Overview

• The show airs three times weekly in late-night slots on ZDF and streams live on ZDF-Mediathek.
• Following the July 24 broadcast, Markus Lanz will pause for a one-month summer hiatus and return in late August.
• ZDF maintained its custom of announcing guests and topics shortly before airtime, leaving the July 24 lineup undisclosed as of early morning.
• The July 23 edition featured Sönke Neitzel, Katrin Eigendorf, Ole Nymoen and Andrey Gurkov discussing the war in Ukraine and a potential Russian attack on NATO.
• Since its 2008 launch, Markus Lanz has drawn over one million viewers per episode by convening politicians, experts and journalists and adapting to a no-audience format during the pandemic.