Christine. Perfekt war gestern!

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Christine. Perfekt war gestern!
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Genre Sitcom
Based on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Starring Diana Amft
Janek Rieke
Anna Julia Kapfelsperger
Elisabeth Baulitz
Marco Girnth
Minh-Khai Phan-Thi
Opening themeUpside Down by Paloma Faith
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerBeatrice Kramm
Production location Berlin
Running time23 minutes
Production companyPolyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft
Original release
Network RTL Television
ReleaseAugust 22 (2013-08-22) 
October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)

Christine. Perfekt war gestern! is a German television sitcom first aired on 22 August 2013 on RTL. It is an adaptation of the American series The New Adventures of Old Christine .

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Premise

Christine is a thirty-something, single mom. She still has a good relationship to her former husband Stefan. Then she meets his new girlfriend whose name is also Christine. So she becomes the “old Christine” and starts looking for a new boyfriend for herself.

Cast

Production

Christine. Perfekt war gestern! is an adaption of the American sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Some dialogs of the original were just translated and put in the German version. [1] Production took place from 20 November 2012 to 25 January 2013 [2] in Berlin. [3] On 24 October 2013 it was announced that there is not going to be a second season of the show. [4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date Viewers
(million)
11"Die neue Christine"August 22, 2013 (2013-08-22)2.32 [5]
22"Kleine Abenteuer"August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)1.98 [6]
33"Magic Moments"September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05)2.24 [7]
44"Olle Kamellen"September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)1.93 [8]
55"Ich zeig Dir meins"September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19)1.96 [9]
66"Glücklich allein"September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)1.90 [10]
77"Schöne Scheidung"October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)1.64 [11]
88"Ein Ex zum Knutschen"August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)1.43 [12]

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