk]]/[[Wolfgang Weinert]]/[[Hans Scheicher]] (1969–1988)
* ''ZDF-Mittagsmagazin'' (1989–present)
* ''[[ZDF-Morgenmagazin]]'' (1992–present)
* ''ZDFzoom'' (2011–present)
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=== Series ===
{{Div col}}
* ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'' (1988–1996)
* ''[[Bella Block]]'' (1994–present)
* ''Blochin'' (2015)
* ''[[Borgia (TV series)|Borgia]]'' (''Borgia: Faith and Fear''), co-producers CANAL+ (France) and others (2011, 2013)
* ''[[The Bridge (Danish/Swedish TV series)|The Bridge]]'' (2011), co-producers [[Sveriges Television]] and [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]
* ''[[Cologne P.D.]]'' (2003–present)
* ''[[Das Kriminalmuseum]]'' (1963–1973)
* ''[[Das Traumschiff]]'' (1981–present)
* ''Der Adler – Die Spur des Verbrechens'' ''([[The Eagle (TV series)|Ørnen]])'' (2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2012, 2014, 2017)
* ''[[Der Alte (television series)|Der Alte]]'' ''(The Old Fox)'' (1977–present)
* ''[[Der Bergdoktor (2008 TV series)|Der Bergdoktor]]'' (2008–present)
* ''[[Der kleine Doktor]]'' (1974, 1981–1982)
* ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]'' (1969–1976)
* ''[[Der Kommissar und das Meer]]'' ''(Kommissarien och havet)'' (2007–present)
* ''[[Der Kriminalist]]'' (2006–present)
* ''[[Der Landarzt]]'' (1987–2016)
* ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]'' (1974–1998)
* ''[[Die Bergretter]]'' (2009–present)
* ''[[Die Chefin]]'' (2012–present)
* ''Die Garmisch-Cops'' (2012, 2014, 2016)
* ''[[Die Rosenheim-Cops]]'' (2002–present)
* ''[[Die Schwarzwaldklinik]]'' ''(The Black Forest Clinic)'' (1985–2013)
* ''Die Toten vom Bodensee'' (2014–present)
* ''[[Diese Drombuschs]]'' (1983–1995, 1998–2000)
* ''Dr. Klein'' (2014–2016)
* ''[[Ein Fall für Zwei]]'' (1981–2013)
* ''[[Ein starkes Team]]'' (1994–present)
* ''[[Forsthaus Falkenau]]'' (1989–2016)
* ''[[Freunde fürs Leben]]'' (1992–2005, 2008)
* ''Friesland'' (2015–present)
* ''[[Girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz]]'' (1995–2009)
* ''Helen Dorn'' (2014–present)
* ''Herzensbrecher – Vater von vier Söhnen'' (2013–2016)
* ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' ''(Ein Engel auf Erden)'' (1987–1990)
* ''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]'' (1985, 1988)
* ''[[Hotel Paradies]]'' (1990–1992, 1995–1996, 1998, 2000–2001, 2009)
* ''[[Ich heirate eine Familie]]'' (1987–1992, 1998–2008, 2013)
* ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' (2010, 2013–2014, 2016)
* ''Inga Lindström'' (2004–present)
* ''[[Jack Holborn]]'' ([[miniseries]] for Christmas 1982)
* ''[[Jack Taylor (TV series)|Jack Taylor]]'' (2013, 2017)
* ''[[Jede Menge Leben]]'' (1995–1996)
* ''[[Kidnap and Ransom]]'' ''(Der Jäger – Geld oder Leben)'' (2016–present)
* ''[[Kommissarin Lucas]]'' (2003–present)
* ''Kripo Holstein'' (2013–2015)
* ''[[Ku'damm 56]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Küstenwache (TV series)|Küstenwache]]'' (1997–2016)
* ''[[Leipzig Homicide]]'' (2001–present)
* ''Letzte Spur Berlin'' (2012–present)
* ''Lotta & ...''  (2010–present)
* ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' ''(Magnum)'' (2012–2015)
* ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'' (1998–1992)
* ''[[Midsomer murders]]'' ''(Inspector Barnaby)'' (2005–present)
* ''[[Mino (miniseries)|Mino]]'' (1986 Christmas [[miniseries]])
* ''Mordkommission Königswinkel''  (2017–present)
* ''Morgen hör ich auf'' (2016)
* ''[[New Tricks]]'' ''(New Tricks – Die Krimispezialisten)'' (2005)
* ''[[Notruf Hafenkante]]'' (2007–present)
* ''[[Ray Donovan]]'' (2014–2016)
* ''[[Salto Kommunale]]'' (1998, 2001–2002)
* ''[[Salto Postale]]'' (1993–1997, 2002–2003, 2006)
* ''Sibel&Max''  (2015–2016)
* ''[[Siska (TV series)|Siska]]'' (2002–2010)
* ''[[SOKO 5113]]'' (1978–present)
* ''[[SOKO Donau]]/SOKO Wien'' (2005–present)
* ''[[SOKO Hamburg]]'' (2018–present)
* ''[[SOKO Kitzbühel]]'' (2003–present)
* ''[[SOKO Rhein-Main]]'' (2006–2008, 2010)
* ''[[SOKO Wismar]]'' (2004–present)
* "[[Solo für Weiss]]" (2016–present)
* ''Sperling'' (1996–2013)
* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' ''(Raumschiff Enterprise)'' (1972–1982)
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' ''(Raumschiff Enterprise: Das nächste Jahrhundert)'' (1990–1993)
* ''[[Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall]]'' (1995–2016)
* ''[[Stuttgart Homicide]]'' (2009–present)
* ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' ''(Reich und Schön)'' (2002–2008, 2010–2011)
* ''[[The Fall (TV series)|The Fall]]'' ''(The Fall – Tod in Belfast)'' (2015)
* ''[[The Five (TV series)|The Five]]'' (2017)
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' ''(Die Muppet Show)'' (1977–1989)
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ''(Die Simpsons)'' (1991–1993)
* ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' ''(Schatten der Leidenschaft)'' (2008)
* ''[[Unser Charly]]'' (1995–2012)
* ''[[Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter]]'' ''(Generation War)'' (2013)
* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' (2006–2008)
* ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' (1979–1980)
* ''[[Wilsberg]]'' (1999–present)
{{div col end}}

=== Sport ===
* ''[[das aktuelle sportstudio]]'' (1963–present)
* [[FIFA World Cup]] (1966–present)
* [[UEFA European Championship]] (1964–present)
* [[UEFA Champions League]] (Final Only)

=== Talk ===
{{Div col}}
* ''Dunja Hayali'', hosted by [[Dunja Hayali]] (2015–present)
* ''Johannes B. Kerner'', talk show hosted by [[Johannes B. Kerner]] (1998–2009)
* ''live'' (1986–1997)
* ''Markus Lanz'', talk show hosted by [[Markus Lanz]] (2008–present)
* ''Maybrit Illner'', a political talk show hosted by [[Maybrit Illner]] (1999–present)
* ''Peter Hahne'', hosted by Peter Hahne (2010–2017)
* ''Tacheles'', hosted by Johannes Gross (1996)
* ''Willemsens Woche'', hosted by [[Roger Willemsen]] (1994–1998)
* ''Zeugen des Jahrhunderts'' (1979–present)
{{div col end}}

== Audience share ==
=== Germany ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin:auto; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#FFFFFF;" width="35px"|
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|January
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|February
