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'Dinner for One' Draws Millions on New Year's Eve as Das Erste Leads and NDR Dominates Young Viewers

Preliminary audience data indicate the perennial sketch remains a reliable holiday draw across ARD outlets, buoyed by expanded dialect and anniversary editions.

Overview

  • Das Erste's 18:38 broadcast reached 1.91 million viewers for an 11.7% share and 16.3% among ages 14–49, according to preliminary AGF SCOPE figures reported by DWDL.
  • NDR’s showing shortly after 16:00 attracted 1.84 million viewers, including 610,000 in the 14–49 group for a 21.5% market share in that demo.
  • WDR and SWR recorded 1.57 million and 1.18 million viewers respectively, with additional regional airings on BR, HR and RBB reported but not yet fully rated.
  • ARD networks scheduled near-continuous runs across Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, including a 60-year commemorative program and numerous dialect versions.
  • Alternative editions also drew interest, with the WDR’s ‘Dinner op Kölsch’ posting an 8.3% share among 14–49 and One’s airing reaching 240,000 viewers for a 2.8% youth share.