Overview
- Broadcasters confirmed late October that ARD/Das Erste will screen both completed 90-minute Mord im Revier films back-to-back in primetime on Saturday, 5 December 2026.
- RTL says the ARD broadcast is the result of a license agreement with ARD Degeto and that RTL plans to show the films later in 2027 as part of its 'Tödlicher Dienst-Tag' programming block.
- The two films were commissioned by RTL and produced by UFA Fiction in 2023, with scripts by Tommy Wosch and Alexandre Powelz and direction by Ismail Sahin.
- The move is unusual because it hands premiere rights for already finished, unaired RTL content to a direct competitor, a decision outlets say signals more experimental cooperation and flexible rights deals in German TV.
- Mord im Revier is presented as a Ruhrgebiet crime drama built around a culture‑clash detective duo played by Caro Cult and Eidin Jalali, and the ARD premiere ends a three‑year wait between production and broadcast.