What’s currently on TV and what programs are you expecting? The following overview of TV program tonight shows you what ARD, ZDF, SAT.1, Pro Sieben, RTL, VOX & Co. have to offer. On SAT.1, for example, at 8:15 p.m. there is a very short-term program change, the background to which are surprisingly miserable ratings. Apparently this was such an unacceptable result for the broadcaster that broadcasting slots had to be exchanged without further ado.
TV program today: In the evening until 8:15 p.m. you can see it
Even before prime time at 8:15 p.m. you can find what you are looking for in today’s TV program. Then the public and private broadcasters offer their respective audiences from 6 p.m. and until 8 p.m following formats.
| The first | ZDF | RTL | SAT 1 | ProSieben |
| 18:05 SOKO Stuttgart (crime series) | 18:00 Explosive – The Magazine (tabloid magazine) | 18:00 K11 – The New Cases (docu-soap) | 18:00 newstime | |
| 18:30 Exclusive – The star magazine | 18:30 K11 – The New Cases (docu-soap) | 18:10 The Simpsons (animated series) | ||
| 18:45 RTL current | 18:40 The Simpsons (animated series) | |||
| 19:00 today | 19:03 RTL News – The Weather | 19:00 Letter battle (quiz show) | 19:05 Galileo (knowledge magazine) | |
| 19:04 climate update | ||||
| 19:20 weather | 19:05 All That Matters (Daily Soap) | 19:55 SAT.1 news | ||
| 19:55 Stock market before eight (stock market report) | 19:25 Emergency Harbor Edge (Police Series) | 19:40 Good Times, Bad Times (Daily Soap) | ||
| 20:00 daily News |
| cable one | VOX | TELE 5 | ARTE |
| 18:55 Attention control! We’ll take care of it (docu-soap) | 18:00 First Dates – A table for two (dating show) | 18:15 Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi Series) | 18:30 Midsummer in Norway (Documentation) |
| 19:00 The Perfect Dinner (Cooking Documentary Soap) | 19:10 Stargate (Sci-Fi Series) | 19:20 ARTE Journal | |
| 19:40 Re: Soil good, all good (reportage) |
Prime time in the TV program tonight: All programs from 8:15 p.m
| The first | ZDF | RTL | SAT 1 | ProSieben |
| 20:15 North by Northwest: Wild Dogs (TV crime thriller) | 20:15 The Mountain Doctor (Family Series) | 20:15 God can you be an ass (drama) | 20:15 Lifeguards up close – when every second counts (report series) | 20:15 The Masked Dancer (dance show) |
| 21:45 Monitor (political magazine) | 21:45 today’s Journal | |||
| 22:20 RTL direct | 22:20 Now. Better. Life. With SAT.1 (Magazine) | |||
| 23:00 red. (celebrity magazine) |
Change at SAT.1: Primetime off for “Now. Better. Life.”
Just two weeks ago, on January 6, 2022, the format “Now. Better. Life.”. In initially five planned episodes, the program revolves around topics that, according to the broadcaster, affect most people’s everyday lives: body and exercise, nutrition, money, sleeping and snoring, as well as relationships and sexuality. The show will be moderated by Claudia von Brauchitsch.
As the portal DWDL reports, however, the first two episodes broadcast generated such poor ratings that SAT.1 has already decided to end primetime for the show.
From January 20th will “Now. Better. Life” give up the slot at 8:15 p.m. to the report series “Lebensretter up close”. For this, the program “Akte” has to pause for three weeks, which is usually the case Thursdays at 10:20 p.m, the now new slot for the SAT.1 feel-good magazine.
The start on SAT.1 was so bad
How miserable the start of “Now. Better. life.” actually was, show the corresponding figures. In prime time at 8:15 p.m., the SAT.1 magazine reached fewer than 500,000 people and thus only a market share of 2.6 percent within the intended target group. That was around 90,000 fewer viewers than when the magazine started on January 6th.
As a result, SAT.1 even fell behind Disney Channel, which had secured 3.4 percent with the feature film “The Legacy of the Secret Book”.
| cable one | VOX | TELE 5 | ARTE |
| 20:15 Rosin’s Heroes’ Kitchen – Last Chance Dream Job (docu-soap) | 20:15 Lucy (Action Thriller) | 20:15 Reckoning in Gun Hill (Western Comedy) | 20:15 The Humboldt Current (Documentation) |
| 21:05 The Humboldt Current (Documentation) | |||
| 22:00 John Wick: Chapter 2 (Action) | 10:15 p.m The Wind of Death Blows Softly (Late Western) | ||
| 23:00 K1 magazine (magazine) |
Program change in the ARD program tonight at 8:15 p.m
Current program changes are not known at this time (Status: 01/20/2022; 14:05).
Program change in the ZDF program tonight at 8:15 p.m
Current program changes are not known at this time (Status: 01/20/2022; 14:05).
Program change in the RTL program tonight at 8:15 p.m
Current program changes are not known at this time (Status: 01/20/2022; 14:05).
Program change in the SAT.1 program tonight at 8:15 p.m
Instead of at 8:15 p.m., the program “Now. Better. Life.” will air for the next three weeks beginning January 20 at 10:20 p.m. In prime time at 8:15 p.m., the report series “Lebensretter up close” will be broadcast, the program “Akte” will be canceled until further notice (Status: 01/20/2022; 14:05).
Program change in the ProSieben program tonight at 8:15 p.m
Current program changes are not known at this time (Status: 01/20/2022; 14:05).
Program change in the VOX program tonight at 8:15 p.m
Current program changes are not known at this time (Status: 01/20/2022; 14:05).
Totally free TV? Get today’s TV schedule these ways
Anyone who does not own a TV set or does not want to spend money on streaming can now also follow the TV program online. Various media libraries offer a wide variety of television free of charge. There are also various free Netflix alternatives that you can download and use as a simple app.
Always at a glance: Today’s TV program (evenings and 8:15 p.m.)
From now on we offer you the TV program of tonight as well as the TV program today at 8:15 p.m. in a practical overview. You also get an overview of the currently most popular films and series on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+. In any case, individual TV evenings are taken care of, whether with linear TV formats on ARD, ZDF, SAT.1, ProSieben and kabel eins or via streaming.
Did you know that the average German household now receives more than 70 channels? But overall there is much more. Because German television has grown to over 400 programs. This includes nationwide, but also regional and local formats.
by the way: This is available on Netflix in January 2022. Of course, the offer doesn’t stop there. Amazon Prime Video also has good formats to offer in January 2022.
Sources: own research, Rotten Tomatoes