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Barbara Schöneberger leads through the long glamour night on the Rhine © IMAGO/Eventpress
It is the most important award in the TV and streaming industry: at the end of September, the “German Television Award” will be presented for the 25th time in Cologne. Who is nominated and who is presenting.
Cologne – The television award is presented by a different TV station every year: This year, WDR is the host, representing ARD. Esther Sedlaczek, who has been nerve-tested by dozens of live sports broadcasts, will host the “Night of the Creatives” on September 25th in the Flora. Here, the jobs behind the camera are primarily honored – directing, camera, script, equipment and more, such as yeswe.koeln reports.
Entertainer Barbara Schöneberger will host the so-called “Award Gala”, the television award that is shown on television, one day later, on September 26th, in the Coloneum in Ossendorf. ARD will broadcast the ceremony that same evening from 8:15 p.m.
The long night of glamour in Cologne: The nominees for the “German Television Award”
Even though the award is still called the “Television Award,” streaming services have also been taken into account since last year. This year, the jury is chaired by film and television producer Wolf Bauer (74, “The Physician,” “Forbidden Love,” and many more).
The competition between TV channels and streaming services has resulted in a particularly high variety of creations, he praised after viewing the award candidates: high quality with a wide range is the motto this year. The most productive last year were the providers of series, especially on streaming services and in media libraries. There is little new, but “tried and tested at its best” in the entertainment sector: from shows to late night to comedy. The situation is different in the “reality” sector, where several new formats were launched. In the “information” sector, almost everything revolved around the war in Ukraine and the Middle East conflict, the shift to the right in Europe and Germany.
The nominees for the German Television Award
Television prizes will be awarded in a total of 27 categories in the Flora and Coloneum, as well as the sponsorship prize and the renowned honorary prize from the donors. Here is an excerpt of the nominees:
Best Entertainment Show
- Let yourself be monitored! (ZDF/Entertainment Television Ehrenfeld)
- Let’s Dance (RTL/Seapoint/BBC Studios)
- Who’s stealing my show? (ProSieben/Florida Entertainment)
Best Moderation Entertainment
- Joko Winterscheidt, Klaas Heufer-Umlauf for 24 hours with Joko & Klaas (ProSieben/Florida Entertainment)
- Laura Wontorra for Three Against One (RTL/Endemol Shine/Potatohead Pictures) and Grill den Henssler (VOX/ITV Studios)
Sonja Zietlow for The Traitors – Trust No One! (RTL/Tower Productions)
Best information
- Hart aber fair (ARD/WDR/Florida Factual)
- heute journal from November 9, 2023 (ZDF)
- Maischberger (ARD/WDR/Vincent productions)
Best sports show
- FIBA Basketball-WM 2023 (MagentaTV/ThinXpool TV/PLAZAMEDIA)
- Handball-EM 2024 (ARD/ZDF/NDR)
- sportstudio live – UEFA EURO 2024 (ZDF)
Best Entertainment Reality
- Alone – Survive the Wild (RTL+/ITV Studios)
- Kaulitz & Kaulitz (Netflix/Constantin Entertainment)
- The Traitors – Trust No One! (RTL/Tower Productions)
Best Comedy Series
- Die Discounter 3 (Prime Video/Pyjama Pictures)
- Legend of Wacken (RTL+/Florida Film)
- New stories from Pumuckl (RTL+/NEUESUPER)
Bestes Factual Entertainment
- Live literally! (ZDF/Endemol Shine)
- Mälzer and Henssler deliver! (VOX/Endemol Shine)
- STAR KITCHEN with Tim Raue (Prime Video/Warner)
Beste Comedy/Late Night
- Bosetti Late Night (3sat/ZDF/Turbokultur)
- Bratwurst & Baklava – The Show (ProSieben/Brainpool TV)
- Die Teddy Teclebrhan Show (Prime Video/Leonine Studios/KOFBELU)
Best Actress
- Mala Emde for Oh Hell 2 (MagentaTV/Warner|Turner/good friends)
- Sira-Anna Faal for Pauline (Disney+/btf – bildundtonfabrik)
- Sunnyi Melles for Die Zweiflers (ARD/hr/Degeto/Turbokultur)
- Katja Riemann for RESET – How far do you want to go? (ZDF/Gaumont)
- Katharina Stark for German House (Disney+/Gaumont)
Best Actor
- Aaron Altaras for Die Zweiflers (ARD/hr/Degeto/Turbokultur)
- Damian Hardung for Maxton Hall – The World Between Us (Prime Video/UFA Fiction)
- Marc Hosemann for The Discounters 3 (Prime Video/Pyjama Pictures) and Last Exit Schinkenstraße (Prime Video/i&u/Odeon Fiction)
- Jan Krauter for Innocent – The Case of Julia B. (ARD/ORF/Degeto/filmpool) and Lost in Fuseta: Trace of Shadows (ARD/Degeto/307 production)
- Sammy Scheuritzel for Legend of Wacken (RTL+/Florida Film)
Best Moderation Information
- Ina Ruck for reporting from Russia (ARD/WDR)
- Steffen Schwarzkopf for In the Power of Hamas – The Gaza Hostage Drama and WELT TV Special: 2 Years of the Ukraine War – live from Kiev (WELT TV)
- Esther Sedlaczek for the sports show UEFA EURO 2024 (ARD/WDR)
Best TV Movie/Series
- Blindspot (ZDF/Network Movie)
- I am! Margot Friedländer (ZDF/UFA Documentary)
- Silver and the Book of Dreams (Prime Video/Constantin Film)
Best Drama Series
- German House (Disney+/Gaumont)
- Dear Child (Netflix/Constantin TV)
- Maxton Hall – The World Between Us (Prime Video/UFA Fiction)
- Push (ZDFneo/Bantry Bay)
- The Doubters (ARD/hr/Degeto/Turbokultur)
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