Overview
- Simon Beeck signed off from his final morning broadcast and said RTL had warned staff in January, citing economic reasons for ending the shows.
- RTL will replace Punkt 6, Punkt 7 and Punkt 8 in May with Deutschland am Morgen produced together with news channel n-tv.
- Only Jan Malte Andresen and Daniel Fischer stay on for the new program, with Jörg Boecker, Sabrina Ilski, Sybille Scharr and Sarah Oswald also in the on-air team.
- Angela Finger-Erben moves to co-host the midday magazine Punkt 12 with Daniel Fischer in rotation with Katja Burkard and Bernd Fuchs.
- The shake-up sits within a broader cost drive confirmed late 2025, when RTL said it would cut about 600 jobs and began ending shows like Gala TV and Prominent.