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|March
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|April
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|May
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|June
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|July
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|August
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|September
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|October
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|November
! style="background:#FA7D19; color:#FFFFFF;" width="60px"|December
! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;" width="75px"|Annual average
|-align="center"
|'''1990<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1990|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080954/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''|| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||28.8%
|-align="center"
|'''1991<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1991|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080954/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''|| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||{{decrease}} 25.6%
|-align="center"
|'''1992<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1992|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080954/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''|| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||{{decrease}} 22.0%
|-align="center"
|'''1993<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1993|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080954/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''|| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||{{decrease}} 18.0%
|-align="center"
|'''1994<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1994|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080954/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''|| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||{{decrease}} 17.0%
|-align="center"
|'''1995<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1995|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080954/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Jaehrliche%20Zuschaueranteile%20seit%201990.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''|| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||{{decrease}} 14.7%
|-align="center"
|'''1996<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1996|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1996.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208070537/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1996.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.7% ||15.2% ||13.6% ||13.1% ||13.6% ||17.4% ||15.8% ||13.7% ||13.1% ||13.3% ||14.8% ||14.2% ||{{decrease}} 14.4%
|-align="center"
|'''1997<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1997|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1997.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208081154/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1997.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.6% ||14.6% ||13.4% ||12.4% ||12.8% ||12.9% ||12.7% ||13.2% ||13.3% ||12.4% ||13.7% ||14.4% ||{{decrease}} 13.4%
|-align="center"
|'''1998<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1998|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1998.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071902/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1998.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||13.9% ||15.3% ||13.0% ||12.3% ||12.5% ||17.4% ||14.2% ||12.8% ||12.1% ||13.1% ||13.1% ||13.3% ||{{increase}} 13.6%
|-align="center"
|'''1999<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 1999|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1999.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080307/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_1999.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.2% ||14.3% ||14.0% ||12.4% ||12.1% ||12.6% ||13.2% ||12.6% ||12.0% ||13.0% ||13.4% ||13.8% ||{{decrease}} 13.2%
|-align="center"
|'''2000<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2000|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2000.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208062528/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2000.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.2% ||13.8% ||13.4% ||11.6% ||12.3% ||15.3% ||13.7% ||13.3% ||13.0% ||12.7% ||12.8% ||13.2% ||{{increase}} 13.3%
|-align="center"
|'''2001<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2001|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2001.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052416/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2001.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||13.2% ||13.3% ||13.1% ||11.3% ||11.7% ||12.2% ||14.2% ||13.7% ||12.5% ||13.5% ||13.8% ||13.8% ||{{decrease}} 13.0%
|-align="center"
|'''2002<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2002|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2002.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075915/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2002.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.4% ||15.5% ||13.4% ||12.4% ||12.7% ||16.4% ||13.9% ||14.1% ||12.3% ||13.1% ||13.2% ||13.9% ||{{increase}} 13.8%
|-align="center"
|'''2003<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2003|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2003.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811223609/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2003.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>'''||13.9% ||13.6% ||13.7% ||12.5% ||12.3% ||12.5% ||13.9% ||13.5% ||12.3% ||13.0% ||13.2% ||13.7% ||{{decrease}} 13.2%
|-align="center"
|'''2004<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2004|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2004.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811223445/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2004.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>'''||14.1% ||13.9% ||12.9% ||12.5% ||12.5% ||14.8% ||15.1% ||15.9% ||12.8% ||12.7% ||12.9% ||13.9% ||{{increase}} 13.6%
