The Best TV Shows on Das Erste

Every Das Erste Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of Das Erste’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of July 2025. Highlighting Das Erste’s quality programming, Bambi-Verleihung and Tagesschau stand out, premiering in 1948 and 1952. From 1948 through to 2015, Das Erste has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • Bambi-Verleihung
    Bambi-Verleihung (1948)9.0

    The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Einer wird gewinnen
    Einer wird gewinnen (1964)7.0

  • Tagesschau
    Tagesschau (1952)6.8

    German daily news program, the oldest still existing program on German television.

  • Family Dr. Kleist
    Family Dr. Kleist (2004)6.6

    Examining different species of animals as they grow to adulthood and learn life lessons that are sometimes difficult.

  • What Am I?
    What Am I? (1955)6.5

  • Polizeiruf 110
    Polizeiruf 110 (1971)6.4

    Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

  • Scene of the Crime
    Scene of the Crime (1970)6.1

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

  • Quizduell
    Quizduell (2014)6.0

  • alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
    alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1994)5.0

  • Hart aber fair
    Hart aber fair (2001)5.0

  • Musikladen
    Musikladen (1972)N/A

    Der Musikladen was a West German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to November 29, 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.

  • Auf los geht's los
    Auf los geht's los (1977)N/A

  • Heut' abend
    Heut' abend (1980)N/A

  • Geld oder Liebe
    Geld oder Liebe (1989)N/A

  • Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
    Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen (1994)N/A

  • Sabine Christiansen
    Sabine Christiansen (1998)N/A

  • Fabrixx
    Fabrixx (2000)N/A

    Fabrixx is a German television series.

  • ANNE WILL
    ANNE WILL (2007)N/A

    Anne Will discusses political processes, economic relationships, and social trends with her guests. Her motto: to think politically and ask directly.

  • Quizduell-Olymp
    Quizduell-Olymp (2015)N/A