This is a list of
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 regular television service in the world, named ''Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow''.
In 2000, the German television marke ...
related events from 1998.
Events
*5 January - British children's television series ''
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Brit ...
'' begins airing on German television for the first time ever after only being released on home video since 1995. The series will begin airing on
RTL II
RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by ''RTL2 Television GmbH & Co. KG''. RTL2 is a private general entertainment ''(Vollprogramm)'' tv channel on the bas ...
.
*27 February -
Guildo Horn is selected to represent Germany at the
1998 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "
Guildo hat euch lieb!". He is selected to be the forty-third German Eurovision entry during Countdown Grand Prix held at the Stadthalle in Bremen.
Debuts
Free for air
Domestic
*13 January - ' (1998) (
Sat.1)
*21 April - ''
Der Clown'' (1998–2001) (
RTL)
*4 September - ''
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) (
KiKA
Kika may refer to:
People
* Kika de la Garza (1927–2017), American politician
* Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer
* Kika Karadi (born 1975), American contemporary artist
* Kika Markham (born 1940), English actress
* Kika M ...
)
*26 October - ''
In aller Freundschaft'' (1998–present) (
Das Erste
Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the ARD (broadcaster)#Institutions and member org ...
)
*20 November - ' (1998) (
Arte
Arte (, , ; ' ('), sometimes stylised in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European Union, European public service Television channel, channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based Europea ...
)
International
*5 January - ''
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Brit ...
'' (1984–present) (
RTL II
RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by ''RTL2 Television GmbH & Co. KG''. RTL2 is a private general entertainment ''(Vollprogramm)'' tv channel on the bas ...
)
*28 March - / ''
Beast Wars: Transformers'' (1996–1999) (
RTL II
RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by ''RTL2 Television GmbH & Co. KG''. RTL2 is a private general entertainment ''(Vollprogramm)'' tv channel on the bas ...
)
*14 April - ''
Extreme Dinosaurs
''Extreme Dinosaurs'' is an American animated series produced by DIC Productions, L.P. and Bohbot Entertainment in 1997 based on a 1996 toy line from Mattel. This show is a spin-off of '' Street Sharks'' (where they first appeared as the ''Din ...
'' (1997) (
Super RTL)
*23 June - ''
PB Bear and Friends'' (1998) (
KiKA
Kika may refer to:
People
* Kika de la Garza (1927–2017), American politician
* Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer
* Kika Karadi (born 1975), American contemporary artist
* Kika Markham (born 1940), English actress
* Kika M ...
)
*9 October - ''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. The concept is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film, also written by Whedon, a ...
'' (1997–2003) (
ProSieben
ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media.
It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...
)
*28 November - ''
Moesha
''Moesha'' (, ) is an American television sitcom that aired on UPN from January 23, 1996, to May 14, 2001. The series stars Contemporary R&B, R&B singer Brandy Norwood, Brandy as Moesha Denise Mitchell, an African-American teenager living with ...
'' (1996–2001) (
RTL)
*10 December - ''
The Adventures of Spot'' (1987–1993) (
KiKA
Kika may refer to:
People
* Kika de la Garza (1927–2017), American politician
* Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer
* Kika Karadi (born 1975), American contemporary artist
* Kika Markham (born 1940), English actress
* Kika M ...
)
*21 December - / ''
Animal Crackers'' (1997–1999) (
KiKA
Kika may refer to:
People
* Kika de la Garza (1927–2017), American politician
* Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer
* Kika Karadi (born 1975), American contemporary artist
* Kika Markham (born 1940), English actress
* Kika M ...
)
*24 December - ''
Percy the Park Keeper'' (1996–1999) (
Das Erste
Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the ARD (broadcaster)#Institutions and member org ...
)
Cable
International
*2 May - ''
The Angry Beavers
''The Angry Beavers'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mitch Schauer for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around the zany hijinks of Norbert and Daggett Beaver, two young beaver brothers who have moved out of their parents' home to bec ...
'' (1997-2001) (
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...
)
American Forces Network
* ''
Bananas in Pajamas'' (1992-2001)
* ''
The Journey of Allen Strange'' (1997-2000)
BFBS
*31 March - ''
The Wombles
''The Wombles'' are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recycl ...
'' (1998-2001)
*12 August - ''
Whizziwig'' (1998-2000)
*29 November - ''
Dinnerladies'' (1998-2000)
*/ ''
Archibald the Koala
''Archibald the Koala'' is an animated children's television series produced by French company Millimages in association with HIT Entertainment. The show began in September 1998 on ITV through its children's block CITV in the UK and on Cart ...
'' (1998-2000)
* ''
Animal Stories'' (1998-2002)
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 ...
'' (1963-present)
1970s
* ''
heute-journal'' (1978-present)
* ''
Tagesthemen'' (1978-present)
1980s
*''
Wetten, dass..?'' (1981-2014)
*''
Lindenstraße'' (1985-present)
1990s
*''
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' (1992-present)
*''
Marienhof'' (1992-2011)
*''
Unter uns'' (1994-present)
*''
Verbotene Liebe'' (1995-2015)
Ending this year
Networks and services
Launches
Conversions and rebrandings
Closures
Births
Deaths
See also
*
1998 in Germany
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