Overview

• ZDF’s Markus Lanz begins at 22:45, while ARD’s Maischberger starts at approximately 22:50 on Tuesday, September 30.
• Maischberger examines German social‑policy reform in a discussion with CDU parliamentary state secretary Philipp Amthor and Die Linke chair Ines Schwerdtner.
• Maischberger’s second segment addresses Russia’s hybrid warfare and US President Trump’s Ukraine policy with former Moscow ambassador Rüdiger von Fritsch and Republican strategist Bryan Lanza.
• Markus Lanz focuses on developments around Gaza, US‑Israel relations and Trump’s 20‑point Gaza plan with journalist Daniel Gerlach, ZDF Washington bureau chief Elmar Theveßen, MSF child psychologist Katrin Glatz Brubakk and sociologist Melody Sucharewicz.
• Both broadcasters provide live streams and post the full episodes in the ARD and ZDF Mediatheks shortly after the late‑night broadcasts.