Overview
- ZDF confirmed it intends to schedule the Saturday edition at 9:45 p.m. starting January 10, 2026, pending approval from its governing boards.
- The change creates a uniform start time that already applies from Sunday to Thursday, with Friday remaining the sole weekly exception.
- ZDF frames the move as improving reliability for viewers and better matching their demand for a consistent news slot.
- The network will keep flexibility to air the bulletin later on nights with special Saturday shows.
- The shift largely reverses a policy from about 15 years ago that pushed Saturdays later to protect fixed times for crime repeats and the ‘Aktuelles Sportstudio’.