Overview
- ZDF announced on Friday that it will end the Friday-evening series "Ein Fall für zwei" after nearly 46 years, ordering a planned wind-down rather than an abrupt cancellation.
- The broadcaster set a concrete schedule: the current team’s 12th season will air from September 2026, a 13th and final season of four episodes will follow in 2027, and a 90-minute feature film will be filmed in 2027 to close the story.
- The current incarnation led by Wanja Mues (Leo Oswald) and Antoine Monot (Benni Hornberg) began with a 2014 relaunch and has delivered 46 episodes to date, with the run concluding at 54 episodes plus the planned film.
- Cast members expressed regret but confirmed ongoing projects and the final film, and ZDF publicly thanked the production and principal cast while stressing the Freitagskrimi slot will continue in a reshaped form.
- The decision draws a line under a format that began on 11 September 1981 and was long defined by Claus Theo Gärtner’s Josef Matula; ZDF cites the change as part of a broader programming strategy that already includes new entries such as the regional series "Mordufer".