Overview

• The Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt confirmed it is reviewing whether the segment breached the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media and said the outcome remains open.
• Multiple viewer complaints arrived following the September 17 episode on RTL, according to statements relayed via dpa.
• Regulators are assessing if the explicit performance could be developmentally harmful to minors, a key standard for content scheduled for audiences from age 12 at 20:15.
• While the TV airing is under scrutiny, the same episode remains available on RTL+ behind an 18+ age gate, and the review pertains to the linear transmission.
• Public criticism continues, including reality personality Daniela Büchner’s Instagram posts expressing shock and concern about children seeing the segment.