|-align="center"
|'''2005<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2005|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2005.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075524/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2005.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.0% ||14.2% ||13.7% ||13.4% ||12.7% ||13.7% ||14.0% ||13.2% ||13.3% ||12.9% ||13.2% ||13.6% ||{{decrease}} 13.5%
|-align="center"
|'''2006<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2006|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2006.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208053549/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2006.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||13.2% ||14.4% ||13.6% ||13.1% ||12.3% ||16.9% ||15.7% ||12.4% ||12.4% ||12.5% ||13.3% ||13.5% ||{{increase}} 13.6%
|-align="center"
|'''2007<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2007|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2007.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208063320/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2007.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.2% ||13.5% ||13.0% ||12.0% ||12.1% ||12.5% ||12.6% ||12.3% ||12.5% ||12.8% ||13.2% ||13.4% ||{{decrease}} 12.9%
|-align="center"
|'''2008<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2008|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2008.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208051855/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2008.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||13.5% ||12.9% ||13.4% ||12.2% ||11.6% ||17.6% ||12.1% ||13.6% ||12.3% ||12.7% ||12.8% ||12.9% ||{{increase}} 13.1%
|-align="center"
|'''2009<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2009|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2009.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064703/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2009.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||14.3% ||13.2% ||12.7% ||12.0% ||11.7% ||12.5% ||11.9% ||12.6% ||12.3% ||12.2% ||11.7% ||12.6% ||{{decrease}} 12.5%
|-align="center"
|'''2010<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2010|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2010.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208045246/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2010.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||13.1% ||13.8% ||12.5% ||11.3% ||11.9% ||16.7% ||13.7% ||11.9% ||11.4% ||12.4% ||11.7% ||12.3% ||{{increase}} 12.7%
|-align="center"
|'''2011<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2011|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2011.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208055949/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2011.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>'''||12.9% ||13.0% ||13.0% ||11.7% ||11.3% ||12.0% ||12.9% ||10.7% ||11.4% ||11.7% ||11.9% ||12.5% ||{{decrease}} 12.1%
|-align="center"
|'''2012<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2012|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2012.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811223815/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2012.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>'''||12.6% ||12.7% ||12.5% ||11.1% ||12.1% ||15.5% ||12.8% ||13.0% ||11.3% ||12.5% ||12.0% ||12.7% ||{{increase}} 12.6%
|-align="center"
|'''2013<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2013|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2013_.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085629/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2013_.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>'''||13.6% ||13.5% ||13.1% ||12.9% ||12.9% ||12.0% ||12.2% ||12.5% ||12.8% ||12.7% ||12.7% ||12.5% ||{{increase}} 12.8%
|-align="center"
|'''2014<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2014|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile2014.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207091745/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile2014.pdf|archive-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>'''||13.4% ||15.1% ||12.3% ||12.7% ||12.0% ||17.6% ||14.8% ||11.6% ||12.5% ||12.3% ||12.3% ||12.7% ||{{increase}} 13.3%
|-align="center"
|'''2015<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2015|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile2015.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517075134/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile2015.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>'''||14.2% ||12.9% ||12.8% ||12.2% ||12.1% ||12.7% ||12.3% ||12.1% ||12.1% ||12.0% ||12.1% ||12.3% ||{{decrease}} 12.5%
|-align="center"
|'''2016<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016|url=http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2016.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228135342/http://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/Download_KEK/Zuschaueranteile/Zuschaueranteile_2016.pdf|archive-date=28 February 2016}}</ref>'''||13.2% ||12.6% ||12.9% ||12.6% ||12.0% ||17.1% ||13.3% ||14.3% ||11.9% ||11.9% ||12.4% ||12.5% ||{{increase}} 13.0%
|-align="center"
|'''2017<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017|url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2017.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=5 December 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005151903/https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2017.pdf|archive-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>'''||13.9% ||13.3% ||13.0% ||12.5% ||12.6% ||13.2% ||13.0% ||13.1% ||12.9% ||12.4% ||13.5% ||13.1% ||13.0%
|-align="center"
|'''2018<ref>{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018|url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2018_01.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=25 August 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825143209/https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2018_01.pdf|archive-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>'''||14.1% ||14.6% ||13.9% ||13.4% ||13.1% ||16.9% ||15.5%  || || || || || ||
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