Overview
- Brisant returns to its customary 17:15 slot on December 15 after ARD ends its autumn scheduling experiment.
- The final new episode of Gefragt – Gejagt in the trial runs on December 11, with the quiz show going off air from December 15 for an unspecified winter break.
- Brisant averaged about 660,000 viewers at 16:10—roughly half its usual audience—though it later ticked up to 830,000 and a 9.2% share, according to AGF data reported by DWDL.de.
- Gefragt – Gejagt initially drew fewer viewers at 17:10 than it does at 18:00 but climbed to 1.81 million and a 15.4% market share around October 29, per AGF figures.
- Das Erste plans royal documentaries to cover parts of the earlier afternoon in the pre-Christmas week, as recent episodes of Gefragt – Gejagt also drew notice for an on-air rebuke of messy cinema habits and a chaser briefly leaving the studio after a duel.