2009 in German television

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This is a list of German television related events from 2009.

Events

• 9 May - Daniel Schuhmacher wins the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar .
• 6 July - Daniel Schöller wins the ninth season of Big Brother Germany . ^[1]
• 20 December - 30-year-old animal trainer Yvo Antoni and his dog PrimaDonna win the third season of Das Supertalent .

Debuts

Free for air

Domestic

• 5 January - Savvy Lena  [ de ] (2009) (ZDF)
• 14 January - Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt (2009–2011) (RTL)
• 29 January - Die Wölfe (2009) (ZDF)
• 22 March - Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace  [ de ] (2009) (ZDF)
• 18 June - Lasko – Die Faust Gottes (2009–2010) (RTL)

International

• 16 September - Lipstick Jungle (2008-2009) (ProSieben)

Cable

International

• 16 November - / / Sandra the Fairytale Detective (2009-2010) (Disney Channel)

BFBS

• The Pinky and Perky Show (2008-2009)

Television shows

1950s

• Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s

• heute (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)
• Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
• In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
• Wer wird Millionär? (1999–present)

2000s

• Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015–present)
• Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
• Let's Dance (2006–present)
• Das Supertalent (2007–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
TNTSerie	Cable television	28 January
ZDFneo	Cable and satellite	1 November

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source
RTL Shop	Channel 21	Cable television	1 January
History Channel	History	Cable television	11 January
Premiere Krimi	Sky Krimi	Cable television	4 July
Turner Classic Movies	TNT Film	Cable television	4 July

Closures

Network	Type	End date	Notes	Sources
Fernsehen aus Berlin	Cable television	1 April
Discovery Geschichte	Cable television	16 May
Hit24	Cable television	1 July
ZDFdokukanal	Cable television	31 October

See also

• 2009 in Germany

References

1. "Surferboy Daniel hatte es nicht leicht". Rheinische Post (in German). 7 July 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2024.