Overview

• Sabine Postel warns that the long-running crime-drama boom is losing momentum and that viewer interest is declining.
• She highlights the frequent dissolution of established ‘Krimi-Couples’ as a source of audience adjustment fatigue.
• Postel underscores the genre’s potential for social commentary, citing ‘Die Kanzlei’s’ treatment of the refugee crisis.
• She attributes the series’ popularity to Thorsten Näter’s well-researched, socially engaged scripts drawn from real newspaper cases.
• ‘Die Kanzlei’ posted a record 18.7% market share in March and is expanding with a new TV film, ‘Weites Land’, due around the 2025/26 turn.