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German television Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. It was home to the first public television station in the world, named ''Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow''. In 2000, the German television market h ...

related events from 2013.

Events

*14 February -

Cascada Cascada (, Spanish for "Waterfall", stylized as CASCADA, CASC''A''DA and cascada) is a German dance music act founded in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler and DJs/producers DJ Manian and DJ Yanou. They are best known for their hit singles " Everyti ...

are selected to represent Germany at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with their song " Glorious". They are selected to be the fifty-eighth German Eurovision entry during Unser Song für Malmö held at the TUI Arena in Hanover. *10 May - 12-year-old Michèle Bircher wins the first season of ''

The Voice Kids ''The Voice Kids'' is a version of ''The Voice'' TV series franchise in which children participate. Versions The first such variation was '' The Voice Kids'' from the Netherlands, which was followed by other international variants: : Franchise wi ...

''. *11 May - Beatrice Egli wins the tenth season of ''

Deutschland sucht den Superstar ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''P ...

''. *31 May - '' Verliebt in Berlin'' actor

Manuel Cortez Manuel Armando Cortez (born 24 May 1979 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German-Portuguese actor, creative director and photographer. Life and career At the age of ten, he visited the children's drama school in Lisbon. Shortly after, he gradua ...

and his partner Melissa Ortiz-Gomez win the sixth season of '' Let's Dance''. *27 September - Actress Jenny Elvers wins

the first season ''The First Season'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. The film stars Kate Trotter as Alex Cauldwell, a woman in British Columbia who, following the death of her fisherman husband Frank (Dwight Koss), tries to support herself and her dau ...

of ''

Promi Big Brother ''Promi Big Brother'' is a German television reality show based on the Dutch show ''Big Brother (Netherlands), Big Brother'', created by producer John de Mol in 1997, which is airing from 2013. The show followed a number of celebrity contestants ...

''. *14 December - 17-year-old animal trainer Lukas Pratschker and his dog Falco win the seventh season of ''

Das Supertalent ''Das Supertalent'' (''Germany's Got Talent'', ''Got Talent Germany)'' is a German talent show, part of the internationally successful ''Got Talent franchise'', presented by Lola Weippert and Chris Tall. Just like in all other versions of the f ...

''. *20 December - Andreas Kümmert wins the third season of ''

The Voice of Germany ''The Voice of Germany'' is a German reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept ''The Voice of Holland'' and its international series. It began airing on ProSieben and Sat.1 on 24 November 2011. There are five differen ...

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Debuts

Domestic

*6 January - ' (2013) (ZDF) *13 September - ''

'' (2013–present)

International

*8 April - // '' Martha Speaks'' (2008–2014) (

Super RTL Super RTL is a German free-to-air television network owned by the RTL Group. The channel originally launched in 1995 as a joint venture between RTL Group predecessor company CLT-UFA and Disney's Buena Vista International Television Investments ...

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Television shows

1950s

*'' Tagesschau'' (1952–present)

1960s

* ''

heute ''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from c ...

'' (1963-present)

1970s

* ''

heute-journal ''heute-journal'' (roughly ''Today's Journal'') is a television news magazine broadcast on ZDF, a national German television network. History The programme premiered on 2 January 1978 as a late weekday evening 20 minute program. Originally, ...

'' (1978-present) * ''

Tagesthemen ''Tagesthemen'' is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Ingo Zamperoni. Second only to the 20:00 ''Tagesschau'' ("Review of the Day") ''Tagesthemen'' ("Issues of the Day") is ARD's most ...

'' (1978-present)

1980s

*'' Wetten, dass..?'' (1981-2014) *''

Lindenstraße ''Lindenstraße'' (literally "Linden Street") was a long-running German television drama series, broadcast by Das Erste. The first episode aired on 8 December 1985 and since then new episodes were broadcast weekly until 2020. Its last timeslot ...

'' (1985–present)

1990s

*''

Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' ("Good Times, Bad Times"), often abbreviated ''GZSZ'', is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's ...

'' (1992–present) *''

Unter uns ''Unter uns'' (''"Between Us"'') is a German television soap opera, based on the Hungarian soap opera Barátok közt, first broadcast on RTL on 28 November 1994. It is centered on the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set i ...

'' (1994-present) *''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of ...

'' (1995-2015) *''

Schloss Einstein ''Schloss Einstein'' is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein (Castle Einstein), a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 10 ...

'' (1998–present) *''

In aller Freundschaft (''In all friendship'') is a German television soap opera that began airing in 1998 every Tuesday. The series follows the staff of the fictional Sachsenklinik hospital in the city of Leipzig. The series is produced by Degeto (a subsidiary of ...

'' (1998–present) *'' Wer wird Millionär?'' (1999-present)

2000s

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'' (2002–present) *'' Let's Dance'' (2006–present) *''

'' (2007–present)

2010s

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'' (2011–present)